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Creating a Greener City, One Rooftop at a Time

Green roofs growing in New York City. Photos: Eve Mosher Putting a green roof on a landmark building — the city hall in Toronto or Chicago, a convention center in Vancouver , San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences — has long bee… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Almost Underground House Blends In With Landscape

Images via Designboom Perhaps we have to rethink the term “green roof”, because in many climates it might be mostly other colours, like this one in Greece by Deca Architecture and shown on Designboom. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Largest Source of Wastewater Mercury Pollution: Dentists

Image: Flickr via iLoveMountains.org We all know coal-fired power plants are to blame for a lot of the mercury swimming through our waters . But they’re not the worst, according to the Mercury Policy Project . Do you know what is? The dental industry. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Roofs And Walls Cover House In France

We keep saying that green roofs are changing architecture and planning , and here is another example, where the green roof turns into green walls and comes down to grade. Actually not to grade, but to some form of podium. Dezeen shows us La Maison-vague by Patrick Nadeau, is being built in Reimes, France, as part of an affordable housing project…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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