L anse aux meadows is the only known site of a norse village in canada and in north america outside of greenland.
Green roof settlement.
In fact reconstructions of norse sod houses dating from 1000 a d.
These increasingly radical urban designs can help cities adapt.
Are protected as a unesco world heritage site in l anse aux meadows newfoundland and commemorate the earliest known european settlement in north america.
History happening as early at 1948 although spotted by a coast guard helicopter in 1978.
Yet newtown creek is the site of one of the largest oil spills in u s.
Stuttgart in germany is thought of as the green roof capital of europe while singapore is even installing green roofs on buses.
Green roofs are an old idea.