Biotop Rooftop Gardening System

Originally I was interested in making an "easy to construct", "user friendly" plant growing system. It seems that this is already covered:

If I learned one thing from the Sustainability Action Fund presentations it was that we really need to push the research angle because every 'practical' angle you can think of is already being tackled by more capable and powerful groups. PLSS should be considered a research system, not a 'solution'.