This is one hugely important component of how humans beat depression, addiction, loneliness. Great work, and congratulations to all who are involved in this project.
@@MrRafagigapr capitalism, individualism, etc is what creates the problem listed above so definitely anyone who lives around cities or metropolitan, high traffic states like california. i live in oakland, never heard of this place and likely will not see more like it. Oh ok this is the building with Amazons whole foods store underneath it. Its a luxury apartment.
@@MrRafagigapr California is also the state that is doing stuff like this concept. In fact, Cali is also one of the states that is more off grid friendly than most states.
Love this! It cools and stores energy as food, creating green spaces, cleaning the air! Imagine how the city looks from above covered in these beautiful green roofs!
yeah but for this to be a reality and not just money burn feel good about it like this. you need to be able to make a profit on it. and ofc people working on it are not gonna be paid as health care workers just because sound nice. they will be paid depending on how much stuff they are able to grow and sell.
The only problem is that humans are only focused in profits making money etc so they forget sustaintability, development in green and healthy ways everything evolves around money people get sick that's money
@@lucaskp16 It doesn't haven't to be profit producing. All it has to provide is a net local advantage that is worth the cost. If it reduces the local temperature island effect, reduces water run off in heavy downpours, cools the building, and provides food, those advantages are substantial. Companies can and should be given incentives for doing these kinds of projects, since it lowers the overall negative effects on other city infrastructure.
As a designer, I find this really inspiring. I’ve proposed a lot of designs that incorporate green roofing, but unfortunately, some clients aren’t interested in that option, and I totally respect their choices. Still, I’m committed to advocating for these innovative solutions to tackle heat. Green roofs can really help with heat absorption, improve biodiversity and air quality, and even create jobs in the community. Plus, they can provide access to fresh, healthy organic foods. I’m all in for the green movement!
I've been working on rooftop garden designs as well lately but with more impactful goals in mind. Feel free to let me me know if your're curious and I'll elaborate further 😀
@@kahtyman7293Of course there is , you can gene manipulate and use not organic nutrients etc. 1 example: Europe, food grown in fully hydroponic system can not be sold as organic, even if it was in a way organic.
This is what we need, not just in urban area, even in every neighborhood of a town. Food insecurity is a real issue, and this movement is one of the best way to solve it.
to be fair, the united states produces enough food to feed every citizen 2x over, we need to first manage our food waste and properly learn how to distribute our excess to those who need it
@@brqxton8974 yes, that's a fact. I'm not US citizen, and what I mean is, this sustainable farming movement should be applied in a global scale. I'm from Indonesia, and almost every major cities here is near with main crop producer, but also there are some area that food insecurity is a real issue, and yes, the distribution not so well since we are in archipelago. So my point is, "grow your own food as best as you can in your own neighborhood" movement is a really good idea, and it should be in a global scale.
In neighorhood area, you better buy a land and make a farm on ground than build structure that can hold that much weight on roof top. People build this kind of project because transportation cost is higher than farming in urban area.
I love this. It keeps the building cooler in summer, warmer in winter, helps keep the cost of food down, helps downsize the need for food transport. It helps reduce water runoff and erosion, it even helps build communities.
Thank you for this episode! I pass by this building all the time, and I never understood how it worked. I love your content, and especially your visual explanations through art. You are very talented.
I get so excited every time I see one of these videos. There genuinely isn’t any other channel that I get as excited about as this one. Thank you so much!
This should be a requirement for all urban buildings. Not only would it truly solve a lot of problems (food, health, connection, etc) but I suspect it would help with the heat island problem in highly developed urban areas.
Growing 20,000 lbs of food on a rooftop is absolutely incredible! how urban farming can transform unused spaces into thriving sources of fresh produce.
it's very important note that this building was designed specifically to have a roof that could support the weight of this mini farm. It is definitely a good proof of concept for future construction.
First, there's no way they pulled 20,000 pounds of food from this farm based on what they show growing. Second, they're a few minutes away from the most fertile farmland in the world, but God forbid the rich liberals allow the brown people to have a plot in Napa. It's better to use tax dollars to make these ridiculous feel-good bs projects.
I dont think its a replacement. Large scale corn production for example is very hard to beat in efficiency. But it is a good supplement. Produce huge quantities of corn and grain on the industrial fields, and grow the veggies and herbs fresh for consuption at location.
