Rob Halpern

This might open up your thinking a bit:
 
http://urbanhabitats.org/v04n01/habitat_full.html

Indoors?
Outdoors?
High light levels?
Low?
Mixed, ranging from what to what?
Are moisture levels the same from top to bottom of the wall?
Which wall system is being used?
 
You can’t spec plants well without asking such questions.

You never see the wall behind the “system”.
And I know of no deciduous green walls (other than vine trellis systems)

Jordan,
 
Yes and more.
Patric Blanc’s book on his work is terrific and rather revealing. But his is only one approach. Green walls of one sort or another have been around for 20 years or more. And now that they have gotten recognized (largely due to Patric Blanc’s work) the systems are coming out fast and furious – as perhaps you are aware.

David,
Thank-you for that.
Was the project these figures came from a particularly tall or hard-to-reach one?
There are indeed systems that use pre-fabricated metal trays so the deterioration of the fabric is not an issue. Still, the substrate will need attention from time to time. Gardeners must be able to get to all areas .
I do think these…[Read more]

I wish someone would do a cost analysis of annual maintenance and periodic replacement of the felt (which deteriorates badly).
Without such information, how can one decide if they want to undertake such a decoration on their building?
These walls, and especially Blanc’s approach, will add to building maintenance. That’s not a bad thing of…[Read more]

Sorry… there were several replies here that appear (mercifully) to have been deleted. This was not meant to you.

What is this grade school?
I offered that study in good faith. I haven’t stopped you from replying. If you don’t want to read 26 pages don’t

Whatever else can be said here, “A good source to recommend would be FoxNews” is mistaken. If you are concerned to be well informed then you should run as fast and as far away from FOX as you can.
 
See this study by the University of Maryland:
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec…
 
Sadly, you have been had.

There are many ways to arrange a resume. Listing by firm/title is one. Another is to list (and expand on) roles/functions/skills. Prepare a resume that does the best job of presenting your skills

I agree.. that’s very important. If it feels like a good working relationship that earns you lots of “points.” Sometimes listening is more impressive than speaking (and a bit rare these days)

Be sure you understand the cost of living of the new city and how your new salary will fare there. It might be quite different from what you expect. You can discover that on-line. For example http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html
It probably makes sense to try (I have no idea how though) to gauge the market for L.A.s there…[Read more]

If you are planning for a bench that deters sleeping, deters skateboarders, and doesn’t even welcome sitters for more than a minute before the pain kicks in, why spend the space, materials and budget on a bench at all? A simple sign that says “Keep moving, buddy, nothing to see here” would be cheaper and could be more elegant.

First impression:
 
ow!

Forget gold nonoparticles!
There’s an even Greener idea! (You thought it couldn’t be done, but….!):

http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=546610&vId=1982023&cId=Offbeat&goback=.gde_1875480_member_36522276

I think you need to define your terms more precisely.
“Same experience as that of exteriorscapes” seems awfully broad and vague to me. So how can it be compared and tested?

That rather depends on which interior and which exterior you are comparing, doesn’t it? And just what experiences you are interested in measuring. And what you mean by “nature.”

Some amazing “interiorscapes’ exist at zoos and botanic gardens (Bergers Bush, ZooZurich’s Masoala, Bronx Zoo’s JungleWorld, Garfield Park Conservatory’s Fern Room, the…[Read more]

Two perfect and perhaps correct responses. Thinking about “native plants of Morocco” for a project in some unspecified locale is like asking about “native plants of Texas” for a job in Houston.

I believe they can be very beautiful and in an urban environment perhaps reduce heatload a bit. But they should be advocated for what they are, not for what we wish they were.

Perhaps you need to search in Arabic or French or Spanish