a little bit about ‘green design’ Posted on October 24th
I am interested in left-over infrastructure and its use/effects. With all the concern over water harvesting, it is interesting that the suburban landscape is retaining too much water by way of the private swimming pool. The housing bust has left thousands of foreclosed homes and abandoned pools for the mosquitoes.
There have been two responses so far.
1) just dump pesticides into the pools
2) stock the pools with fish
I imagine the second approach has the potential to re-imagine more left-over infrastructures as new balanced habitats.
newyork times
foreclosures turn pools green
usa today
national geographic
department of public health