It's understated just how much structural engineering it takes to put a whole farm on top of a building, let alone a building in an earthquake-prone area right next to a fault line.
Great concept! But here are a few issues not addressed: - If you take food out, you will have to haul nutrients in to replace it. Composting scraps helps keep some stuff on site, but the rest is gone. - The city pollution surrounding crops might not be the best idea. - There's no rain catchment, so most of the water is treated city water. - If power gets interrupted, you aren't hauling anything in or out. - I hope they have at least some worms up there. Not sure since they do thermal composting. Perhaps adding rabbit hutches will more wisely make use of the scraps, feeding people healthy meat while fertilizing the soil.
@@rosemarymcbride3419 citywide composting is a good idea, have compost going out and the finished product coming in. being in a city means you can outsource things to a larger scale. once there's enough green roof farms oakland should look into that
In India lot of housewives grow their veggies on rooftop. We even have a local TV channel that shares this kind of veggie gardens to encourage others. Women in this show shares their experiences.
It takes a community of dedicated professionals, volunteers, and participants to make initiatives like this a success. Every effort, no matter how small, contributes to building a path toward recovery and well-being.
Wow - I'm blown away! This is awesome... this is what cities should be like. This is very inspiring. Thank you. Question: as long as the roof can support the weight, isn't it better to use containers or self contained raised garden beds? One thing not mentioned: who owns the building (residential or commercial office?) - I'm sure employees can reduce work stress & increase productivity by helping out during work breaks, or just sit in amongst nature throughout the day. The green roof at Thammasat University in Bangkok feeds the campus plus community. Both these projects shines a light on quality urban living for all, irrespective of income level (good food is for everyone). Much blessings to all involved. I hope this catches on in every community in every city.
I have a counter question, why do you think containers or self contained beds would be preferable? I guess I am also asking what you mean by this, are you talking about raised beds?
@@Gongall in order to replicate soil structure they basically had to reconstruct the whole roof to allow for drainage, prevent leakes & support the extra weight. Self contained raised beds are, well, self contained - no need for the roof reconstruction- perhaps simpler to get up & running. Perhaps also making planting & harvesting easier. The roof would still need to be reinforced to bear the extra weight though.
@@CitiesForTheFuture2030 The building was designed to be one big raised bed so it was all engineered to work together. If in raised beds we would need more costs for decking- walkways as well as the building of containers which adds a hug cost. all these containers still need to drain off the roof so then are contained to drain. We did a number of planter projects and at this scale it makes more sense to make a monolithic roof
What a cool project and group. I especially loved her point that we already help pay for public services like sewage and lights. Food is just as essential. Why doesn’t the city help ensure that too. That’s such a great shift in paradigm that more cities need to work on. Thanks Andrew for covering this!
I’ve done several college projects on rooftop and community gardens (with a focus on urban food deserts) because I’m in love with this solution! It’s great to finally see someone use that idea and do something to bring it to life!
I've been working on rooftop designs lately but with the goal of transcending trade and the monetary system that's currently holding us back. If that made you curious then feel free to let me know and I'll gladly elaborate.
@@obi-wankenobi4301 It won't solve all our problems but can certainly help us solve our biggest problems, notably basic-need scarcity, addiction, dominance and lack of connection. I'm open to collaboration if that interests you and there's a link in the comments if you'd like to find out more already.
as greenwashing as it gets. these apartment complex owners do these types of these to make them look green and moral. this is not solar punk. solar punk would be the tenants saying we want to garden the roof and doing that together, even if the owners said no. this is just another form of capitalist greenwashing.
@@lets7121 i guess were just so far removed from community and humane resource distribution that even this "yuppie venture" goes completely against our current welfare conditions. we'll take what we can get atp
" When we're in good relationships together, we create more benefit for all, rather benefit for some " !!! Came for the garden and food but left with the soulful message at 6:00 !
Wow, I can’t imagine that it’s possible to make the rooftop a productive agricultural place. That’s very and amazing idea. Thank you for sharing and surely more will make this in their rooftop. Such a wonderful and fruitful rooftop.❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful. Love that there's the flowers along the pathways, and a natives section. This isn't some hippie out there thing, as Rupa said, this needs to be replicated everywhere. It needs to be common.
