WHY GREEN WALLS?

HEALTHY CITIES

Green Walls are alive, reactive, adaptive and life-affirming.
Green Walls deepen our connection to our natural and built environment.
Green Walls impart “pleasure and carry psycho-physiologically-oriented benefits”.
Green Walls are a conduit for building trust and belongingness.
Green Walls foster community wellness and healing.
Green Walls offer urban dwellers the opportunity to connect in Community and grow food vertically.
Green Walls and Slow Streets allow people to slow down and reflect.
Green Walls are a restorative design strategy to counter urban decay and revive banal spaces.
Green Walls prevent graffiti and the use of unsustainable materials.
Green Walls are an effective crime mitigation method by reducing stress and lowering heart rates.
Green Walls increase property values by enhancing curb appeal.

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

Green Walls are home to wildlife including insects and birds which benefit plants.
Green Walls attract Bees, encouraging pollination across a variety of food sources and in turn sustaining life itself.

Green Walls add oxygen and nitrogen to the air and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Green Walls minimize urban heat-island effect where trees and vegetation are scarce.
Green Walls are organic solutions to thermal protection from heat transfer via UV radiation.
Green Walls provide effective buffers from outdoor sound pollution.

HEALTHY SPACES

Green Walls are organic sound and visual barriers.
Green Walls protect interiors from UV radiation.
Green Walls increase indoor air quality by absorbing air toxins such as carbon monoxide, benzene, formaldehyde and VOCs.
Green Walls enrich wellbeing, thus increasing productivity by reducing stress and enhancing memory.