Classroom farm at Bronx public high school, Green Bronx Machine, shut down despite fresh successes
New York Daily News, by Daniel Beekman
Bronx, NY. "A celebrated classroom farm that yielded fresh produce and great jobs for students at a South Bronx public high school has been quietly shut down. For two years, Discovery High School special education teacher Stephen Ritz used vertical garden plots known as "green walls" to teach science and technology...He created Green Bronx Machine at Discovery after meeting George Irwin of Green Living Technologies, a vertical garden manufacturer based upstate...Watch TEDx Manhattan video about the Green Bronx Machine..." [2.2.12] Brad Rowe – Green roofs provide economic and environmental benefits
MLive.com, by Russ White & Elizabeth Battiste
Landing, MI. “Buildings consume 39 percent of the total energy that's used in the United States, and 71 percent of the electricity consumption goes into buildings, explains Dr. Brad Rowe, a Professor of Horticulture at Michigan State University, who joined Kirk Heinze on Greening of the Great Lakes. Rowe is looking to curb that impact through green roof research funded in part by MSU AgBioResearch...." [1.31.12]
From Rooftop To Fork: Downtown LA Club Grows Its Own Greens
LAist, by Lauren Lloyd
Los Angeles, CA. "Farmscape, California's largest urban farming operation, recently wrapped a first-of-its-kind project in Downtown Los Angeles, one that (literally) takes urban agriculture to new heights. Atop The Jonathan Club now sits a large rooftop garden installation designed to grow fresh, organic greens. Plucked by the hands of the private social club's chefs, the produce will grace the plates of lucky club members..." [1.31.12]
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The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) has announced the first three projects to be certified by the nation's most comprehensive system for rating the sustainable design, construction and maintenance of built landscapes. The corporate headquarters of an international manufacturing company, a new university green space and a children's playground in an urban park are the first to be recognized for their sustainable land practices from among 150-plus pilot projects that began the certification process in summer 2010. 
