Comments on: Green Island Project http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 19:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Paige Green http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-469785 Paige Green Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469785 It's true that there are a lot of mountains in Japan, but I would hardly call it <!-- http://www.thegreenpages.com.au -->. I was living in Matsumoto (pop 250,000) for awhile, and it was weird because there were all these rice fields everywhere, but they were RIGHT next to busy roads... More green in Tokyo and other urban centres would be cool, but I'd worry more all the plastic and waste from pretty Japanese packaging! It’s true that there are a lot of mountains in Japan, but I would hardly call it . I was living in Matsumoto (pop 250,000) for awhile, and it was weird because there were all these rice fields everywhere, but they were RIGHT next to busy roads…

More green in Tokyo and other urban centres would be cool, but I’d worry more all the plastic and waste from pretty Japanese packaging!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415267 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415267 I find it kind of interesting that Tokyo doesn't do the rooftop garden thing. It seems like an ideal environment to simply move all of your parkland a few stories closer to the sun and rain. I find it kind of interesting that Tokyo doesn’t do the rooftop garden thing. It seems like an ideal environment to simply move all of your parkland a few stories closer to the sun and rain.

]]> By: gnosis http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415108 gnosis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415108 This sounds like a great idea, but it could get <a href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/08/tokyo-fantasy-images-of-the-apocalypse" rel="nofollow">out of hand</a>. This sounds like a great idea, but it could get out of hand.

]]> By: sirspocksalot http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415117 sirspocksalot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415117 Wow, that video is kinda awesome. Wow, that video is kinda awesome.

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415130 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415130 Tokyo has more greenery than other areas of Japan? Really? Tokyo has more greenery than other areas of Japan? Really?

]]> By: frostkaiser http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415166 frostkaiser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415166 I don't know what he's talking about. I'd say Japan is 85% mountains and forests. Huge urban centers like Tokyo are definitely the exception to the rule. Where I live there in Japan is more nature around me than anywhere I lived back in the US. I don’t know what he’s talking about. I’d say Japan is 85% mountains and forests. Huge urban centers like Tokyo are definitely the exception to the rule. Where I live there in Japan is more nature around me than anywhere I lived back in the US.

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415184 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415184 Yeah, I spent a month in Utsunomiya and there were rice fields interspersed all through the city, along with plenty of other green vacant lots and such. And in Kyoto the hills were all green. Plus there's, you know, the parts of Japan that aren't cities. Yeah, I spent a month in Utsunomiya and there were rice fields interspersed all through the city, along with plenty of other green vacant lots and such. And in Kyoto the hills were all green. Plus there’s, you know, the parts of Japan that aren’t cities.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415958 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415958 I enjoyed the fantasy pictures. Grass in those places would be trampled into a four-foot-deep mud pit a few hours after the first rainstorm. I enjoyed the fantasy pictures.

Grass in those places would be trampled into a four-foot-deep mud pit a few hours after the first rainstorm.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2009/02/18/green-island-project.html#comment-415978 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415978 I wonder if installing sidewalks wouldn't solve the four-foot-deep mud pit problem. In the Danny Choo videos I've seen everyone seems to be walking in the street. Why no sidewalks? Much narrower than a road and then you have room for grass on the side. If only urban planning were as easy as snapping one's fingers... I wonder if installing sidewalks wouldn’t solve the four-foot-deep mud pit problem. In the Danny Choo videos I’ve seen everyone seems to be walking in the street. Why no sidewalks? Much narrower than a road and then you have room for grass on the side. If only urban planning were as easy as snapping one’s fingers…

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