I have my own rooftop garden☺With ornamental plants and some veggies.. and i love it for real coz the sunlight is more accesable in there than in the ground..😊
Whenever I think about farming, it brings back memories of how my family managed to survive after losing our farm to Hurricane Florence in September 2018 here in North Carolina, thanks to a monthly influx of $36,000.
It’s also important to remember there is a value proposition (if society chooses to recognize it) - eating healthily has been proven to prevent or reduce severity of chronic illness. So the reduction in cost of treatment of such medical issues as a result of healthy eating would more than offset the cost of operating urban farms such as this.
I've been eagerly waiting for a new video, and this one is absolutely incredible. Your content always inspires me, and it's giving me hope, easing my misanthropy just a little bit. I truly hope that one day, we can all move beyond our egocentrism and start living in healthy, connected communities. As Rupa Marya beautifully put it, 'Health is not an attribute of an individual; it's a reflection of a system working in mutual benefit.'
I've always thought, why don't roof tops for all buildings have either Solar/Farms/Greens/Parking... This video answered it... and it always went over my head... you have to plan the building around it. This probably kills my idea since the cost might be much higher than the owner/renters want to pay. I wonder if there is another way... Maybe the Solar since it's lighter... anyway...
Probably only hydroponics, nutrient film technique pipes, very light weight and very little water used per area. For example, another technique in hydroponics, raft systems wouldn't be possible either since it would be hundreds of pounds every square feet.
Guessing your best chance of replicating this is to make it a gimmicky selling point for new apartment complexes. Probably the only way to justify the investment without subsidies.
my dad is doing constant maintainance on a badly built house. reality is eventually it becomes cheaper to build from new than to work around previous designs.
This is just Exelent and Practial..truely Impressive Congratulation everyone Great idé and work.. Hoping this idé gos around the world.. Thank you all Greetings from Skandinavia 💞🇮🇸👍💞
That's such an amazing project that can benefits the comunity local, to be united and focused in eating well and sharing to those who don't have enough food I can't count in how many aspects these rooftop farming will be helping people just beautiful work 😊
Excellent and impressive work. I hope many urban lifestyle adapt this sustainable food resources that requires hardwork. You guys movement is really inspiring. All love!
Incredible work, as an engineer myself I am loving this urban rooftop farm idea as a solution for food insecurity especially when you can propose that the whole rooftop farm is to be sold to the residents of that building thus reducing local pressure on sourcing quality and natural food thats not pumped with all kinds of stuff. From an Engineering perspective: For this solution to be popular and used more frequently it needs to be first of all 1. cost effective, either by government support and deductions for those undertaking such a project to enrich peoples lives or an actual revenue source for those that do, do this. Retrofitting existing buildings with flat roofs especially in densely populated areas is difficult and expensive from permits all the way to the actual re fortification of the whole building to support that additional load on the rooftop. In my own conclusion, as great as this is, it would not work on a large scale where as vertically integrated farms that do not require the soil could be a better alternative in a rooftop setting due to minimizing the structural load on the building.
Wow this is such an incredible project. So thoroughly thought out. Fulfilling so many multifaceted needs. Congratulations on all those involved for their tremendous efforts. Excellent presentation from those involved. If every new building had a rooftop like this. The cities of the world would be so much more liveable and pleasant. Special mention ❤🦜🦅🕊to the wildlife attracting plants and pollinator plants , herbs and medicines. Singapore housed all their people and created so much green space and plants and community gardens and community spaces and nature walks. Almost everyone uses public transport. This project has similarities and the rooftop garden engineering is outstanding . Bringing sustainability, organic food, to those in need and mitigating the heat island effect outstanding!
Using this method to transfer heat from roof shingles to vegetable produce while also cooling the house area down beneath is a great concept I hope to be apart of for southern and heat stricken environments. Let alone the pest resistance from new elevation, the water absorbtion(less roofing maintenance from mold or water build up) and also heat damage aswell all while saving money growing food. This is something we can implement for family house hold. Not a market style but a barrier bed if you will to have some crops while maintaining an energy efficient home cooling method naturally. Just pinning this here since I don’t have a good journal yet haha awesome video!!! 🤙🤙🤙
As for urban ag, what pollutants do you need to worry about when farming on rooftops as opposed to the ground? According to Bill Mollisons classic permaculture book certain crops (root vs. Leafy or fruits) are better suited for urban ag.
