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CEP Students

NYC Green Spaces: A Health Necessity Few Can Enjoy

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“Green spaces are not an amenity, they are a necessity.” The biophilia hypothesis, first advanced by Edward Wilson in 1984, states that human beings have a genetic tendency to seek out nature; therefore, we feel less like ourselves without it. Research bears this out: simply spending time in nature is beneficial …

CEP Students

Desert, But Not Deserted

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Desert land—all stretching skies and scorching earth—is often viewed as being as void of potential as it is of vegetation. Dry landscapes are perceived as vacant, and hence unproductive.  People—and policymakers—tend to associate greenery with product value. As a consequence, when that greenery is absent from a landscape, as it …