What are "Living Walls"
Living Walls are similar to Green Roofs providing benefits of insulation, natural beauty, longevity, and recycling advantages according to ELT Living Walls an article that avidly supports environmentally friendly living (2010). Plants can also be grown on the walls of homes. Many countries have already adopted this eco-friendly solution in countries such as Tanzania, and Nova Scotia, for example, where there are extremely hot and cold temperatures comments Chicago Green Roofs (2011). Combining 'Green Roofs' with 'Living Walls', a YouTube video demonstration presentation by showing how panels can be added to the home (YouTube, 2011).
Economic Advantages
So far the case for "Green Roofs and Living Walls" has incorporated the societal, historical, and cultural advantages of considering this avenue for taking a practical approach to implementing Environmentalism into present and future living arrangements. Hints of the economic advantages have been presented and further analysis of the costs and long-term benefits of implementing these natural eco-systems show tremendous promise. Consider the Costing Table provided by Living Green Roofs (2011). The table shows that roofs lasts up to 30 years longer than traditional roofs that offer none of the environmental benefits discussed so far. Those benefits include cleaner air, one of the major problems in traditionally built homes today are poor insulation, dusts, germs, and dangerous chemically-based sediments that cause respiratory illnesses from inhaling toxins (Songer, 2010). Another benefit was the ability to grow food, with the rising costs of meals, it can be very economical to grow plants such as tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs to supplement food costs.
The initial outlay for implementing "Green Roofs" and/or "Living Walls" is about 25% more than traditional methods, but at what costs to health and the environment (Songer, 2010). The additional costs required over time will increase the longevity of the home, which reduces roof repairs. It can also improve the quality...
Such plants include: prairie popseed, catmint, stonecrops, cornflowers and susans, among others. These plants are of all colors and are very beautiful when planted together. Having seen these benefits, it is quite hard to still argue against green roofs. Yet if one finds oneself in this positing there are a variety of specific things that green roofs and do for humans. They include: cleaning and retaining rainwater, reducing the overheating in
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