Tag: Living Roofs

Newcastle’s embraces sustainability with its first Living Roof

Stuart Mitchell

Newcastle’s first Living Roof now sits on Stamfordham Road, helping to boost biodiversity and make the city greener, in partnership with Clear Channel UK.   It’s constructed from sustainable materials and is comprised of a mix of wildflowers and sedum plants, which are ideal food sources and habitats for bees and other pollinating insects. The shelters, also known as Bee Bus Stops, also benefit the environment by absorbing rainwater and aiding in filtering particulates from the air. Not only are they designed to support biodiversity, but they’re also beneficial in…

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More Living Roofs take root in Sunderland

Stuart Mitchell

Bus shelters with Living Roofs have started appearing across Sunderland, as Clear Channel supports the council’s drive to make the city a cleaner and greener place to live. Featured posts ‘Bee Bus Stops’ coming to Derby   New bus shelters outside of the University of Sunderland and the Chesters Pub on Chester Road are the first phase of a plan to install around 90 living roof bus shelters across the city as part of a new contract between Sunderland City Council and Clear Channel UK. Nicknamed ‘Bee Bus Stops’, Living…

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