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Green Living Technologies and THE GREEN LIVING NEWS:

Current March Issue:

• Go Green Philadelphia...Free Tickets
  
• The FAQ... What about winter?
• GLT Maui Distributor Greg Lee to Present at GRHC 
• The cleaner of the two...GLT storm water...
• Whats Coming Up?
• GLT Educational Opportunities
  
• Its M'm, M'm, Good, Join us LIVE Satellite Feed
  
• Spring Stock Available, Plant Connection is Taking Orders NOW!

Go Green Philadelphia....Free Tickets to GLT Fans..

Go Green Expo, the nations premier eco-friendly trade show, is coming to
the PA Convention Center March 13th - 15th!  We would like to invite you to visit George Irwin as the "Green Wall Editor" on Sunday, March 15 at 3pm discussing Green Homes 101. Go Green Expo, Green Living Technologies and the "Green Wall Editor" are  pleased to offer you complimentary admission, simply visit http://www.gogreenexpo.com and use promo code PAGREEN when registering for tickets.

 

The FAQ ......
(Send us your question about Green Roofs or Green Walls and we may feature it in our news letter and may become part of the next column by "The Green Wall Editor" at www.greenroofs.com)

Q. "All the pictures I see of green roofs are always in the height of bloom or in the warm regions of the US. I live where we get lots of snow and temperatures drop below freezing, What does the green roof or green wall look like in the winter"?.... (Sandy, Rutland VT)

A. Both green roofs and walls when constructed properly, account for the correct vegetation for the geographic area and are maintained as specified will perform throughout the winter. Not only do the GLT Green Roof systems  perform they add beauty, color and texture to an otherwise barren landscape.

Green Living Roof Panels Summer                      

 

Green Living Roof, Summer Data Collection

 

Green Living Roof, February 2009 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't be fooled, not all systems are created equal. If you utilize the wrong plant in relation to the depth of the media the plant will not survive the winter. This is more true with green walls. This is exactly why we have a 3", 4" and 6" depths for a variety of plants. There is no such thing as a standard mix of plants to choose from for your green walls. If someone hands you a list without consulting with you about the lighting, elevation, depth and anticipated expectation....buyer beware.

 

 Green Living Wall - Summer

 

Green Living Wall - Winter Interest

 

Sandy, you also can choose a few varieties that provide an almost evergreen look year round...

 

Thanks to Sandy for her question. If you have a question related to green roofs and green walls email the "Green Wall Editor" at george@agreenroof.com and be sure to visit www.greenroofs.com for the most up to date green wall information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Living Technologies, Maui, Distributor - Greg Lee, 1st Look Exteriors to present at GRHC in
Atlanta June 3rd -5th

We are proud to exemplify the work of GLT Distributor Greg Lee and 1st Look Exteriors (Maui, Hawaii). Greg will presenting another GLT first. Hawaii's first Green Living Wall incorporating native and wild tropical plants utilizing the Green Living Wall system.

Thursday, June 4, 2009
Track 2 Case Studies and Design
Room: Hanover FG
Session 2.2 Green Wall Design
11:30 - 1:00 pm

Be sure to visits Greg's work in our gallery page at www.agreenroof.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That Can't be Real....Yes it is Real...Real Clean
Storm water that is....

We had the chance in the past to show the storm water cleanliness after it was filtered through the Green Living Roof Panels. Here are some additional authentic pictures taken just last Friday. The Green Living Roof Panels are a long term solution and a short term expense. Pre-vegetated delivered mature and installed immediately the benefits are instant. The remaining data on this roof will be held until I present it to the "Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference" Click here for the link If you need immediate information for a project please feel free to contact us....the Green Living Roof panel is less than 15 lbs per square foot saturated and can hold up to 8 gallons of water in a 10.5 square foot section!

Green Living Roof Panel and the Control Roof

 

Storm Water Collection Tanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whats coming up?
Can't tell all the details but the Spring of 2009 is shaping up to be a home run and the end of the year may be the start to the Olympic dream...

