The Green Room

Readers of David Suzuki’s Nature Challenge newsletters are gifted caption-writers and punsters! Here are three gnomic conversations for you to vote on:

From Janice Miller-Young of Calgary Alberta:

From Diane Stout of Victoria BC:

From Laurie M of Winnipeg, Manitoba:

Vote here or paste this link in your browser: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=m32auwwMY4rf21N8swPYMw_3d_3d%22%3EClick

Here are a selection of our favourite puns:

“Collecting gnome puns, eh? Wouldn’t that be gnomenclature?”

Suzanne Joyce, Regina Saskatchewan

“Gnome is where the heart is”. “

We are stardust, we are golden. And we’ve got to get our gnome back to the garden.”

Kathy Penner, Winnipeg Manitoba “

My garden and front flower bed has been gnome to be the prettiest in the neighbourhood!”

Mike Lahey, London Ontario

Punspired? Let’s hear ‘em!

Bev Sawyer of Tobermory, Ontario has a roofing question:

"I’m having a rough time choosing what to reroof my home with. I live in a very cold climate, so fibreglass shingles are not wise. or clay tiles, etc. - they can’t take the cold. It looks like I have little choice and it will have to be a steel roof."

I suggested that Bev consider a green roof - plants growing on a building’s roof. Depending on the slope, strength and size of your roof, you can have a roof covered with grass, flowers or even shrubs. Besides aesthetics, green roofing can add an extra layer of insulation to your home, reduce storm runoff and provide a buffer against temperature extremes. For more information: www.greenroofs.org .

Readers, have you got any other suggestions? Or experience with green roofing to help Bev?