Me to i love gardening vegetables and flowers the problem here in my places its to hot since we having climate change wow this is amazing idea is so fresh i love your garden just so beautiful
Very nice and great idea. I love that. I'm just imagining something like that before and now it's happening. Good job! I do have rooftop terrace too in the philippines and my mother planting some vegetables in a Container . She's very happy everytime she's harvesting some vegetables from their. I was there last january and i saw butterflies and worms and i was so happy about it too! I hope many people will do that gardening too!
On top of all of these amazing benefits, how much does it contribute to controlling the climate of the building? With that much soil on top it almost feels like the building is slightly underground. The sides of the building I'm sure still get a lot of heat but the direct top seems quite insulated especially during the summer months.
This system might actually see some additional benefits from co mingling some solar arrays. Partial shade on plants throughout the day and energy generation are a win win.
Aloha, this should be taught in the public schools for fresh food for children's lunches at every grade level. Teach a child to be a farmer and then everyone wins.
This is one hugely important component of how humans beat depression, addiction, loneliness. Great work, and congratulations to all who are involved in this project.
i think just living in California negates all these benefits tenfold
@@MrRafagigapr capitalism, individualism, etc is what creates the problem listed above so definitely anyone who lives around cities or metropolitan, high traffic states like california. i live in oakland, never heard of this place and likely will not see more like it. Oh ok this is the building with Amazons whole foods store underneath it. Its a luxury apartment.
@@MrRafagigapr California is also the state that is doing stuff like this concept. In fact, Cali is also one of the states that is more off grid friendly than most states.
Simply amazing!
@@ryanabernathy4144 Hah ! not with all your regulations.
It'll take a long time for the snail and slugs to find your veggies! What a great project!
I hadn't thought of that 😂
lol that's a brilliant understanding of our ecosystem 😂
slug: this is some bullshit
When small they can get carried on shoe tread or in bags of mulch or the plummage of sparrows or pigeons.
Even the annoying critters serve a purpose and contribute to a balance. I'm sure they have an answer to that too!
Love this! It cools and stores energy as food, creating green spaces, cleaning the air! Imagine how the city looks from above covered in these beautiful green roofs!
@@WorldWideGardeningWizard too bad we don’t live above the city.
Solarpunk future here we come!
Wizard that's an amazing project we are already began to construct sustaintable cities in dubai too
There are many big problems in this world, but the solutions are immense too.
@@Im-just-Stardust definitely not a solution to the big problems in the world.
@@lets7121exactly 💯👏✌️👍
yeah but for this to be a reality and not just money burn feel good about it like this. you need to be able to make a profit on it. and ofc people working on it are not gonna be paid as health care workers just because sound nice. they will be paid depending on how much stuff they are able to grow and sell.
The only problem is that humans are only focused in profits making money etc so they forget sustaintability, development in green and healthy ways everything evolves around money people get sick that's money
@@lucaskp16 It doesn't haven't to be profit producing. All it has to provide is a net local advantage that is worth the cost. If it reduces the local temperature island effect, reduces water run off in heavy downpours, cools the building, and provides food, those advantages are substantial. Companies can and should be given incentives for doing these kinds of projects, since it lowers the overall negative effects on other city infrastructure.
As a designer, I find this really inspiring. I’ve proposed a lot of designs that incorporate green roofing, but unfortunately, some clients aren’t interested in that option, and I totally respect their choices. Still, I’m committed to advocating for these innovative solutions to tackle heat. Green roofs can really help with heat absorption, improve biodiversity and air quality, and even create jobs in the community. Plus, they can provide access to fresh, healthy organic foods. I’m all in for the green movement!
I've been working on rooftop garden designs as well lately but with more impactful goals in mind. Feel free to let me me know if your're curious and I'll elaborate further 😀
@@ziad_jkhan hi, do you have a yt channel where we cab check out some of your work? I’d love to support movement like this!
is there other kind of vegetables than organic?
@@kahtyman7293Of course there is , you can gene manipulate and use not organic nutrients etc.
1 example: Europe, food grown in fully hydroponic system can not be sold as organic, even if it was in a way organic.
@@kahtyman7293organic means not using pesticides that is a good thing👍
Impressive work by these rooftop farmers.
Can you imagine if every new flat-roofed building was required to have a roof like this? It could change everything.