Go Mets! Opening day of the new Citi Field will sport the Green Living Roof Panels....

Other Headlines in the making...

Green Living Wall on the Greenest Building in the World?..
Edible Green Living Walls and Urban Farming in Costa Rica & the Philippines....?
Going for Gold in Vancouver...?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Living Technologies Educational Opportunities

 

Cal Poly Students, San Luis Obisbo

 

GLT SCHOOL:

Most may not know this but Green Living Technologies CEO George Irwin is also a certified teacher. Education has played a roll in the success of GLT. Our philosophy is working with our installers and reps very closely like a living classroom. Here's the facts, not everyone can learn in a controlled classroom, in fact we will not accept our installers being certified without having real authentic hands on experience. It is not the same unless you learn on a real project. No one installer is certified until a GLT supervisor signs off on an actual installation without the help of GLT. Our growth and expansion has been controlled, the people we have as our installers, agents and maintenance technicians are 100% the best in the industry. We work with them personally, teaching hands on. It is not fair to the agent that we sit you in a 4 day class and say good luck out there. We don't just accept anyone. This is why everyone in the GLT organization, hands on or not, has to attend GLT School. Everyone has to know our systems and how they are installed.

K-12 Green Roof and Green Wall Unit Plan and The Harley School (Rochester NY)

One of the very best things about our company is they way we give back to society. We have a hands on approach with the population we are trying to impact. This means not just educating architects but students, teachers and others in our society. Licensed teacher George Irwin, aka "The Green Wall Editor" and CEO of Green Living Technologies has developed a 9 week unit plan that can be tailored for Kindergarten through college. The current class meets for 2 hours a week as the unit takes the students through the education and hands on approach to green roofs and green walls. Complete with a 95 page teachers guide to complement the 75 page student handbook, rubrics and assessment materials, the unit was designed around the National Learning Standards and provides plenty of curriculum interaction including math, science, social studies and writing. At the end of the unit the students have to prepare a persuasive argument complete with facts and research, present it to the group to decide what project their class will install for an additional 3-4 week hands on lab. The same presentation is graded by their peers using the provided rubric. The students will conduct an installation of a green roof or green wall and perform basic data collection or prepare an edible garden as part of the Urban Farming Food Chain. The pilot program goes into effect late March at the Harley School in Rochester NY, upon revisions the Unit Plan will be available to the public.

Rochester Institute of Technology and Green Living Technologies....

have agreed to conduct some of the first technical data around green living walls. Late March, Josh Goldwitz, Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator Environmental Management & Safety will oversee a 9 month study involving the Green Living Wall systems. Without disclosing the specifics it will be ground breaking research, the first of its kind to be available specifically around green living walls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Urban Farming, Green Living™ Technologies and Campbell's® ......Its M'm, M'm Good!®

Live Global Satellite feed from 6 am - 12 pm April 16th is the date for a Campbell's soup edible crop wall to be part of the Urban Farming Food Chain in collaboration with Green Living™ Technologies and the Green Living™ Wall. Live from Harlem in New York City. "This project really demonstrates the next step for the Green Living™ Wall as a viable resource to revolutionize the way we think about crop production. With less fertile land and declining agriculture professionals we have no choice but to think outside the box." (George Irwin, The Green Wall Editor) Look for additional updates next month!

 

 

Wall 1 BeforeCooperation

 

