Feb 16 2006
Green Roof Poetry in Toronto
Margaret Atwood summarizes the many benefits of green roofs in a February 6, 2006 submission to Idea Bank, entitled, “Bloodless Organic Flowers Grown On Tops of Warehouses”. She proposes that the empty warehouse space in Toronto could be put to use to reduce the heat island effect and grow food.
“Someone could make a nice business combining the installation of green roofs and the using of the space to grow organic local flower varieties. …
Once the roofs were in place, the building could actually rent the space for growing, thus profiting twice.”
Idea Bank is part of Reading Toronto a project that enlists the creative artists of the city to provide descriptions and comments on Toronto with the hope of discovering a new way to interpret the city.