WHY GREEN MATTERS
Sure, green spaces are a pleasure to look at...but there's much more to it than that! The materials provided here explain some of the most important environmental, economic and lifestyle benefits of the green spaces around us.
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Environmental Benefits
Green spaces are a great benefit to our environment. They filter pollutants and dust from the air, they provide shade and lower temperatures in urban areas, and they even reduce erosion of soil into our waterways. These are just a few of the environmental benefits that green spaces provide.
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Lifestyle Benefits
Imagine your local park completely devoid of green. It's not a pretty picture. It's easy to take for granted the importance of green spaces in our lives. Project EverGreen has compiled some interesting research that shows the lifestyle benefits of green spaces.
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Economic Benefits
Green spaces benefit the economy in many ways. Studies have found that employees are more productive when working around interior plants, and that hospital patients recover faster when they have a view of green space.
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