As green as it gets

Eva Bjerring — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:40:04 +0000

The other day I found a link in my inbox to a website on... grass?! The link was more specifically to a do-it-yourself grass clock developed on vertical garden concepts which immediately aroused my curiosity and launched an investigation of this new and to me unknown kind of 'green design'.

Chicago: Converting vacant lots to greenery

Kit Sand Ottsen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:35:35 +0000

Chicago's tradition of parks and boulevards has provided the city with a stunning lakefront and its motto "Urbs in Horto" or "City in a Garden." However, the city's growth over time has left new and changing neighbourhoods without sufficient open space. In 1993, analysis concluded that the city failed to provide recreation resources equally to all residents; 63 % of Chicagoans lived in neighbourhoods where parks were either too crowded or too far away. A detailed study of the whole city inventoried open land and found a surprising number of vacant parcels available.

urban greening project

As green as it gets

Chicago: Converting vacant lots to greenery