First Name: | Stephanie |
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Last Name: | Bartron |
Email Address: | stephanieb@greengardensgroup.com |
Affiliation | Green Gardens Group |
Subject | Carbon Negative Cities? Yes! |
Comment |
Our urban and suburban landscapes hold great potential for multiple-benefit C02 reduction and sequestration. Plants and soil are the carbon vacuums we have, and urban planning, renewal and resilience must all work together to make our cities beautiful, healthy, functional, sustainable carbon sinks. Think globally, sequester locally! Restoring watersheds, carbon gardening, nutrient cycling, reducing urban heat island effect (and thus GHG/energy need) can all happen. Trees, plants, stable soil sequestration, urban wetlands, residential gardens, public spaces - so many ways to sequester. And as we transform our open reservoirs, fix our sidewalks/streets, transportation, storm water, and waste streams (all rivers in one way or another) we need to bring all hands on deck - city, county, state and federal players and departments working together with the common goal of making cities that reduce waste, recycle (absorb, reuse and replenish) water, and maximize carbon sequestration. A truly green labor force is also needed - engineers, designers, planners, educators, laborers and caretakers - working together to break the concrete, plant the trees, tend the landscapes and put/keep the carbon back underground. Besides saving the world, we'll be left with beautiful, functional cities, vibrant economies and happy, healthy citizens. Please - let the cities, and the urban people/plants/soil be part of the solution. We can help, we just need to work together. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-08-28 14:37:20 |
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