Can we live without clean air?
Can we live without clean air? Just hold your breath for a minute and you will know how critical clean air is for life. Vertical gardens, green walls and wall mounted trellis systems can improve air quality, bring nature to our living spaces, and enhance general health and wellbeing.
The carbon cycle
The debate on climate change focusses too heavily on reducing carbon emissions and not enough on the loss of atmospheric oxygen in the air we breath. Most people recognize that we need oxygen to survive on this planet. Oxygen is a byproduct of dynamic carbon cycle involving photosynthesis. However, this carbon cycle is severely compromised as we convert agricultural forest lands for urbanization. The result is a decrease in oxygen levels in the air we breath. The humanity is on a perilous path of self-extinction by eroding oxygen levels throughout the world.
In addition to the carbon produced by the natural carbon cycle, much of the atmospheric carbon is produced by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. Such emissions from fossil fuels are described as greenhouse gases. There is a lot of discussion about reducing greenhouse gases to combat the impact of climate change. What is not being discussed is that even if the greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to zero, we will still have surplus carbon dioxide generated…