In a previous post I posted some pics of one of our Green Living(TM) Wall projects growing at Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo..... These walls have become more then additional food for homeless people, we experienced something only Hollywood can dream of......Let me recall the latest post so you don’t have to re-read, this project was a collaborative effort between Urban Farming (Urbanfarming.org) and Green Living Technologies...specifically know as "Urban Farming Food Chain", with the help of many, in fact too many to name all, the vision was to install the Green Living Wall system using our 4" stainless standard 2'x2' panels pre-vegetated with tomatoes, leeks, cucumbers, strawberries and much more, into 4 locations in and around San Julian Street bka ground zero / skid row. These panels were to help provide supplemental fresh fruit and vegetables. The plan was to utilize local volunteers to help install the green wall panels, I would teach and lecture for 15-20 minutes on the green wall, have our volunteers install and then rely on master gardeners to help maintain the wall.....that’s not how it went down......I have a degree in education and one of the things I love about our business is that it gives me a chance to teach. On Monday morning the panels were delivered in a refrigerated truck and with the help of volunteers they were unloaded. It was Tue at the first location we met with CNN and the local news etc...There was lots of excitement since this was the first pilot project of its kind anywhere in the world. The apt. complex we installed the first wall at was literally in the heart of skid row and acted as a transition from being homeless to rehabilitating back to society. The complex has an infant garden club that was willing to help install the wall. The 15 min lecture actually developed into a 6 hour class on installing our green wall, how to plant them, maintain them etc....what developed was an overflow of positive energy through cooperation, teamwork, pride, ownership and joy among these community members who where known to not always get along too well socially. The green wall brought an entire community together developing a very strong bond between the wall and the people involved. We ended up working with a small group of 4 men who truly took a leadership position. It was mutual they wanted to learn and continue to work with us on Wed, then Thur and all day Friday........From what was planned as a 20 min lecture at 4 sites ended up working with these 4, formally homeless, people from sun up to sundown everyday teaching them multiple skills involved to install our green wall. Some of the skills included operating a drill, something we take for granted, irrigation, communication, problem solving, gardening and more. By the time Friday came it was our students who took the lead and installed the final wall, including irrigation, from start to finish without our assistance. The culminating press event on Friday, right in front of the last wall, included key speakers such as Richard Lewis and Ed Bagley, upon my turn to take the podium it was no longer about the food and how cool it was that it was hanging off the wall. This was a journey about a company and strangers coming together to overcome social indifferences, working together to create a micro society, living and working in harmony, learning to work in a collaborative manner, setting aside differences for a common goal. In addition by the time the week was over it was my announcement at the podium that we now have created 4 new green jobs in Los Angeles through the use of our green wall, helping others pick themselves up, learn new skills and transition back into society.

 

 

Our company is based on 3 key values :

• Environmentally based products...this is obvious
• Social Responsibility, giving back to society in such a way the impact is felt with the entire community. I urge our organization to go beyond writing checks as a "Giving"technique...really giving back is to go out and do....do something beyond a monetary value, although cash is good......get out there and do....teach, shake hands, dig, trust me its appreciated, sadly and ashamed we underestimated the population we were working with, little did we know we were coming to skid row not to install garden walls we were coming to change lives and provide opportunities.
• Economic responsibility: We strive to train and teach new installers and maintenance techs in every community we work........the idea is to contribute to the local economies by keeping the money in the communities we work, this also means not importing outside products and materials......we are 100% manufactured here in the USA and we export our systems vs. us importing.....

This experience has opened my eyes in a new light and I find myself seeing deeper into a persons individual ability. I also have re-newed faith that communities can come together, live in harmony and become one. Personally my feeling is that we all live in the same world just different real estate......Oh by the way did you know that there are fruit and vegetables on these walls.....I seem to forget too.......www.agreenroof.com, 800-631-8001......contact us if you are interested in creating a garden wall for your community, school or church! Become part of the "Urban Farming Food Chain"

Cooperation

This is not your common Chia Pet....this is a mini version BKA our Table Top Green Wall. It has a standard 4" x 6" x 3" cell but it has a built in watering system and it is manufactured from stainless steel. Because of the ability to customize it we can make a variety of finishes including copper, brass, paint etc....We can also laser engrave as seen below. Great gift idea or for someone who has limited space. It has been very succesful growing herbs and editable vegetables....see our garden wall (Official Supporter of UrbanFarming.org) below and to the right.

 

 

The pic above is a Deco Piece created specifically for Green Living Technologies by Susan Ferrari- Rowley.

More Deco Table Tops will be released in the next few months, through GLT Susan also does one of a kind signature pieces using the GLT Green Wall....

 

Anything is possible, your only limited to your imagination......