Increase in Urban Green Space

 I stumbled upon this article earlier today and thought it tied in directly to what we talked about in class and what was on our final exam. The article is about this urban green space advocacy group in Australia whose name is 202020 Vision. The group believes that Australian cities need more plants and trees. Whether its for looks, or to help with our health and productivity. Nevertheless, trees and plants are overlooked when plans are drawn up. Their goal is increase urban green space in Australia by a significant amount of 20 % in 2020.

I don't know if there are groups like this in the United States because I haven't checked, but there should be. An organization like this could be extremely beneficial to the people in urban cities and environments. Like 202020 visions, i wouldn't just place parks all over the place, just little patches of green spaces here and there that allow people to get a little escape. A place to allow them to express themselves in a way that they simply cannot in the city (even though the green space is in the city). I like the ideas of adding more trees and plants to the urban environment and I think it would positively affect the environment and those people who live there. It would result in new ways that people view and react to the urban environment, but that is just my opinion.


Link to article: http://www.afr.com/p/growing_seeds_of_urban_change_team_ID1j9de5BpzcxMp9BWanDN