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c o m m e n t a r y
From a magazine that is green all of the time . . . Welcome to the greenest issue of the year!
So, what makes this issue more green than last month's? Well, the title on the editorial calendar for one.
But more significant are the projects inside. Still, after so many years (30 years this July) to call one issue the
green issue seems kind of moot. After all, landscape is the original green industry and virtually everything
ever done in the industry was in some way meant to green the environment . . . Just saying . . .
So . . . that said . . . There are some pretty cool green projects inside this issue. I especially like the
riverbank restoration on the Malden River near Boston. You know, whether or not you agree with some of
the conservation calls and climate claims, one of the best things about the climate of change is that good
usually comes from critical thinking. In this case, the culmination of decades of conversation about brown
fields and unfettered waste resulted in a section of the river becoming what every section of every river should
be: clean, accessible and life sustaining.
Also inside you will find three articles about green roofs.
A dozen years ago virtually every building in the country had a roof made to withstand the weather, but
with no decorative nor memorable features. Today, the growing trend is to add the roof as another floor of
useable space. Owners have found that maintenance and utility cost are decreased, while rentable features are
added to the project. This raises the question of whether something that makes business sense can actually
be considered "green." Who knows, someday they may even find out that landscape absorbs carbon dioxide
and creates oxygen . . .
Ok . . . Don't get me started on carbon dioxide or weather, since I have been benefitting tremendously
from the surge of warm water rising up from the south making my southern California waters teem with
yellowfin tuna ripe for the taking off the 40-ft. sportfisher LandEscaper. It seems that even though the Gulf
States haven't had a hurricane for more than 100 months, the Pacific is up to 'O' when it comes to named
storms. This is causing warm water to push north and with it comes the tuna and the dorado . . .
But enough about that and back to the issue at hand . . . Or better, the issue in your hands now . . .
That's right in the Green Issue you will also find how green walls are adding life and natural shading
to parking lots. This 'cool' idea kinda reminds me of a scene from one of the apocalypse movies where the
parking structure becomes grown over after years of nonhuman interaction. Somebody must have said . . .
"Yeah, that is cool and we can do that now" . . . I think the trick is to do it with native plants that would
subsist even in an apocalypse. By hook or by crook, nature always wins . . .
And then there are the projects that use, divert, calm, collect, distribute, filter, abate and absorb
stormwater. An interesting note is to see how some projects need to deal with regular amounts of rain, and
others need to deal with strong and rapid rains. Out here in the West, we are glad we don't have the frequent
rains, while at the same time we are almost hoping for the deluge that will fill our reservoirs. Unfortunately
those rain events, especially from an El Niño event can be devastating. It can't be a good thing to hope for
a flood, but it is a must when planning for development in the Southwest.
So whether you are concerned about the weather or whether your project needs to weather the affects of
development, take a look inside this issue of LASN and see whether we have covered the green subject well
or whether our well has run dry . . .
God Bless . . .
Can Green Get
More Green?
George Schmok, Publisher
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