Yep, locally grown, efficient use of space. Not enough people/entrepreneurs and businesses out there to utilise all that unused space
Don’t make it a requirement. Make it a tax deduction
@@ceili safe from most thieves to
@@Dirt-Fermer unless the thief is a traitor, like usually
@@ceili definitely enough people. and we don't want to turn the rooftops into businesses. just Grow food and shARE IT.
This is what we need, not just in urban area, even in every neighborhood of a town. Food insecurity is a real issue, and this movement is one of the best way to solve it.
The amount of usable space on rooftop carparks along is staggering
to be fair, the united states produces enough food to feed every citizen 2x over, we need to first manage our food waste and properly learn how to distribute our excess to those who need it
@@brqxton8974 yes, that's a fact. I'm not US citizen, and what I mean is, this sustainable farming movement should be applied in a global scale. I'm from Indonesia, and almost every major cities here is near with main crop producer, but also there are some area that food insecurity is a real issue, and yes, the distribution not so well since we are in archipelago. So my point is, "grow your own food as best as you can in your own neighborhood" movement is a really good idea, and it should be in a global scale.
At first thumbnail I though it China😅.
In neighorhood area, you better buy a land and make a farm on ground than build structure that can hold that much weight on roof top. People build this kind of project because transportation cost is higher than farming in urban area.
Your stories have the best messages.
Amazing video, if all cities could embrace this our world would be a better place.
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I love this. It keeps the building cooler in summer, warmer in winter, helps keep the cost of food down, helps downsize the need for food transport. It helps reduce water runoff and erosion, it even helps build communities.
Thank you for this episode! I pass by this building all the time, and I never understood how it worked. I love your content, and especially your visual explanations through art. You are very talented.
I get so excited every time I see one of these videos. There genuinely isn’t any other channel that I get as excited about as this one. Thank you so much!
This should be a requirement for all urban buildings. Not only would it truly solve a lot of problems (food, health, connection, etc) but I suspect it would help with the heat island problem in highly developed urban areas.
Some of these parking garages that sit half empty could easily convert the top floor.
Growing 20,000 lbs of food on a rooftop is absolutely incredible! how urban farming can transform unused spaces into thriving sources of fresh produce.
@@FarmForwardTech Might collapse you roof ! Insurance company won't pay the claim !!
it's very important note that this building was designed specifically to have a roof that could support the weight of this mini farm. It is definitely a good proof of concept for future construction.
@MrObveous777 I'd rather go to a farm ! That's just me !!
First, there's no way they pulled 20,000 pounds of food from this farm based on what they show growing. Second, they're a few minutes away from the most fertile farmland in the world, but God forbid the rich liberals allow the brown people to have a plot in Napa. It's better to use tax dollars to make these ridiculous feel-good bs projects.
That is something I wish to see more of
Thankyou for sharing this Andrew--these people are simply wonderful.
OOOOOO That's the thinnest soil garden I've seen yet! That glassboard timelapse showing the irrigation was so cool!
It's nice to see another tactic to get around the current method of remote industrial food production that isn't working.
I dont think its a replacement. Large scale corn production for example is very hard to beat in efficiency. But it is a good supplement. Produce huge quantities of corn and grain on the industrial fields, and grow the veggies and herbs fresh for consuption at location.
If they implemented this in nyc this would improve the quality of life and bring a much needed Renaissance to the city.
Brooklyn Grange is rocking it in NYC
check them out!
amen
@@kevinsabharwal1822 And give immigrants a job !!
I love these people. Can’t wait to show this to so many people.
the amazing part is they provide the blueprint on how to do this. Now, this is what I call as a movement. Amazing video as always, my man.
It's not hard to figure out how to do it if you have an engineer and architect
It's understated just how much structural engineering it takes to put a whole farm on top of a building, let alone a building in an earthquake-prone area right next to a fault line.
Great concept! But here are a few issues not addressed:
- If you take food out, you will have to haul nutrients in to replace it. Composting scraps helps keep some stuff on site, but the rest is gone.
- The city pollution surrounding crops might not be the best idea.
- There's no rain catchment, so most of the water is treated city water.
- If power gets interrupted, you aren't hauling anything in or out.
- I hope they have at least some worms up there. Not sure since they do thermal composting. Perhaps adding rabbit hutches will more wisely make use of the scraps, feeding people healthy meat while fertilizing the soil.
idk if oakland does city wide compost collection but i could imagine that would be a good source of input for projects like this
I think they use the same method as most farms, either organic or industrial fertilizer
@@rosemarymcbride3419 citywide composting is a good idea, have compost going out and the finished product coming in. being in a city means you can outsource things to a larger scale. once there's enough green roof farms oakland should look into that
@@brokentwilight3136they said it was organic in the video
I had similar (unpopular) thoughts. Conceptually I love this, practically I am unsure.
