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Tag: Garden

  • Guest Post: Green Landscaping Ideas

    It is enjoyable hearing from someone who understands both sides of he building trade. Wade Myer writes that he is a recovering contractor who has turned to writing as it is much easier on his back. He adds that he has always been drawn to the written word where he can frame sentences rather than…

  • EU Restricts Bee-Harming Insecticides

    European Union Restricts Bee-Harming Insecticides (via Environment News Service) BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 29, 2013 (ENS) – The European Commission will restrict the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides harmful to bees, imposing the world’s first continental ban on the popular chemicals. The proposal restricts the use of three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid…

  • Plants Moderate Climate Warming

    As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to research from International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Helsinki.

  • Harvest Power Selected as 2013 New Energy Pioneer

    Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the definitive source of insight, data and news on the transformation of the energy sector, today announced Harvest Power, Inc. as a 2013 New Energy Pioneer. The winners were recognized on stage at the sixth annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City.

  • Visitor Centre at Vancouver Botanical Garden Features Undulating Green Roof

    Of of Canada’s first buildings to be certified under the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge and designed to exceed LEED Platinum status for a significant model of sustainability, the 1,765 square meter VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, was designed by Perkins+Will in partnership with Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture…