Green Curtain

Since the early summer, the city council started growing trailing plant outside its main building.

First, they set up a net hanging down from the top of the building to the ground floor; a week or so after, vines started climbing upwards along the net; then it didn't take too long before the foliage covered up the entire wall.

It was quite amazing to see such a massive green curtain in the city especially when its purpose was still unknown to me.

The buckets in the bottom, one day when I got a chance to have a peek, explained that it's an effort to fight against global warming. The natural shade that the vines provided to the concrete building would efficiently shut out burning sunlight and thereby reduce room temperature significantly. In this way, the use of air-conditioners would be economized.

Afterwards, I noticed that the ideas had been put into practice in many households throughout the neighborhood.

In addition to the environmentally friendly economy that this idea anticipated, the city also benefited from the increase of green spaces in its landscape.


Last week, I was surprised again by another bonus that this eco-economy brought to the community. Since the harvest season began, the vines started yielding sponge gourds, very healthy-looking and huge gourds indeed.
The total yield was given for free to whoever would take it.

The city council is plausible for their ideas and efforts, but what was even more beautiful is the generosity of nature and the greens.