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Spring 2025: GRIN’s off to an awesome start
GRIN is feeling the spring energy, and we're stoked for the year ahead. Join us in making 2025 great!
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Rooted in Technology: Transcending Leak Anxiety with Confidence
Leak detection is a bright step out of the long shadow caused by BCs leaky condo crisis. This guest post provides direct experience into the real causes of leaks, and a good solution!
Fall update: GRIN Mapping Project, Cities Alive
Just as mushrooms represent huge underground mycelium networks, some of GRIN's efforts have manifested this fall. Read on to learn about our mapping project, participation at Cities Alive and more!
Cities Alive: Celebrating 20 Years of Green Roof Movement
Time flies when you’re having fun, and that’s definitely true for the green roof movement! From November 6-9, several GRIN board members will attend the 20th anniversary of the first green roof conference on these lands. This post celebrates the…
Impressions from our July GR Tour
On July 25th, GRIN organized a green roof tour at Ofis Werks, a new building featuring intensive and extensive green roofs, as well as a green façade. We heard from several professionals involved in the project, and the tour brought…
GRIN for green roofs: June 6th is World Green Roof Day
GRIN for green roofs: June 6th is World Green Roof Day NORTH VANCOUVER, BC – Today at 16:30, the Green Roof Infrastructure Network of BC (GRIN) will offer tours of the Loblaws green roof in the City of North Vancouver. The…
Mapping Vancouver (& BC)’s Green Roofs, Potential Retrofits, Trees and Gardens
GRIN launchES a ground-breaking project to bring climate action and resilience to communities across BC. The roofscape occupies 30% of most urban areas. Green roofs are low-hanging fruit for climate resilience. With forest fires already forcing evacuations, we’re reminded that…
“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…
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,…
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…