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All You Need for Fresh Air: 3 Essential Green Plants

All You Need for Fresh Air: 3 Essential Green Plants

Seventeen years ago Kamal Meattle found out that the air in his home city of New Dehli was killing him. He had grown allergic to the pollutants in the air and his lung capacity started declined to 70%. He began researching and found that these three plants can provide a human with all the fresh air they need indoors to be healthy. The three plants are the Areca Palm, the Mother-in-law’s Tongue , and the Money Plant.

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TerraScreen Green Living Wall Interiors

TerraScreen Green Living Wall Interiors

Described as a “living paint” the TerraScreen system uses a structure with mounted planters that is easy to install, maintain, arrange, while adding life to most any interior living spaces.

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Recycle Your Steam with the Osmos Eco-Grower

Recycle Your Steam with the Osmos Eco-Grower

Jonathan Banton of the UK designed this contraption, which sits atop your cooking veggies or pasta, and captures the water vapor and steam produced to hydrate the growing plants.

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Plants for Health: Improve Your Indoor Air Quality

Plants for Health: Improve Your Indoor Air Quality

We are well aware of the danger posed by pollution from cars, power plants and factories and all the things that are affecting our outdoor air quality. Indoor air quality however, sometimes gets overlooked, even though it can pose a more serious health risk.

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