Mexico has found a beautiful way to clean polluted air, improve highway aesthetics, reduce urban heating, and decrease stress levels of motorists! The Via Verde project is a citizen-led initiative which is turning more than 1,000 concrete pillars into 60,000 square meters of vertical gardens. The plants grow in a felt made from recycled plastics and are kept alive with rainwater! Research suggests that the Via Verde will filter 27,000 tonnes of gas, provide clean oxygen for 25,000 citizens, and create hundreds of jobs through design, installation and maintenance.
