Mexico City Tries to Clean Up Its Act With Urban Vegetation

Written by Jack Moins Sunday, 01 March 2009 Greater Mexico City is the third largest metropolitan area in the world and the largest in the Western Hemisphere with a population of over 22 million people. The city is home to much of Mexico's economy, industry and culture. However, it is also horribly polluted, contributing 1.5 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The city is so polluted, in fact, that 4,000 people die every year as a direct result of the toxic chemicals that float in the air over much of the city. The Mexico City Human Rights Commission declared that the state of the city was a "violation of the right to a healthy environment." The good news is that the city's leadership appears to be finally making a push to clean up their act. A new project has been launched called Sustainable Housing Units, which seeks to create a vegetative urban environment to help clean up the city's air. Written by Jack Moins Sunday, 01 March 2009 ecogeek... Posted by : jay purohit