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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

Since the previous edition of Oil in the Sea was published in 2002, the organization says land-based sources of ocean oil pollution have swelled up to 20 times larger — driven in part by population growth and increased motor vehicle use.

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Rooftop Vineyard

Green Roof Technology

In 2002 Dipl.-Ing greenroofs #stormwater #vineyard. Rooftop Vineyard. Rooftop farming for educational and recreational purposes seems a fancy trend in North America. Ing Markus Wittling was planning to elevate an entire vineyard on top of the Wine Museum in Cologne, Germany.

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Rooftop Vineyard

Green Roof Technology

In 2002 Dipl.-Ing Rooftop farming for educational and recreational purposes seems a fancy trend in North America. Ing Markus Wittling was planning to elevate an entire vineyard on top of the Wine Museum in Cologne, Germany. The sloped green roof spans over the entire museum building of almost 20,000 square feet.

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From golf to gardens: Houston’s new botanical garden opens

AGreenLiving

Related: Failed Palm Springs golf course is being repurposed Building a garden By the time Nancy Thomas, past president of the Garden Club of America, and the late Kay Crooker formed the nonprofit Houston Botanic Garden in 2002, they’d already been talking about it for years.

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