The qualities of a greened environment with respect to its previous situation include, among others:.

Environmentally friendly companies have developed, among other measures, approval policies for the products they sell to allow consumers to rate each product according to the above or other criteria.[9] An example is the energy label.

The concept of greenshoring "replacing suppliers with high greenhouse gas emissions or less sustainable uses of resources with suppliers with lower emissions and better environmental performance"[10]​ can be framed within greening (changing something to make it more environmentally friendly). It could be translated as "greening of suppliers." Derived from offshoring (relocation, international subcontracting or outsourcing), replacing off with green. Another neologism of similar formation is nearshoring.

Contenido

Se ha demostrado que los entornos ecologizados logran grandes beneficios para la salud de las personas de todas las edades si se los compara con los no ecologizados.[11]​ La ecologización puede aliviar los factores estresantes de un entorno urbano, brindando más oportunidades para experimentar tranquilidad, reducir el ruido e inducir efectos refrescantes.[12]​ Mejora tanto la salud física como la mental, y puede conducir a una mayor conciencia ambiental. La ecologización incluye la restauración del hábitat, la plantación de árboles, la jardinería y la devolución a su estado natural de zonas urbanizadas. Esto se conoce en inglés estadounidense como naturalisation.[13]​ Por ejemplo, para hacer un aparcamiento se allana la tierra y se pone asfalto. Naturalizar esa zona implica retirar el asfalto y plantar vegetación igual a la circundante. Hay que tener cuidado con la palabra naturalización, que existe en español,[14]​ porque normalmente se emplea con los significados 1, 2, 4 y 5 de "dar la nacionalidad del país a una persona extranjera", y si bien tiene un significado biológico (3), «hacer que una especie animal o vegetal adquiera las condiciones necesarias para vivir y perpetuarse en un entorno distinto de aquel de donde procede», es poco conocido y distinto al de "devolver zonas urbanizadas a su estado natural".

Health Benefits of Greening in Schools

Much research on the effects of greening in developed countries has focused on childhood, because those raised in urban environments (very common in these countries) have increasingly limited access to green spaces and nature.[13]​ In urban areas, parents or guardians may prefer to play indoors or outdoors depending on perceived safety and concerns.[15]​ For example, families who live further away from green spaces are more likely to push for activities in interiors due to proximity to busy roads or construction zones. On average, American children spend about 1,000 hours a year in school.[16]​ Therefore, schools are an excellent tool for greening initiatives that engage children in urban spaces.

Habitat restoration, gardening, and rewilding efforts in schools give children the opportunity to connect with nature. In a study in Finland, researchers found that adding greenery to the schoolyard increased enjoyment of outdoor activities, as well as creativity and spontaneity in children aged 3 to 5 years.[13]​ In Barcelona, ​​Spain, school greening initiatives provided more opportunities for children to spend time outdoors and reduced inequalities in residential access.[15]​.

In efforts to limit Covid-19 infections (more likely in closed environments) and contact between people, schoolyards have become an even more important tool to promote learning and social education.[17]​ The benefits of green initiatives include saving air conditioning (because plants cool the environment), improving the environment, providing a healthy educational space and more learning opportunities. Greening can help alleviate stressors associated with urban environments and benefit children's mental and physical health.

Schools increase total green space by adding green oases in playgrounds and replacing pavement with greenery. In Paris, schools have adopted this intervention as a program to refresh them. The Chicago Department of Water Management and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago conducted a green initiative called The Space to Grow.[18]​ Although the purpose of this initiative was to control flooding and stormwater, the schools successfully replaced asphalt with green spaces thanks to the city's generous funding of the program.

Installing green roofs (also known, more appropriately, as green roofs)[19]​ on schools is an alternative way to increase children's access to green spaces, especially in urban areas. The United States is currently seeing efforts by political figures to increase awareness and funding for greening. For example, New York Democratic Representative Nydia M. Velázquez introduced a bill that would allocate US$500 million ($) of federal funds to plan, install, and maintain green roofs on New York City public schools.[20] It would be overseen by the United States Department of Energy through a grant program.

