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“The Resilient Roofscape” at BC Land Summit
GRIN is delighted to co-curate a session with the BC Society of Landscape Architects at this year’s BC Land Summit (May 8-10, 2024 in Nanaimo). The Resilient Roofscape: Ecologies and Technologies for the 21st Century When: May 10, 2024, from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (Pacific) Where: Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 101 Gordon Street, Nanaimo,…
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Maximizing biodiversity: Top 10 tips from the field
This post is adapted from a talk given at the Grey 2 Green Cascadia symposium in November 2023 by GRIN board member, Ryan Vasseur. Ryan is the Manager of Living Architecture Ecosystems at Architek, a company focused on green roofs, trellises, living walls, and more. He is passionate about the ability for green roofs to…
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June 6th is World Green Roof Day (#WGRD2024)
Mark your calendars: June 6th is World Green Roof Day! As always, GRIN will celebrate with a green roof (GR) tour followed by happy social networking. Please plan to join us! Our tour this year will be on the Loblaws City Market on Lonsdale. This extensive green roof is a success story of enhancement from a…
Green roofs and Infastructure
Green roofs and infastructure is based on the principals of living architecture, incorporating living components into our built environment
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GRIN is an interdisciplinary network of green roof champions united to advance the widespread implementation and appropriate policies, planning, design and maintenance of green roofs and stormwater infrastructure in BC. GRIN strives to bring together leading thinkers from policy-making, non-profit, academic, industry, and community organizations.
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