In India lot of housewives grow their veggies on rooftop. We even have a local TV channel that shares this kind of veggie gardens to encourage others. Women in this show shares their experiences.
It takes a community of dedicated professionals, volunteers, and participants to make initiatives like this a success. Every effort, no matter how small, contributes to building a path toward recovery and well-being.
Wow - I'm blown away! This is awesome... this is what cities should be like. This is very inspiring. Thank you.
Question: as long as the roof can support the weight, isn't it better to use containers or self contained raised garden beds?
One thing not mentioned: who owns the building (residential or commercial office?) - I'm sure employees can reduce work stress & increase productivity by helping out during work breaks, or just sit in amongst nature throughout the day.
The green roof at Thammasat University in Bangkok feeds the campus plus community. Both these projects shines a light on quality urban living for all, irrespective of income level (good food is for everyone).
Much blessings to all involved. I hope this catches on in every community in every city.
I have a counter question, why do you think containers or self contained beds would be preferable? I guess I am also asking what you mean by this, are you talking about raised beds?
@@Gongall in order to replicate soil structure they basically had to reconstruct the whole roof to allow for drainage, prevent leakes & support the extra weight. Self contained raised beds are, well, self contained - no need for the roof reconstruction- perhaps simpler to get up & running. Perhaps also making planting & harvesting easier. The roof would still need to be reinforced to bear the extra weight though.
@@CitiesForTheFuture2030 The building was designed to be one big raised bed so it was all engineered to work together. If in raised beds we would need more costs for decking- walkways as well as the building of containers which adds a hug cost. all these containers still need to drain off the roof so then are contained to drain. We did a number of planter projects and at this scale it makes more sense to make a monolithic roof
What a cool project and group. I especially loved her point that we already help pay for public services like sewage and lights. Food is just as essential. Why doesn’t the city help ensure that too. That’s such a great shift in paradigm that more cities need to work on.
Thanks Andrew for covering this!
I’ve done several college projects on rooftop and community gardens (with a focus on urban food deserts) because I’m in love with this solution! It’s great to finally see someone use that idea and do something to bring it to life!
I've been working on rooftop designs lately but with the goal of transcending trade and the monetary system that's currently holding us back. If that made you curious then feel free to let me know and I'll gladly elaborate.
@@ziad_jkhan Please do 🤔
@@obi-wankenobi4301 Humania Town - Does that tell you anything?
@@ziad_jkhan Just found your 3D model- it’s very utopian, and I like the way you integrated solar energy, aquaponics, and food forests! Great work
@@obi-wankenobi4301 It won't solve all our problems but can certainly help us solve our biggest problems, notably basic-need scarcity, addiction, dominance and lack of connection. I'm open to collaboration if that interests you and there's a link in the comments if you'd like to find out more already.
As solarpunk as it gets! 👏
When permaculture and community farms is the counter culture... what a world.
@@TurboLoveTrain it shouldn’t be counter, it should be worked into the culture by just doing it on your property and it will spread
as greenwashing as it gets. these apartment complex owners do these types of these to make them look green and moral. this is not solar punk. solar punk would be the tenants saying we want to garden the roof and doing that together, even if the owners said no. this is just another form of capitalist greenwashing.
@@wotanmituns33 not solarpunk. Not even punk. It’s a yuppie venture.
@@lets7121 i guess were just so far removed from community and humane resource distribution that even this "yuppie venture" goes completely against our current welfare conditions. we'll take what we can get atp
The garden is AMAZING!! It’s so wonderful to see your dreams realized, Ben & Rupa; congratulations!!! 🌱
This is very cool. Every community should do this.
Yeah Allen you did it again!!!!!! Great showing. Peace to you homie and much love
" When we're in good relationships together, we create more benefit for all, rather benefit for some " !!!
Came for the garden and food but left with the soulful message at 6:00 !
Amazing inspiration. Love to see the change!
Wow, I can’t imagine that it’s possible to make the rooftop a productive agricultural place. That’s very and amazing idea. Thank you for sharing and surely more will make this in their rooftop. Such a wonderful and fruitful rooftop.❤️❤️❤️
Very impressive, well done.
