Introducing our GaiaMat green roof on Astaka Kota Selera: 🌱 Located in the UNESCO heritage city of Georgetown, Penang, sandwiched between the Padang Kota Lama (Esplanade) and Fort Cornwallis, this project features our soilless green roof system integrated with existing large trees. 3 different species of local flora were proposed and installed on the rooftop, which eventually attracted even more diverse species of groundcover and wildflowers. This project was implemented by Chief Minister Incorporated under the George Town and Bayan Lepas Urban Greening Grants Programme of the Penang Nature-based Climate Adaptation Programme (PNBCAP), with funding from the Adaptation Fund and support from UN-Habitat and Think City. #greenroofmalaysia #gaiamat #greenroof #thinkcity #fortcornwallis

Article from Malay Mail 10/2/2026. Our thoughts: From PPR homeowners, landed home owners and education institutions to corporations located within the Georgetown and Bayan Lepas area, Penang Nature-Based Climat Adaptation Programme (PNBCAP)'s brought together many passionate folks raring to make a change in their own backyard. It's been our pleasure working with Think City, one of the programme's implementation partners, as well as successful applicants for PNBCAP's Urban Greening Grants Programme- Hin Bus Depot & Jayamas Property Group (for Astaka Kota Selera), who were willing to take a chance on a local startup like us to design, install and maintain their extensive green roofs. Belalang Inovasi is proud to see Penang's urban greening drive come to fruition through various completed PNBCAP grant projects. It is our hope that this sparks a movement for wider acceptance of Nature-based Solutions in climate adaptation, especially in terms of greening up of roofs and facades in our urban centers!

1 Green Wall, 2 lives Reposting a story with updated photos. On the surface, it's just another green wall backed by a bit of engineering and plant knowhow, but dig deeper and we'll find there is more than meets the eye. This is a story celebrating a small victory on the reuse/recycling front. Usually when a feature green wall falls out of favour, it is common for building owners to call a dumptruck to "buang" the entire wall. It doesn't matter how much time, money, effort and heart is poured into the preparation & maintenance of said feature- when the axe swings, a green oasis like the aforementioned vertical planting isn't spared. This is a story we've seen unfold again and again. With little to lose, stakeholders in this particular case realized there was still value to be salvaged, that the "expiration date" could be extended with minimal intervention. It helped that there was foresight during the initial installation to make it "relocate-able". Working hand-in-hand with TeamBelalang, the folks at CREaTE JKR pushed ahead with the plan to literally shift an entire 9.6m long GaiaWall to its new home in Simpang Ampat, Melaka, where ~830 odd plants are be able to thrive and serve as subjects of a new study til today. In another reality, we would be watching steel frames, plants, pipes and boards that can easily last another 20 years being cut up and dumped. This time, we're happy to take the small win. Old wall Aug 2022- Oct 2024 New wall Nov 2024 - current Appreciation goes to the team at JKR & JKR CREaTE who made it happen. Thanks Dr @suzainizaid who gave the wall its first lease of life. #littleinspirations #gaiawall #MovingWalls #Reuse #TeamBelalang

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