Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
One organization in Mexico City is making their city into a better place one concrete pillar at a time.
Via Verde is a project that is working to convert at least 1,000 grey highway pillars into vertical gardens that can soak up pollution and smog.
The gardens are an innovative way of beautifying urban spaces, and absorbing CO2, heat, and city noise.
The greenery has been shown to relieve symptoms of stress and anxiety in city residents, and the structural material used to make the gardens are constructed entirely out of recycled plastic.LOOK: World’s Largest Air…
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