CC BY 2.0 Living wall in Paris by Patrick Blanc/ photo Kelly Rossiter But really, they should be dealing with the source of the problem. When Alex Johnson tipped me off about an Independent article, ‘Living walls’ should be installed to help most polluted schools, campaigners say I rolled my eyes. So much pollution from so many cars and HGVs (heavy goods vehicles, what they call big trucks) and Laurie Laybourn-Langton, director at UK Health Alliance on Climate Change tells Sky News: For schools, measures like living walls can help to improve the quality of air children breathe and therefore improve their health and well-being, enhance the look and feel of their environment and also educate them about air pollution and climate change. Yes, but the first thing we should be doing is eliminating the problem, not trying to mop it up. Laybourn-Langton knows this, also saying: However the responsibility of cleaning up our air lies with government, which has the power, resources and duty to respond. Primarily, this requires the government to introduce new laws. Laws like banning cars near schools, and getting the dirtiest cars and trucks off the road. Instead, some schools like St. Mary’s Primary […]
London parents crowd-fund to install living wall at school playground to suck up pollution

Latest Articles
Tiny Urban Forests Are Popping Up on Brownfield Sites Across the Globe
Reforestation projects are key in collective efforts to revive biodiversity and limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C. It is estimated that by...
Boston moves ahead with ‘urban forest’ plan
Boston, MA. – February 12: The city of Boston is saying theyÕre going to focus on tree canopy on February 12, 2021 in...
This Wearable Uses Your Body Heat as an Energy Source
Image by Xiao Lab A team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a wearable that can tap into...
This “super plant” can actually absorb air pollution
Scientists at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have found that Cotoneaster franchetii could help absorb pollution on heavily trafficked roads. In a study...
For the First Time, Scientists Clone Endangered Species
Meet Elizabeth Ann, a black-footed ferret cloned from an animal that died 30 years ago. It’s Alive! For the first time, scientists cloned...
Hyperloop desert campus imagines futuristic solar-powered oasis
Begum Aydinoglu of Pada Labs , Mariana Custodio Dos Santos and Juan Carlos Naranjo have been recognized among the 30 finalist teams for...