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	<title>Roofs &#38; Rambles &#187; Green Roof News</title>
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		<title>Edmonton &#8211; Green Roof Interview</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/09/edmonton-green-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to be invited to do a speaking tour of Alberta in Canada in June 2010. The tour included talks in Calgary, Banff and Edmonton. When I was in the City of Edmonton, the City interviewed me on camera.

Dusty Gedge is a recognised international  for his work on green roofs in the UK. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretive Urban Food Growing on a Green Roof &#8211; London</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/secretive-urban-food-growing-on-a-green-roof-london/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/secretive-urban-food-growing-on-a-green-roof-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Inspecting a green roof for a client the other day in London, I chanced upon an intrepid sole, who unbeknown to the management team of the estate had been doing a little urban farming of his own.The green roofs in question are simple single-layered sedum blankets. The &#8216;lightest&#8217; you can buy. They have been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plants and Beasts &#8211; Swiss Green roof</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/plants-and-beasts-swiss-green-roof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmen]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just been rummaging through this years pictures on iphoto and came across this group. They were taken on a green roof in Emmen Switzerland. I have already blogged about this roof. Nature happening on a green roof, their are probably over 50 species of plants on the roof and it was certainly a draw for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stantec Green Roof &#8211; Edmonton &#8211; Wildflowers and Bees</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/stantec-green-roof-edmonton-wildflowers-and-bees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deep in the heart of downtown Edmonton is a wonderful green roof atop the offices of Stantec. I was fortunate to visit this green roof during my speaker/lecture tour of Alberta back in June. The green roof could be considered a green roof designed for native biodiversity. Much of the planting is native and, certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum of London Goes for Green</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/07/museum-of-london-goes-for-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The bee hive is installed. The garden green roof is planted. And now there are plans afoot to green up the rest of the 3500m2 of roofspace currently an ugly grey green too. This would be one of the largest retrofits in London and could demonstrate the way forward in helping London adapt to climate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patience &#8211; green roof produces results</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/patience-green-roof-produces-results/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/patience-green-roof-produces-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We installed the green roof on the King Alfred School roofs back in late March. Three months on the roofs is developing into a lovely species rich green roof. On installation the green roofs consisted of brown green roof substrate and a collection of plug plants. However we had also seeded the roof with annuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green roof plant of the Week &#8211; Common toadflax</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/green-roof-plant-of-the-week-common-toadflax-linaria-vulgare/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/green-roof-plant-of-the-week-common-toadflax-linaria-vulgare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) is an excellent plant on green roofs. However it is vulnerable to drought and therefore needs to be in at least 150mm to really flourish. A good tip is to plant between a couple of logs. The logs provide a little shade and protection form the wind. This allows moisture to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St.James, London &#8211; Green roofs &#8211; bees and PVs</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/st-james-london-green-roofs-bees-and-pvs/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/st-james-london-green-roofs-bees-and-pvs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A windy June afternoon visit to the wonderful meadow roof above St. James&#8217; tube station I was escorting Gary Simpson from Australia. This green roof, designed for rare bugs &#8211; bees, spiders and beetles,  also has a few arrays of photovoltaic panels. It is is certainly looking wonderful with the cornfield annuals swaying in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lapwing green roof -Central Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/lapwing-green-roof-central-switzerland/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/lapwing-green-roof-central-switzerland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a few years now since I visited any of the green roofs in Switzerland that hold breeding pairs of Lapwings. Green roofs are important habitats for Lapwings in the country as most of the land available to the birds has been turned over to agriculture. Roofs offer some of the only habitat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St.Gallen &#8211; Green roof &#8211; Orchid roof 2</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/st-gallen-green-roof-orchid-roof-2/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/06/st-gallen-green-roof-orchid-roof-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the most remarkable green roofs I have ever visited. The roofs are all about 15 years old. In pure construction terms they could be considered &#8216;not very good&#8217;. However what a constructor or conventional green roofer might consider &#8216;poor&#8217; installation, an ecologist or botanist would marvel at. I certainly did.
It is [...]]]></description>
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