Tag Archives: city
Green Streets Cut Pollution More Than Previously Thought
Reblogged from The Dirt: A new research study by Professor Thomas Pugh at Lancaster University and other scientists in the UK has found that adding trees, bushes, innovative systems like green walls, or even ivy or other creeping vines, can cut street-level nitrogen … Continue reading
Growing a new forest in Peterborough
Forest for Peterborough, an exciting initiative to plant trees for residents… Peterborough can be found neatly sandwiched between Lincolnshire, Northants and Cambridgeshire on the edge of the Fens about 80 miles north of London. As a city it has strong environmental … Continue reading
Natural stress relief
On top of our recent post about the benefits of green space for our immune systems, researchers have now been able to show with biological tests that living near green space is associated with lower stress levels. There’s been strong … Continue reading
Space to breathe – trees and urban air quality
A report on Trees and Urban Air Quality released by the Woodland Trust today, and produced in cooperation with Lancaster University and the University of Birmingham, shows that despite air quality in the UK improving in recent decades, there remain … Continue reading
