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Green roofs are beautiful, but will they always stay that way?

While a green roof is just as alive and natural as a garden growing on the ground, the green roof is going to need some extra tender loving care. If you were told to live 500 feet up in the air through high winds and dramatic weather changes, wouldn’t you need a little more attention too? We think so!

It’s no secret — the pandemic compromised nearly everyone’s mental health.Collectively, the world went through a massive change so it’s totally normal to be worried and stressed (we’d be surprised if you weren’t).

But life will never be as it was before the pandemic. As employees head back into the office and regain a bit of normalcy into their lives, it’s critical that leaders prioritize mental health. 

The pandemic forever changed the way employees think about the workplace.

Honestly, would you rather work from your couch in pajamas all day or sit through another 4-hour PowerPoint presentation? It’s safe to say we’d all pick the former! But on a serious note, COVID placed an important spotlight on employee health and wellness. Now, as people return to their offices, their expectations are heightened. Employers are now looking into redesigning the office space to encourage and foster employee productivity, wellness, and satisfaction. But in order to do so, business leaders need to prioritize health and wellness throughout the workplace.

When springtime sun and warmer weather hits, you know it’s time to give your roof top a little love. And that often starts with assessing your irrigation system. Super exciting, right? We know. While most find this topic less than enthralling, we thrive on the challenges we often meet this time of year. 

We often talk about how green roofs are different from landscapes on the ground, and never is that more obvious than in the spring. Luckily, there are some signs to look for to ensure your green roof health is optimized and thriving for the upcoming growing season.

We recently got an introduction to the complex problems surrounding environmental equity. The very real connection between racial inequality and climate change is serious and the everyday problems people in our own communities are facing because of environmental inequalities are pervasive and persistent.

After a wet, cold winter, there is a glimmer of warmth on our horizon. With spring around the corner, it’s important to remember that a green roof has a different rhythm and maintenance cycle than landscapes on the ground. With that in mind, here are three things you can do to keep your green roof thriving this spring.  

We once thought climate change and the continued degradation of the environment was simply the product of humans overusing and over-abusing our natural resources.

But the truth is, it’s actually far more complicated than that.

Climate change shares a turbulent history with racial injustice, and scientists across the board agree that we have to find simultaneous solutions to really make positive progress. If we truly want to solve environmental issues, we must also solve the systemic racism and widespread economic inequalities in our society.

Why are these two issues connected? Why are people of color far more at risk from environmental health hazards than white people? For that answer, we have to first look at where the roots of this problem began.

Here at Ecogardens, we have recently begun selling some of the products we’ve been using for years.

By championing The products that we’ve found to be resilient and reliable, we hope to share with you some of the tools that have been the very foundation of our work.

To kick off this exciting new phase, we recently sat down with Mike Merlesena, National Commercial Sales Manager of DIG Corporation.

Based in California, and successfully manufacturing and distributing drip irrigation accessories since the 1980s, DIG started out providing a line of low-volume irrigation products to both the DIY retail market and the commercial turf market. From the beginning, they’ve taken the resilience and sustainability of their products and services seriously.

While DIG has always provided advanced, eco-friendly irrigation technology solutions, when they acquired the LEIT controller product line in 2000, they could confidently claim to have the greenest irrigation technology on the market.