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As we continue to flatten the coronavirus curve by staying at home, don’t miss watching these fantastic videos about Living Walls at the #VirtualSummit2019. Just Register first, then watch away from the Agenda page! (Q&A Videos are watched from the Q&A page.)

Learn more about these videos from Speakers from China, Australia, Egypt, Nepal, and Italy:

Sponge City Starts with Home Green:

KONGJIAN YU (Keynote)

The Turenscape Founder & Landscape Architect; Peking University Professor and Founding Dean of College of Architecture and Landscape shares his low maintenance approach to create a green wall and productive roof at his own home in Beijing.

Green Facades – The Benefits of Informed Design:

GEOFF HEARD

Fytogreen Australia’s Managing Director talks about the “Air Movement Study” of a green façade project, Platinum Apartments, in Melbourne, Australia discussing the design and research required to achieve BCA compliance for passive ventilation in the car park.

Green Walls and Green Roofs in Arid Egyptian Climates:

SHERIF HOSNY

The Schaduf Principal shares how Cairo has benefited from innovation, implementation, and education in landscape architecture, farming, vertical gardening, and a variety of sustainability driven products and services.

Himalayan Vertical Gardens: Windows of Nature:

IÑIGO IRIARTE

The Nepal Vertical Gardens Founder, Artist, Agricultural Engineer speaks about how, with creativity and persistence, it’s possible to find green solutions in any environment and shares his experience building vertical gardens in Nepal.

Il Giardino Verticale del Liceo Giovanni Keplero di Roma (The Vertical Garden of the Giovanni Keplero High School of Rome):

ROBERTO CASALINI, PHD

Liceo Scientifico Giovanni Keplero di Roma Professor

ANTONIO VESTRELLA, PHD

Leonardo da Vinci Agricultural Institute Professor and Giardini & Paesaggi Principal

This collaboration video actually has two separate videos included. Together with a group of 25 students, the educators completed the first vegetated roof on a school in Italy in 2016 (the first video), and the second video talks about recently adding a greenwall at the entrance to the high school.

Green Your Laneway Pilot Project

CATHY OKE, PHD

The City of Melbourne Councillor, ICLEI First Vice President & University of Melbourne Senior Enterprise Fellow says from growing vertical gardens to planting trees and creating pocket parks, many of our laneways have enormous potential to become the city’s backyard.