Motorcycle Travel Series by @velimir 'The Roof' (Part #216)

velimir (78)in #motorcycle • 6 years ago (edited)

'The Roof'

The roof of the house catches my attention. Well, maybe it actually makes me stare in awe, reminding of permaculture roofs. I doubt that this roof was intentionally made to look like this but one never knows. The moss and plants, growing on it, might only be a silent witness of the house's age.

Were these planted up there or they just grew on their own? I cannot deny the beauty and wouldn't mind planting some on my own roof. I'd love that actually. It could easily be that people lived like this before and the plants on roofs were providing an additional layer of insulation. I wonder how it works with rainwater drain... Doesn't it clog the pipes?

Ah, It looks like there are no pipes. There is only this long wood looking like a gutter, making sure that water doesn't drip down the walls and create moisture. Sometimes these genuine, simple solutions are the best.

I remember that in permaculture movement, a similar system of planting on the roof is deliberately used to keep the heat in the house. These guys have entire lawns over their heads. Permaculture, unless taken to extremes, is a good system of sustainable living. A brave decision choosing a life by the rules of nature and using only natural or recycled materials. The roof plant colony is huge. A whole ecosystem is living up there.

I knew some people who were making their diesel fuel from old oil collected at various restaurants. One needs to invest in refining equipment, so I'm not sure after how long this system pays off even though gasoline prices in Europe are much higher than in States.

Maybe we live up to the day when the inerted wheels of awareness start turning forward and change the indifference into caring for this beautiful place where we all live. Maybe one day people realize that it would be a good idea to start decorating and cleaning their front yards, their street, city, continent and all those immensely saddening islands of plastic from the North Pacific. That would make all of us worthy of a chance. Got to start small, I guess.

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