Sentences with phrase «urban rooftops»

And while we're seeing a resurgence of interest in so - called «real food» or slow food and local food, it's going to take a lot more than a few urban rooftop farms in big cities, or the expansion of certified organic shipping container farms, or an explosion in countertop gardening units to go from our current wasteful food and agriculture system to a model that is ultimately sustainable and future - focused.

They are situated in city centres, on urban rooftops, or in the stunning countryside for which South Africa is known and loved.

Honey is rich in antioxidants, and New York beekeepers are understandably proud of their harvest, which hails from urban rooftops, upstate gardens, and everywhere in between.

In Hudson River Park and convenient to Times Square, the High Line, Hudson Yards and the new 7 subway extension, North River Landing will be a prime destination for locals and visitors alike, with a fleet of floating restaurants and entertainment venues emulating the world's best urban rooftops and waterfront social settings.

She captures urban rooftops, empty woods and suburban windowsills with the same captive eye.

While still relatively novel in the United States, so - called «green roofs» — urban rooftops covered with grasses, plants and other types of greenery — are becoming increasingly popular around the world.

As farms are introduced within city limits, prototypes for urban rooftop food production are springing up on new construction projects.

GET DIRTY in hands - on workshops about urban rooftop farming, soil and green walls, facilitated by Ben Flanner of Brooklyn Grange, Susan Antler of Compost Canada, and Melissa Daniels of Plant Connection.

Could environmental measures help create solutions as well?The Middle Eastern environmental blog Green Prophet published its piece on «What Urban Rooftop Gardening Could Do For The Middle East» just before unrest broke out in Tunisia and subsequently spread across the region, but it takes on new significance in light of the past two months» events.

«The two major advantages to large - scale utility solar are it's cheaper by somewhere between 3 and 6 cents a kilowatt - hour compared to large - scale urban rooftop settings,» De Shazo says.

In addition, we offer 10 soil systems for a variety of green roof applications from extensive sedum roofs to urban rooftop farms and forests.

The McCamley MT01 Mk2 is designed to be easy to install, without any need for a tower, on urban rooftops, and is claimed to be able to operate with minimal noise and vibration and be able to self - start (no grid power input) at low wind speeds.

In late 2009, Kraft's Miracle Whip began airing a spot showing hip twenty - somethings laughing and dancing around a pool on an urban rooftop while smearing their sandwiches with the distinctly unhip dressing.

The cilantro and cucumbers are both from the Brooklyn Grange, an urban rooftop farm in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

She is co-founder of FRESH and Fare Wellness with her husband, Dr. Robert Graham where together they have established a yoga / meditation program, a culinary medicine program, and «Victory Greens» an urban rooftop farm at Lenox Hill Hospital.

An urban rooftop allotment is the latest project of eco-chef Arthur Potts Dawson, at Acorn House restaurant in the King's Cross area of north London.

In fact, recent research indicates [pdf] that urban rooftops may not be ideal locations for turbines since wind speeds are often low.

Urban rooftops are not only small, but they're covered in necessary pipes, hatches and more.

Urban rooftops aren't just flat, open spaces.

This urban rooftop has a lot of great design elements to it, from the pale - coloured decking to the carved Buddha - style statues.

Bleached - wood raised planting beds that double as seating, rattan chairs with metallic cushions, a little shade from pretty foliage... This urban rooftop haven is just calling for a relaxed daytime barbecue with your nearest and dearest.