Wonderful garden! I love this idea and see it grow worldwide!
So impressive
We need more of these, it is BEYOND amazing
Thank you for sharing the wisdom of these wonderful people!
AWESOME!!!! WE NEED MORE OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN EVERY CITY!!!!!
Wow! Amazing.
Beautiful. Love that there's the flowers along the pathways, and a natives section. This isn't some hippie out there thing, as Rupa said, this needs to be replicated everywhere. It needs to be common.
Amazing job, wonderful humans! ❤️
I have my own rooftop garden☺With ornamental plants and some veggies.. and i love it for real coz the sunlight is more accesable in there than in the ground..😊
Every company in every country should do that by Law.
Free fruit and vegetables for everyone! 😊🥳❤
Whenever I think about farming, it brings back memories of how my family managed to survive after losing our farm to Hurricane Florence in September 2018 here in North Carolina, thanks to a monthly influx of $36,000.
Great post friend
QThat's a major hit and must have been heartbreaking
How do you get so much in that period of time????
That's an outrageous figure for a month. What do you do?
Big thanks to Rebecca Hern Mayer
I love how this happening in my town. There's always negative news about Oakland but there are wonderful organizations trying to make a difference. ❤
It’s also important to remember there is a value proposition (if society chooses to recognize it) - eating healthily has been proven to prevent or reduce severity of chronic illness. So the reduction in cost of treatment of such medical issues as a result of healthy eating would more than offset the cost of operating urban farms such as this.
This is a perfect system. I hope you expand. I'm excited for a future with more systems like this in it.
This actually made me spontaneously start crying. I’m so glad someone is doing this ❤️ 🙏
How do you find all this amazing projects!!! I got amazed with the one located in the South of Spain, thanks for all the inspiration ❤
Great clip! The content is both engaging and informative, thank you for sharing!
I gotta say, I'm more impressed by the handdrawn cross-section on their system. Great to see more rooftops being adapted to grow food.
I've been eagerly waiting for a new video, and this one is absolutely incredible. Your content always inspires me, and it's giving me hope, easing my misanthropy just a little bit. I truly hope that one day, we can all move beyond our egocentrism and start living in healthy, connected communities. As Rupa Marya beautifully put it, 'Health is not an attribute of an individual; it's a reflection of a system working in mutual benefit.'
I love it appreciated much . Wishing you all the best and for the community. I'm learning a lot ❤
I've always thought, why don't roof tops for all buildings have either Solar/Farms/Greens/Parking... This video answered it... and it always went over my head... you have to plan the building around it.
This probably kills my idea since the cost might be much higher than the owner/renters want to pay. I wonder if there is another way... Maybe the Solar since it's lighter... anyway...
Probably only hydroponics, nutrient film technique pipes, very light weight and very little water used per area. For example, another technique in hydroponics, raft systems wouldn't be possible either since it would be hundreds of pounds every square feet.
Guessing your best chance of replicating this is to make it a gimmicky selling point for new apartment complexes. Probably the only way to justify the investment without subsidies.
my dad is doing constant maintainance on a badly built house. reality is eventually it becomes cheaper to build from new than to work around previous designs.
This is just Exelent and Practial..truely Impressive Congratulation everyone Great idé and work.. Hoping this idé gos around the world.. Thank you all Greetings from Skandinavia 💞🇮🇸👍💞
A spark of light in a time that seems so dark.
That's such an amazing project that can benefits the comunity local, to be united and focused in eating well and sharing to those who don't have enough food I can't count in how many aspects these rooftop farming will be helping people just beautiful work 😊
Excellent and impressive work. I hope many urban lifestyle adapt this sustainable food resources that requires hardwork. You guys movement is really inspiring. All love!
Great work! Thank you for creating this video.
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Awesome, there is hope for the present and future, thanks for sharing this information.
Incredible work, as an engineer myself I am loving this urban rooftop farm idea as a solution for food insecurity especially when you can propose that the whole rooftop farm is to be sold to the residents of that building thus reducing local pressure on sourcing quality and natural food thats not pumped with all kinds of stuff. From an Engineering perspective:
For this solution to be popular and used more frequently it needs to be first of all 1. cost effective, either by government support and deductions for those undertaking such a project to enrich peoples lives or an actual revenue source for those that do, do this. Retrofitting existing buildings with flat roofs especially in densely populated areas is difficult and expensive from permits all the way to the actual re fortification of the whole building to support that additional load on the rooftop. In my own conclusion, as great as this is, it would not work on a large scale where as vertically integrated farms that do not require the soil could be a better alternative in a rooftop setting due to minimizing the structural load on the building.
