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Post by whisker on Dec 19, 2011 11:04:52 GMT
Is this an issue we need to get behind - supporting designers, architects and politicians, who will push the idea of "greening" our cities forward? Or are we still producing city "landscapes" of "dead" apartment blocks?
There is a crisis in urban planning in London: a disconnection from Nature. Hundreds of thousands of children are growing up without ever having sunk their hands in the soil. And many of their parents have never planted a bulb, or grown a vegetable. Is it the first time in human history that two generations of families have lived with such a degree of separation from earth, plants and the rhythm of the seasons?
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Post by penny on Dec 19, 2011 22:49:46 GMT
What an unusual apartment building; but I quickly got used to it.
I think it's VITALLY important. Don't you feel better just being around grass, trees,
scrubs, flowers & indoor plants?
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Post by whisker on Dec 19, 2011 23:20:07 GMT
What an unusual apartment building; but I quickly got used to it.
I think it's VITALLY important. Don't you feel better just being around grass, trees,
scrubs, flowers & indoor plants?
Yes I love to have some greenery around. IMO, makes a huge difference! |
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Post by penny on Dec 20, 2011 2:25:40 GMT
I think it's soothing & calming & you know it puts oxygen in the air.
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Post by whisker on Dec 20, 2011 12:46:16 GMT
That applies to indoors, as well. At the end of the summer, i invested in a little glass-topped bistro table - for the princely sum of 30 euro - including two chairs! I put the bistro table in the corner and loaded up with my plants - so that they can be near the window and take advantage of what light there is during the winter.
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