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What good do luxury apartments do that no one can afford? (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It would be relatively cheap and easy to retrofit them with moss/fern panel facades or other types of plants. Improves the visual appeal while also contributing to cleaner air and cooler temperatures, and creating food/habitat for wildlife.

There's really no reason not to do it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    Don’t ferns take a lot of maintenance effort? Moss too, though perhaps to prevent it from invading other parts of the structure

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Depends on the variety. Ideally you would choose a local species that's adapted to the environment and not aggressive. One that can thrive in the peculiar conditions of a vertical wall with very little if any substrate. And if there's nothing that suits it perfectly, you can genetically engineer something. Or choose a different type of plant.

    There are options, and it's been done before so it's not like this is just scifi.

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