Parking Meters Kick Out Cars to Go Green |
| Published: September 24, 2007, 12:48 pm |
| Tags: cars, cars, enviroment, green eco conscious, parenting family, parking |
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Conceived by REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective, PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event centered in San Francisco where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform parking spots into PARK(ing) spaces: temporary public parks. Parking spaces scattered across US cities September 22, 2007 were occupied by potted trees, expanses of sod, and lawn furniture in an effort to transform asphalt into green space -- until the meter ran out. The organizers called it Park(ing) Day, stretching from San Francisco to forty US cities and ten overseas. The mission: To rethink the way streets are used, call attention to the need for urban parks, and improve the quality of urban human habitat....at least until the meter runs out! I love the PARK(ing) Day 2007 How to Manual that instructs builders to place signs indicating that this space has been transformed from a parking spot to a PARK(ing) space for public enjoyment and inviting participants to pay the [ Full article ] |
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