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Vagar Island, Klaksv�k – 20 April, 2008
1. Wide of fjord
2. Pan of fjord
Streymoy Island, Torshavn – 20 April, 2008
3. Zoom out of traditional Faroese grass roof house
4. Close of window
5. Close of Grass roofs
6. Close of grass
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Eysturoy, local historian and Faroe Islands Enterprise Guide
“The grass is something that was here when the Vikings came here or may be even the monks started with the grass roofs, we don’t know. They where the first settlers on the Faroes the monks, the Irish monks, then the Vikings came 1700s late 1800s.”
8. Close of grass
9. Zoom in of grass roof
10. Close of traditional building
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Eysturoy, local historian and Faroe Islands Enterprise Guide
“A house with a grass roof is quite a fantastic house to be in during a rough storm and hailey evening. In the evening it is quite fantastic. It just stands quite steady and easily on the ground because of the weight of the grass roof.”
12. Wide of new build house design
13. Close of building tools
14. Mid of house owner
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacob Mittyord, house owner and builder
“There are two reasons (why he is using a grass roof) the first is the aesthetic look. We wanted the grass roof to look nice and the second is the tradition. It is an old tradition in the Faroe islands so we asked our architect to get some solutions where we could combine the new style with the old fashion.”
16. Various of new build house design
17. Zoom in of grass roof
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacob Mittyord, House owner and builder
“The problem is that it is (grass roof) quite heavy. On our roofs we have two layers of 8 cm of grass and in-between we have some nettings on the roots of the grass so we can grow and stabilise it. This construction takes allot of effort and weight. This roof will weigh about thirty tons and when it snows and when it is very wet it will be even heavier.”
19. Jacob climbing a ladder to check new roof support structure
22. Various of grass roofs
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Seagord Yore, Grass Roof Structural Engineer/Architect
“Here you have the waterproof membrane. 1st you put the grass against the waterproof membrane, the roof is up. You then put the fishing net up to the edges on the house. You then take the second layer of grass and put it over.”
25. Eivor Ellensgard Counting grass roof panels
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Eivor Ellensgard, Grass roof customer
“Theres an environmental advantage of having a grass roof because it’s making oxygen as well. Its also having an isolating effect because its pretty cold for most of the year so it isolating as well.”
27. Wide of children playing on the grass roof
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28. SOUNDBITE (English) Former US President Bill Clinton, speaking on Climate change in the Faroes
“I looked at the old fashioned roofs with the grass on it and I was thinking how far ahead you are now. All over America we are in a mad rush to green all our roofs to put vegetation on our roofs, to cut down on the electric costs and the co2 emissions that come from having inefficient buildings.”
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Streymoy Island, Torshavn – 20 April, 2008
29. Mid of traditional Faroese buildings
30. SOUNDBITE: (English) J�annes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe islands
“First of all I think its very important that we all, where ever we are in society, politicians, school teachers ,fisherman that we all put the climate in focus, that we are thinking about climate change all the time.”
31. Mid of traditional grass roofed houses
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