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Nature at Work - Green Infrastructure Virtual Tour
This tour was created as a companion for "Building Ecological Infrastructure" to more thoroughly illustrate concepts discussed therein. For more information on the projects depicted below, please refer to "Nature at Work: Building Ecological Infrastructure."
Vegetated Roofs at Virginia Beach City School Buildings
Images: VBschools
Virginia Aquarium Adventure Park
Image: C. Brighton
NYC Hghline
Images: C. Brighton
Virginia Commonwealth University Pollack Rooftop
Image: VCU
Smartslope Vegetated Retaining Wall - Beltway Business Park
Image: Smartslope
Grove Avenue Living Wall, Richmond, Virginia
Image: WatershedArchitects
Residential Food production and air filtration in Virginia
Image: C. Brighton
Bus Stop Garden in London
Image: www.theediblebusstop.org/
The Farmery- Food Production and Retail Outlet Combined
Image: The Farmery Facebook Photo by Amy Edwards
ECF Container Farm, Berlin, Germany
Aquaponics allows for the high yield production of protein and produce in a symbiotic and eco-friendly system - Tanks filled with fish at ground level feed water and nutrients to the plants grown above in the greenhouse.
Image: ECF FarmSystems
The Science Barge - Floating Garden, NYC
Image: theSciencebarge
NYC Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm
Image: C. Brighton
Urban Hop Harvest in Pittsburgh, PA
The Hops Project reclaims derelict lots to grow hops for local brews
Image: gtechstrategies.org
Image: FlyChicago.com
Lufa Farms on a Montreal rooftop grows produce all year long
Image: Lufa Farms Facebook
Vancouver City Orchard
More than 400 trees have been planted to bring new life to vacant Vancouver lot
Image: CityFarmer.info by by Michael Levenston
Native wildflower seed sowing initiative in Los Angeles
Image: Wildflowering.org
Monarchs for Monarchs Project - Planting Milkweed in the ODU Vicinity
The Pollinator Pathway Project in Seattle connects greens paces for pollinators
Image: Pollinatorpathway.com
BIQ Building
The facade of BIQ building in Germany is an algae factory. Microalgae are grown in the panels are harvested for heat generation
Image: IBA Hamburg
Rooftop algae production at Ennesys outside of Paris purifies waste water and produces a fuel source.
Image: Youtube Screenshot
Organica water renewal garden in Hungary
Image: Organica Facebook
Living Machine at Evergreen School in Western Wayne County, PA installed by Worrell Water Technologies of Charlottesville, VA
Image: Living Machine Facebook Photostream
Image: IslandWood.org
Omega Institute Living Machine
Image: Omega Institute
Oberlin College Living Machine
Images: Oberlin College
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge natural waste water cycling systems pumps wetland treated water back into toilets for flushing.
Image: C. Brighton
Filterra storm drain biofilter in front of the Shellfish Company on Shore Dr. in Virginia Beach
Image: C. Brighton
Image: Filterra
Talking Water Gardens Albany, Oregon - Tertiary Wastewater Treatment
Image: Talking Water Gardens Facebook Photos by Jeanie Reed - Weeping Wall
Image: City of Albany
Plus Pool - NYC Project to build a floating pool that filters the water it floats in. No chemicals are used. Using a special membrane capable of filtering half a million gallons of river water per day, the endeavor not only supports a valuable recreational resource, but also serves to improve overall river water quality
Pilot Project,"Float Lab," launched in April 2014 on the East River provides a platform to test the technology.
Images: Pluspool.org
Bristol, UK - Barge Garden
Image: University of Bristol
Proposed London Garden Bridge
Image: Transport for London
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