Comments on: How green was my roof http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470 Feel Smart Again Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:20:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brandon http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-121635 Brandon Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:36:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-121635 Great pictures! I would love to have a stone house with a living roof. Great pictures! I would love to have a stone house with a living roof.

]]> By: Nikki http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-116067 Nikki Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-116067 The photo credit for the second photo isn't complete. Those aren't just goats on a roof, they're goats on the roof of Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant in Door County, Wisconsin. It's a rather famous place, huge tourist draw and part of their shtick The photo credit for the second photo isn’t complete. Those aren’t just goats on a roof, they’re goats on the roof of Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Door County, Wisconsin. It’s a rather famous place, huge tourist draw and part of their shtick

]]> By: Nikki http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-116066 Nikki Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:18:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-116066 The picture credit for photo 2 isn't nearly complete enough. That's a photo of Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant in Door County, Wisconsin. Rather famous place! The picture credit for photo 2 isn’t nearly complete enough. That’s a photo of Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Door County, Wisconsin. Rather famous place!

]]> By: David http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-22506 David Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:18:42 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-22506 In addition to a vegetated roof, there are a couple other options to reducing urban heat and doing good for our environment. There is a post on www.getwithgreen.com (under roofing category I think) that talks about materials that we can all use that are more eco-friendly...thus reducing the amount of asphalt we dump into landfills yearly. In addition to a vegetated roof, there are a couple other options to reducing urban heat and doing good for our environment. There is a post on http://www.getwithgreen.com (under roofing category I think) that talks about materials that we can all use that are more eco-friendly…thus reducing the amount of asphalt we dump into landfills yearly.

]]> By: A.Non.E.Mous http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-21827 A.Non.E.Mous Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:15:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-21827 The roof of the building my office window overlooks in the Boston's Seaport area is a green roof that uses a non-irrigated 5-inch deep, pre-vegetated mat which contains sedum plants. The roof of the building my office window overlooks in the Boston’s Seaport area is a green roof that uses a non-irrigated 5-inch deep, pre-vegetated mat which contains sedum plants.

]]> By: Lindsay D http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-21739 Lindsay D Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:24:08 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-21739 Ransom, Do you happen to read Plant Services? Particularly the August 2007 issue? Because I just received that issue yesterday and it had information on Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and all that stuff. Spooky how I learn about green roofs and then log on to _floss and learn about it again! Ransom,
Do you happen to read Plant Services? Particularly the August 2007 issue? Because I just received that issue yesterday and it had information on Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and all that stuff. Spooky how I learn about green roofs and then log on to _floss and learn about it again!

]]> By: hullmomma http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-21726 hullmomma Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:07:34 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-21726 In 1996, I took a trip too Anchorage, Alaska. We got into downtown Anchorage and low and behold they had a visitor stations in the middle of downtown. All the visitors stations throughout Alaska has the grass roof. They were mowing and edging the roof. It was not only cool to watch but, the shops were so majestically beautiful. I would do this to my house in a heart beat. It also retain heat in the winter. They also have community gardens. Something I wish every city offered. :O) In 1996, I took a trip too Anchorage, Alaska. We got into downtown Anchorage and low and behold they had a visitor stations in the middle of downtown. All the visitors stations throughout Alaska has the grass roof. They were mowing and edging the roof. It was not only cool to watch but, the shops were so majestically beautiful. I would do this to my house in a heart beat. It also retain heat in the winter. They also have community gardens. Something I wish every city offered. :O)

]]> By: Greg S. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-21720 Greg S. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:03:06 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-21720 "and architects drive fancy cars for a reason" Well, if you want to call my rusty '94 Plymouth Voyager Minivan with flames painted on the side fancy...... A Michigan Architect since '88, with a 6-figure income if you include the numbers AFTER the decimal point... “and architects drive fancy cars for a reason”

Well, if you want to call my rusty ‘94 Plymouth Voyager Minivan with flames painted on the side fancy……

A Michigan Architect since ‘88, with a 6-figure income if you include the numbers AFTER the decimal point…

]]> By: Christian http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-21710 Christian Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:53:38 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-21710 This house needs some ivy to grow around the walls to make the entire thing covered in green. This house needs some ivy to grow around the walls to make the entire thing covered in green.

]]> By: Ransom http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470/comment-page-1#comment-21697 Ransom Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:32:39 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7470#comment-21697 Nope, it doesn't need mowing. Nope, it doesn’t need mowing.

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