Wow this is such an incredible project. So thoroughly thought out. Fulfilling so many multifaceted needs. Congratulations on all those involved for their tremendous efforts. Excellent presentation from those involved. If every new building had a rooftop like this. The cities of the world would be so much more liveable and pleasant. Special mention ❤🦜🦅🕊to the wildlife attracting plants and pollinator plants , herbs and medicines.
Singapore housed all their people and created so much green space and plants and community gardens and community spaces and nature walks. Almost everyone uses public transport. This project has similarities and the rooftop garden engineering is outstanding . Bringing sustainability, organic food, to those in need and mitigating the heat island effect outstanding!
These people are amazing! Very inspiring way to maximize space and help the community
Using this method to transfer heat from roof shingles to vegetable produce while also cooling the house area down beneath is a great concept I hope to be apart of for southern and heat stricken environments. Let alone the pest resistance from new elevation, the water absorbtion(less roofing maintenance from mold or water build up) and also heat damage aswell all while saving money growing food. This is something we can implement for family house hold. Not a market style but a barrier bed if you will to have some crops while maintaining an energy efficient home cooling method naturally. Just pinning this here since I don’t have a good journal yet haha awesome video!!! 🤙🤙🤙
Absolutely loved this video! The information was super helpful and well-presented. Can't wait to see what's next! Great work! 🌟🚜
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As for urban ag, what pollutants do you need to worry about when farming on rooftops as opposed to the ground? According to Bill Mollisons classic permaculture book certain crops (root vs. Leafy or fruits) are better suited for urban ag.
Solid about time idea!
In my book The Impossible Mall (amazon kindle), this outstandingly original novel ends with rooftop food gardens being standard for the new world.
How does this project economically sustain itself, was hoping to hear details of that ?
Donations it seems.
This is amazing! I hope more rooftop farms become the norm.
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Great job 👏
Bravo 👏
Bravo 🙌
wow very innovative, making the most of the land, and getting benefits from it
Wonderful. YWCA in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada has a rooftop garden and last I heard they donated the produce to people with food insecurity.
KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOURE DOING!! It is just brilliant!
This is so inspiring. Even if I start on a small scale with my tiny plot of land I'd like to make a difference.
All i can say is Wow!
Me to i love gardening vegetables and flowers the problem here in my places its to hot since we having climate change wow this is amazing idea is so fresh i love your garden just so beautiful
What a great idea! 💕
Way to go people!!! Andrew, need more places like this.
This is incredible marvellous in-between I didn't see any grass or hay growing as we see on ground in our farms great keep posting 🙏🇮🇳
5 stories up, surrounded by buildings, and constantly tended. Hard to get stray seed in and have a chance to grow.
A very cool initiative
Hope we will see more stuff like this
This is an incredibly great idea! 👊🏻🌻👊🏻
Wow! Amazing and inspiring! Everything is so well said. So many great quotes in there!
Very nice and great idea. I love that. I'm just imagining something like that before and now it's happening. Good job! I do have rooftop terrace too in the philippines and my mother planting some vegetables in a Container . She's very happy everytime she's harvesting some vegetables from their. I was there last january and i saw butterflies and worms and i was so happy about it too! I hope many people will do that gardening too!
Good idea, well done...
Wonderful!!
This is really marvellous 💟💛💖💗.
On top of all of these amazing benefits, how much does it contribute to controlling the climate of the building? With that much soil on top it almost feels like the building is slightly underground. The sides of the building I'm sure still get a lot of heat but the direct top seems quite insulated especially during the summer months.
what a great idea really appreciate
Impressive project.. 2:00 how much does that additional engineering and construction adds to a typical cost of the building (in x% added cost).
Thanks for sharing this wonderful project 💚👍
This system might actually see some additional benefits from co mingling some solar arrays. Partial shade on plants throughout the day and energy generation are a win win.
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Aloha, this should be taught in the public schools for fresh food for children's lunches at every grade level. Teach a child to be a farmer and then everyone wins.