TGM #176: Green Roof Required (February 12, 2010)
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Dylan Jervis speaks with Alex Wood, Senior Director for Policy and Markets at Sustainable Prosperity, to clarify much bandied terms such as “carbon tax” and “Cap and Trade”
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On January 31st 2010 Toronto was the first city in North America to put into practice a Green roof bylaw along with a new grant incentive program. The term ‘green roof’ seems to be gaining currency. Professional living roof systems designer Kelven Goodridge gives first-time TGM correspondent Donna Valkis a novice introduction of the technologies for greening our own homes and city, and asks us to consider the broader cultural
ramifications of the changing Canadian policies around living architecture.
Clarifying “Carbon Tax” and “Cap and Trade”
Green Roof Required
Headlines:
- Two major US retailers boycott Canadian tar sands oil
- BC promises no mining for Flathead Valley
- Canadian climate study reports that Arctic sea ice is melting faster than expected
- Hundreds of Dead and Dying Pelicans Washing up on Southern California Shores
- Copenhagen Accord Pledges Submitted This Week to the UNFCCC
- More headlines…