urban vegetation Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:56:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 San Francisco Parklets: Tiny Parks Replace Parking Lots https://www.greenoptimistic.com/san-francisco-parklets-2015/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/san-francisco-parklets-2015/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:56:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56688 San Francisco has a reputation as an eco-friendly system, and their parklets program demonstrates their commitment to green living. For the last five years, the city’s business owners have been busy turning ugly parking lots into gorgeous, tiny parks. Some are just a few plants, while some have places to sit down and relax, but […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/san-francisco-parklets-2015/feed/ 0 56688 Urban Vegetation Cleans Air Better Than Previously Thought https://www.greenoptimistic.com/urban-vegetation-cleans-air-better-than-previously-thought-20120904/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/urban-vegetation-cleans-air-better-than-previously-thought-20120904/#respond Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:50:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25914 A new finding from Dr. Thomas Pugh, at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, reveals the fact that city vegetation does more good than thought before. “Green areas may be grown road by road without expensive or big initiatives,” says Pugh. He also says that green plants filter nitrogen oxide (NO2) and fine […]

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