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Rooftop Project TV Coverage on "Rebut Globale" in 2006

Re-live summer by watching this short film about our project in 2006, that was made by the Québecois TV series Rébut Globale (or Global Waste)...
(click here)

Submitted by rotem on Tue, 27/02/2007 - 5:16pm.

Check it out - images of the Rooftop Garden Project in an online video!

We found this by chance on the world wide web. How exciting to see a short video about urban agriculture, and the Rooftop Garden Project has such a strong presence!

Check it out on YouTube:

Posted to: Media Coverage | Couverture médiatique
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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 23/01/2007 - 6:56pm.

Spreading the Roots: An assessment of the social and enviromental impacts of the Rooftop Garden Project

Written by Rotem Ayalon, for the Rooftop Garden Project
December 2006
(full document attached as a pdf below)

Submitted by rotem on Fri, 22/12/2006 - 1:16pm.

Rooftop Garden Project Technical Report 2006 (French Version Only)

Download this report to learn about the technical progress of our project. The experiments were conducted at the Roulant demonstration garden and had as main goals the improvement of health and productivity of container grown vegetable plants and the weight reduction of our growers. Within, you will discover all kinds of information regarding our semi-hydroponic and self-watering growers as well as our rainwater caption and passive distribution system.

Posted to: Our Publications | Nos publications
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Submitted by benji on Tue, 12/12/2006 - 1:02pm.

Living machine à la Havane

Lors d’une mission à la Havane (voir document ci-joint), j’ai rencontré Ricardo Sanchez, un sympathique biologiste marin de l’Institut océanographique. Accidenté au travail et maintenant en chaise roulante, Ricardo a aménagé un écosystème dans son petit jardin, incluant une micro production de poisson pour rapprocher la mer de lui étant donné qu’il ne pouvait plus se déplacer vers elle. Il s’est aussi rapproché de sa mère qui entretient pour lui sa machine vivante. En plein cœur de la Havane, sur une butte rocailleuse et aride, ce jardin de type permaculture produit poissons, lapins, poules, légumes, fruits et plantes médicinales en plus d’adoucir le climat et d’embellir son milieu de vie.

Posted to: Nos histoires / Our stories | Gardening Techniques and Dissemination
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Submitted by ismael on Tue, 05/12/2006 - 12:03pm.

The Rooftop Gardens Project takes Victoria!

Hello rooftop community!

After spending a wonderful summer gardening on the rooftops of Montreal, I’m back to my everyday ground-level life in Victoria, BC. The summer I spent working with the Rooftop Gardens Project was one of the most fun and inspiring I’ve ever spent, and I was so happy to share it with all of you. I must say I miss Montreal, but it seems that the magic of the rooftop garden project continues to follow me all the way across the country!

Posted to: Nos histoires / Our stories
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Submitted by mthom on Tue, 28/11/2006 - 3:59am.

Urban Planning Master's Thesis on rooftop greening

Before beginning to work full-time with the Rooftop Garden Project, I wrote my Master's thesis for a degree in Urban Planning on municipal strategies to encourage rooftop greening ("Making Rooftops Bloom: Strategies for encouraging rooftop greening in Montreal).

Submitted by rotem on Thu, 02/11/2006 - 3:50pm.

Urban agriculture training manual (available in french and portuguese)

Here is a comprehensive urban agriculture workshop manual created by Geneviève during her internship in Brazil. It may very will inspire you! The document is available for download in french and portuguese. Happy reading!

Posted to: Our Publications | Nos publications
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Submitted by benji on Fri, 27/10/2006 - 12:18pm.

Participate in an international internship for 4 months with Alternatives!

Vous êtes un citoyen canadien**, un résident permanent ou une personne à qui l’on a accordé le statut de réfugié au Canada, et n’avez jamais participé à un stages cyberjeunes?

Imaginez : apprendre à faire le design de sites Internet pour des ONG en Amérique Latine ; envoyer à partir de l’Afrique des reportages pour la radio ; être témoins des défis qu’affrontent les organisations de défense des droits humains en Asie et bien d’autres regroupements civils partout au monde!

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Submitted by rotem on Wed, 25/10/2006 - 12:32pm.

An Alternatives Internship - AGRICULTURE SOLIDARITY IN HAVANA!

Le monopole de l'agriculture industrielle sur la production alimentaire te
préoccupe ?

Tu as envie d'entrer en contact avec des alternatives existantes, au
Québec et à Cuba ?

Tu veux acquérir et mettre en pratique des compétences concrètes en