My quick watercolour and pencil crayon sketches demonstrate a low-cost method for shading apartment units, particularly for west-facing facades. The planters can be DIY sub-irrigated reservoir planters.

I believe these low-tech, passive solar ideas can be implemented en-masse, in times of climate chaos. I have reached out to various organizations in Toronto about these ideas but still to no avail. It is vital for city authorities and high-rise residential building management to embrace and endorse these urban agriculture initiatives, empowering resilient local communities in the face of imminent global climate disruption.

This piece was done on Canson Watercolour Pad paper.

This blOAAg post is an entry in the popular annual series, Summer Sketches. To see other items from this year, click here. To see all Summer Sketches, click here.