We all know the brutal beating our environment gets each day, from us and from our confused nature. If the planet was a person and limped and coughed and ached from sickness, and if a visit to the doctor revealed that the person's days were numbered, it would be a cause for concern.
Sadly, most of us keep on ignoring the fact that with each day's passing, we are crippling our planet. The countdown has started already. This heatwave, that hurricane, and those floods are just symptoms. Happily, yet, we find that a few good citizens are not wasting time talking about it.
I'm sure what's written above have been conveyed to you in many permutations and combinations, but I was happy to learn from this piece that New York City, being 4 to 5 degrees warmer than its surrounding boroughs, employ a strict Green Roof rule, and that its Mayor has written a bill to support it. This piece reveals, besides the obvious benefits of having a Green Roof, the pursuance of people in making sure the planet doesn't die young. It may sound like I'm exaggerating the seriousness of the demise of our planet a bit prematurely. I see your point. You and I won't have to witness it. Maybe not our kids, even. But what after that?
This piece, I must clarify, is not about the end of it all. Its about making a difference, one Green Roof at a time.
Review of Green Roofs
Emon Hassan
Posted on August 02, 2006 at 05:47 PM
We all know the brutal beating our environment gets each day, from us and from our confused nature. If the planet was a person and limped and coughed and ached from sickness, and if a visit to the doctor revealed that the person's days were numbered, it would be a cause for concern.
Sadly, most of us keep on ignoring the fact that with each day's passing, we are crippling our planet. The countdown has started already. This heatwave, that hurricane, and those floods are just symptoms. Happily, yet, we find that a few good citizens are not wasting time talking about it.
I'm sure what's written above have been conveyed to you in many permutations and combinations, but I was happy to learn from this piece that New York City, being 4 to 5 degrees warmer than its surrounding boroughs, employ a strict Green Roof rule, and that its Mayor has written a bill to support it. This piece reveals, besides the obvious benefits of having a Green Roof, the pursuance of people in making sure the planet doesn't die young. It may sound like I'm exaggerating the seriousness of the demise of our planet a bit prematurely. I see your point. You and I won't have to witness it. Maybe not our kids, even. But what after that?
This piece, I must clarify, is not about the end of it all. Its about making a difference, one Green Roof at a time.