New project

Here are some pictures from our work on a local big box store roof. 

The project is focused on how roof choice could affect indoor air quality.

Proud to announce PSU is hosting the 2016 ecoroof symposium!

buy tickets here: http://portlandstate.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=1600&cid=146

Urban ecology class study of the PSU Cramer Hall experimental testbeds

OHSU tour

Wow! So many greenroofs on this hospital campus!
Glad I got to visit these with my thesis student, Sonashi.

Portland State Broadway update

Students in the engineering program and working to consider different ways to update one of the greenroofs on campus. Like many Portland ecoroofs, after nearly 10 years, this one is much different now compared to the original design.  Students are weighing different maintenance options to ensure continued ecosystem services. Here we are getting new batteries into the weather station. (Photo credits: Laura Gleim)

Presenting our poster at ESA

ESA Baltimore

There is a great organized oral session on greenroofs taking place next week at the Ecological Society Meeting in Baltimore on Tuesday Aug. 11 starting at 8am:

Click here to see the lineup of amazing speakers

Special sampling trip on Multnomah County roof with Sydney and Jessica

Sydney and Jessica are the main graduate students working on the greenroof biodiversity study.  

Summer lab appreciation!

GRIT tour of the woodlawn apartments

Another new Portland greenroof and a potential new study site. Shown here is the general viewscape and a few plant closeups

                                                                                     

another greenroof book (chapter 2 is my favorite)

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319149820

predation

I saw a pinyon jay try to eat a white (cabbage?) moth on a roof today. Unfortunately, I interrupted the meal with my picture-taking.  The traps are also coming back really full, so we can only wonder how much of our catch we are sharing with the birds at this point.

spider egg case in dried blossom

Multnomah county headquarters greenroof

New season and new interns!

This picture's from a few weeks ago, but we started our season early this year.  We got the traps out by the end of March because it warmed up early here this year...

new greenroof book of note

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415535533/

Growing UP in the City!

Announcing our newly (self) published greenroof activity book:

Download a free copy at: greeningupthecity.com

Beautiful Multnomah County roof

These pictures don't do this place justice. Different zones with different species. Amazing View.They even grow produce and donate it. Check out the apple tree (fruiting right along the stem)!

Another perfect spot for a greenroof

Scoping out the site of (hopefully)  the next greenroof monitoring project ...

ohsu (oregon health and science university) tour

This area of south waterfront feels like Stuttgart.
More about this initiative here

 

more biodiversity study sites