Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens, and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world. More and more private companies and city authorities are investing in green ...

Many cities have created goals to reduce their carbon footprint over the next couple of years. One way they have found to do this is through the roofs of buildings, i.e. "green" and "cool" roofs. You ...

Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world. More and more private companies and city authorities are investing in green ...

Buildings in the German city of Dusseldorf prove the sky is the limit when it comes to enriching the urban environment. Trading tiles for vegetation, green roofs promise both environmental and ...

It all started in ancient Mesopotamia. That's how old the idea of a "green" roofs is. From the Ziggurat of Nanna to the fabled hanging gardens of Babylon, humans have been growing plants on roofs.

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers a listener question about the natural world. This week’s question comes from Collin in Brandon, Manitoba, in Canada. A green roof is a roof that’s ...

Green roofs color the skylines in Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto and other North American cities, but Hoosiers have to look high and low to find similar examples of the plant-filled building tops in ...

John Rayner receives funding from the Australian and Victorian Governments, the City of Melbourne and Melbourne Water and is affiliated with Green Roofs Australasia. He helped to write the 'Growing ...

American cities have a surprising amount of wasted open space. Even in densely packed urban areas like New York City, the prime real estate atop roofs is given much less consideration than one would ...