Bebloemingsacties: Planting Action
Gent, Belgium
Bebloeming=To plant
acties= an action or undertatking/the action of neighbors getting together to doe something, for example: Let's tell all the neighbors to meet on Saturday to clean the street. The town governing board, "Greenness Service", wants to stimulate private initiatives to grow plants. Citizens can receive a "greenness check" for placing flower boxes in their windows. The value of the check depends on the length of the box and there is a maximum of 25 euros availble. In autumn, citizens can register to obtain 10 winter plants to put in thier boxes. There are a limited number of plants, so they are distributed according to this principle, "he who comes first, first grinds".
Straatgeveltuintje: Street Facade Garden
www.gent.be/eCache/THE/4/216.cmVjPTM4NTQ3.html
Detroit Garden Resource
Link
Bacolod City, Philippines: Backyard Vegetable Project
www.bacolodcity.gov.ph/press27.htm Belgium:
Open Basement Subsidy
to open basement for bats to live in. 2500 euro for construction.
Benefit: The bats eat mosquitos and other pests and contribute to the local ecology.
Green roof:
31euro per sq. meter max 5000 euro minimum of 6 sq. meters.
succulent, mosses, grasses, herbs
Benefit: Air quality + recreation
Rain water reuse subsidy.
250 euro to pay for collecting system and pump.
Baumscheiben Berlins
http://www.bund-berlin.de/extras/baumscheiben/scheibe.php
Artcles:
Energy Bulletin: Social Fertilizer: The big growth potential of urban agriculture
Home-based food production in urban Jamaica
www.fao.org/docrep/X2650T/x2650t08.htm
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