Baby Steps...

Some highlights from this past week:

- Made contact with FloraSource, Ltd. I told them about my project and they said they could help make it happen!

- So many supporters; includes professors, students, green roof advocates, and friends

- Scheduled to meet with The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) chairman on Thursday to discuss my project

Still don't know what a green roof is? Well, here's a more thorough explanation:

"Green roofs supplement traditional vegetation without disrupting urban infrastructure -- they take a neglected space and make it useful.

Green roofs last longer than conventional roofs, reduce energy costs with natural insulation, create peaceful retreats for people and animals, and absorb storm water, potentially lessening the need for complex and expensive drainage systems. On a wider scale, green roofs improve air quality and help reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect, a condition in which city and suburban developments absorb and trap heat. Anyone who has walked across a scalding parking lot on a hot, summer day has felt one effect of an Urban Heat Island.

The layers of a green roof must, like any roof, accommodate drainage and protect the building from the elements with a waterproof membrane. But they also must create a growing area and potentially provide support, irrigation and root protection barriers while staying as light as possible."

Would you like to read more?

Resource: What is a Green Roof  by Sarah Dowdey on HowStuffWorks.com 

Shrek says: "Green roofs have layers. Ogres have layers. Green roofs have layers. You get it? We both have layers. "

A semi-failed mini adventure:

Last week I wanted to see what the roof of the Social Ecology building looked like. I was very happy with what I came across! Here are some pictures of what different levels of the roof look like now. Although the roof looks like the perfect roof-candidate for the youCgreen project, I don't know if the building is structurally sound. 

 

First Level Rooftop

 

Another Section of the First Level Rooftop

 

           Second Level Rooftop

I walked up from one floor to the next thinking of the endless possibilities. So much potential space just waiting to Cgreen. Then I went further up the stairs and....dead end. 

I should have figured I wouldn't be allowed on the roof...but I mean, a girl can try...

Stay posted.