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Article: A dump no more. (New York landfill Fresh Kills)(includes related article)(Special Focus: Urban Forests)
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- American Forests
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- September 22, 1995
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Innovative ideas applied in a harsh environment are restoring life to the planet's largest landfill.
Picture a landfill. Now picture a plan to return it to its natural state - not careful groupings of trees like you might see in a park, but actual ecosystems that thrive on their own and provide a place for humans to enjoy and wildlife to live. As one of the architects of a project to do just that on Staten Island, New York's Fresh Kills - the world's largest landfall, I believe that idea is not only possible - it's happening there right now.
In our cities, counteracting concrete with greenery is a priority. What might be considered an unlikely option - closed ...