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A roofing answer to climate change

By Geoff Wilson - posted Thursday, 9 November 2006


They also provide fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, fish and crustaceans around or above retail food stores, restaurants, cafes and food service facilities, and at rural schools and other isolated institutional organisations.

And they reduce urban air pollution by diesel transport - because fresh food is created where it is consumed.

Utilising rooftops for agriculture is one thing, but Australia should also take a good look at these exciting new uses and business prospects for our hardy coastal and inland plants before the Europeans and North Americans swipe our best.

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So, how about it, Harry? Your apartment buildings deserve green roofs to save you loads of money - and to avoid the need to go to Katoomba to escape the heat and view the greenery!

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For more information on green roof uses and technology in Australia, visit www.urbanag.info.
 
A two-day Green Roofs for Australia event on February 22 and 23 at the Brisbane Technology Park will have a session of “Food from the roof” at which the CQU project and its green roof business opportunities will be outlined by the project group.



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Geoff Wilson is president of Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities, www.urbanag.info. He has been an agribusiness journalist since 1957.

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