Australia: Eco-activist Joost Bakker plans rooftop urban farm for shopping centre
Flower grower and sustainability activist Joost Bakker promotes green design and zero waste. In what the developer is labelling an “Australian first”, the Burwood Brickworks rooftop will feature a mix of greenhouses, planter boxes and gardens, both horizontal and vertical By Paul Best Excerpt: Frasers Property Australia has enlisted Bakker to establish an urban farm and restaurant on the 2000-square-metre rooftop of its proposed shopping centre development on the former Burwood Brickworks site in Melbourne’s east, which begins construction mid-year.
“It’s the kind of [project] I’ve been talking about for years and years, and here’s a company that actually has the balls to go out and do it,” says Bakker, best known for his pop-up restaurants promoting sustainable design, recycling and zero waste. His ventures include Greenhouse by Joost in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, as well as Silo and Brothl in Melbourne’s CBD. Read the complete article here. Via Gardening http://www.rssmix.com/via Blogger http://thearnoldtully.blogspot.com/2018/02/australia-eco-activist-joost-bakker.html February 16, 2018 at 02:02AM
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