1. DO YOUR SHARE OF CLEANER AIR

2. Vertical Gardens in MEXICO

3. Mexico City is famous for its heavy pollution and smoggy skyline,
but a recently updated green initiative
is attempting to change all that.

4. Many factors have contributed to this situation:
industrial growth, a population boom (from three million in 1950 to some 20 million today), and the proliferation of vehicles.
More than 3.5 million vehicles — 30% of them more than 20 years old — now ply the city streets.

5. Many initiatives have been in place.

6. Starting in the 1980s,
Mexico’s government created mandates that reformulated gasoline,
closed or moved toxic factories, and banned most drivers from
using their cars one day a week.

7. However, in 1992, Mexico City
was still the must polluted city in the world.
While emissions have dropped significantly since then.

8. More recently,
Mexico City added a popular free bicycle loan program and
expanded public transportation systems
Bike sharing scheme,
was another way of helping pollution
as a way of transportation.

9. Pollution had reached levels that were in fact dangerous to the health of this metropolis, residents and visitors

10. Combating pollution
Recently, Authorities have planted 18 million trees in Mexico City
and its surrounding suburbs
as part of efforts to combat air pollution.

11. Vertical Green,
is a project that specializes in creating green space
along walls to enhance aesthetics and combat smog.

12. Cleaning the air
Vertical gardens produce oxygen and help filter the heavy metals and dust from the air.
They also add a touch of beauty to an urban landscape
that is barren of vegetation,
and it helps clean the air.

13. This project have been underway for years to combat pollution.

14. It´s the recent eco-sculpture installations
that have grabbed headlines
and attention.

15. VERDMX The green space initiative is funded by non-profit organization
and was started Back in 2011.

16. air cleaner oxygen vegetation ecology
This 2011 project aimed to develop five vibrant eco-sculptures in locations across the city, which would help to replenish the air´s oxygen levels and fight the pollution problem.
Designed by Architect Fernando Ortiz Monasterio and constructed by Verde Vertical. These sculptures received global news coverage and recognition as they helped to make Mexico City´s air cleaner than that of Los Angeles.

17. The sculptures had a positive effect on the capital´s environment
while demonstrating a vibrant integration of art and ecology.

18. Promoting the use of design as a tool for social,
Promoting the use of design as an effective tool
for social,
health,
economic
and cultural development.
health, economic and cultural development.

19. New environment Technologies
This project implemented
new environmentally
friendly technologies and systems within some of the
pre-existing vertical gardens.
Technologies

20. Use of recycled material
Two of the sculptures have now been revamped
to make use of recycled materials,
which allow the plants to flourish
while they continue to rid the surrounding air of greenhouse gases.

21. The green MEXICO of today
Mexico City has a powerful story to share on the world stage,
as a model for other megacities around the world
using design to tackle the challenges of urbanization
and ensure a more livable city.

22. America’s first world Design Capital
Reason why this year,
2018 Mexico city was selected among 35 cities
as the Americas’ first world Design Capital.

23. Green urban infrastructure
is the way to go!
As Art and Oxygenator.

24. Come to visit beautiful MEXICO !!!

30. Leave a lasting Legacy

31. Leave a lasting Legacy