Archive for the ‘Green Living’ Category
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Feeding the Growing World Population Utilizing Vertical Farming [ John Cornacchia ]
John Cornacchia at Globacorp Developments International writes: It is estimated that by the year 2050, virtually 80% of the world’s population will live in urban areas and the total global population will increase by approximately 3 billion people. An enormous amount of farmland may be required, conditional on the change in yield per hectare and sustainable practices implemented, to feed the growing population. Scientists around the world are concerned that this large amount of required land will not be available and that severe damage to the earth will be caused by the added […]
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What is a Green Roof and What are the Benefits? [ John Cornacchia ]
John Cornacchia at Globacorp Developments International writes: A green roof system is an extension of the existing roof which involves a high quality water proofing and root repellant system, a drainage system, filter cloth, a lightweight growing medium, and grasses / plants. Green roof systems may be modular, with drainage layers, filter cloth, growing medium, and plants already prepared in movable interlocking grids, or each component of the system may be installed separately on site. Green roof development involves the creation of “contained” green space on top of a man-made structure. This green […]
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Impervious Surfaces… Paving Our Paradise [ John Cornacchia ]
John Cornacchia at Globacorp Developments International writes: The process of urbanization is a dramatic transformation of land from a natural, agricultural, or rural state, into a built environment of human habitat. In a rapidly urbanizing country such as the Republic of Panama, the combined impact of hundreds of independent development projects occurring over the course of a decade can have ecosystem-wide implications greater than the usual site-level impacts that are reasonably managed under local land use regulations. Characterizing, quantifying and modeling ecosystem-wide impacts of urbanization can prove extremely challenging to incorporate into land management policies. Nonetheless, […]