Find room to breathe – grow your own fresh air!

Posted: March 25th, 2009 | Author: rachel | Filed under: Green Spaces, Take Action! Create your own Free-City, What a great Idea! | No Comments »

It’s official, oxygen is good for you! It reduces stress, increases energy and alertness, lessening the effects of hangovers, headaches, and sinus problems, and generally relaxes the body…ooh what a surprise!

Apparently we’re not getting enough of it in cities. So what can we do?

Apart from reducing our Co2 emissions and taking frequent escapes to the country for a gulp of the fresh stuff, here are a couple of options to keep us going:

You can either go for an oxygen top-up at a store

Or listen to researcher Kamal Meattle, who shows how simply by arranging three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.

These plants are:

- Areca Palm (living room)

- Mother in laws tongue (bedroom)

- Money Plant (specialist plant removes chemicals)

Right, I’m off to Columbia Road on Sunday to find mine. Oh, hang on, how many plants?!

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