Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Singapore, the City in a Garden, sets an example for a green planet

Singapore has transformed itself from a polluter's paradise to an environmental dream-city in the past 50 years. From afar, the country's landscape looks like any other modern city with abounding skyscrapers etched into its skyline. On the inside however, a green heart has grown at the center of the city that has spread among the surrounding community, into the minds of its people and up the walls of its buildings. This heart was Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, often called 'Chief Gardener', who pushed...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/singapore-the-city-in-a-garden-sets-an-example-for-a-green-planet
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