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Green Shades is the first system in the world that allows the installation of vegetable awnings, that is, tensile sails covered with vegetation, opening a

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[–] dedale@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

``Trees work well, are beautiful and require little maintenance, do that.

[–] flipht@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tree roots can be problematic in small, mostly concrete spaces. Having other options is not a bad thing.

[–] ex_06@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Yep I don’t see why people are going against an alternative ^^

Not all streets have enough space for trees, even if car free.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

They can also drop spectacular amounts of leaves or needles and sticky sap more and less regularly. This is both inconvenient and even dangerously slippery on streets.