L anse aux meadows is the only known site of a norse village in canada and in north america outside of greenland.
Green roof settlement.
Green roofs are an old idea.
When it was a bustling town the settlement had three timber and sod longhouses as.
History happening as early at 1948 although spotted by a coast guard helicopter in 1978.
As part of a settlement with exxonmobil the green roof project was funded by the attorney general s office through the greenpoint community environmental fund.
In fact reconstructions of norse sod houses dating from 1000 a d.
Are protected as a unesco world heritage site in l anse aux meadows newfoundland and commemorate the earliest known european settlement in north america.
Stuttgart in germany is thought of as the green roof capital of europe while singapore is even installing green roofs on buses.