Planting a garden where there was previously barren land, cement or asphalt is a way of greening, whether what is grown is purely ornamental, or is edible plants or flowers that are intended to be sold. For example, in Brookline, Massachusetts (United States), Florida Riffin Ridley School has a garden that is maintained by teachers, students and parents. A garden intervention can positively influence children's food preferences, increase fruit and vegetable intake, and increase physical activity.[21]​.

Green offices

Plants can be added to offices and workspaces to help people focus, reduce stress levels, increase creativity, improve air quality, and provide aesthetic appeal.

The qualities of a greened environment with respect to its previous situation include, among others:.

Environmentally friendly companies have developed, among other measures, approval policies for the products they sell to allow consumers to rate each product according to the above or other criteria.[9] An example is the energy label.

The concept of greenshoring "replacing suppliers with high greenhouse gas emissions or less sustainable uses of resources with suppliers with lower emissions and better environmental performance"[10]​ can be framed within greening (changing something to make it more environmentally friendly). It could be translated as "greening of suppliers." Derived from offshoring (relocation, international subcontracting or outsourcing), replacing off with green. Another neologism of similar formation is nearshoring.

Contenido

Se ha demostrado que los entornos ecologizados logran grandes beneficios para la salud de las personas de todas las edades si se los compara con los no ecologizados.[11]​ La ecologización puede aliviar los factores estresantes de un entorno urbano, brindando más oportunidades para experimentar tranquilidad, reducir el ruido e inducir efectos refrescantes.[12]​ Mejora tanto la salud física como la mental, y puede conducir a una mayor conciencia ambiental. La ecologización incluye la restauración del hábitat, la plantación de árboles, la jardinería y la devolución a su estado natural de zonas urbanizadas. Esto se conoce en inglés estadounidense como naturalisation.[13]​ Por ejemplo, para hacer un aparcamiento se allana la tierra y se pone asfalto. Naturalizar esa zona implica retirar el asfalto y plantar vegetación igual a la circundante. Hay que tener cuidado con la palabra naturalización, que existe en español,[14]​ porque normalmente se emplea con los significados 1, 2, 4 y 5 de "dar la nacionalidad del país a una persona extranjera", y si bien tiene un significado biológico (3), «hacer que una especie animal o vegetal adquiera las condiciones necesarias para vivir y perpetuarse en un entorno distinto de aquel de donde procede», es poco conocido y distinto al de "devolver zonas urbanizadas a su estado natural".

Health Benefits of Greening in Schools

Much research on the effects of greening in developed countries has focused on childhood, because those raised in urban environments (very common in these countries) have increasingly limited access to green spaces and nature.[13]​ In urban areas, parents or guardians may prefer to play indoors or outdoors depending on perceived safety and concerns.[15]​ For example, families who live further away from green spaces are more likely to push for activities in interiors due to proximity to busy roads or construction zones. On average, American children spend about 1,000 hours a year in school.[16]​ Therefore, schools are an excellent tool for greening initiatives that engage children in urban spaces.

Habitat restoration, gardening, and rewilding efforts in schools give children the opportunity to connect with nature. In a study in Finland, researchers found that adding greenery to the schoolyard increased enjoyment of outdoor activities, as well as creativity and spontaneity in children aged 3 to 5 years.[13]​ In Barcelona, ​​Spain, school greening initiatives provided more opportunities for children to spend time outdoors and reduced inequalities in residential access.[15]​.

In efforts to limit Covid-19 infections (more likely in closed environments) and contact between people, schoolyards have become an even more important tool to promote learning and social education.[17]​ The benefits of green initiatives include saving air conditioning (because plants cool the environment), improving the environment, providing a healthy educational space and more learning opportunities. Greening can help alleviate stressors associated with urban environments and benefit children's mental and physical health.

Schools increase total green space by adding green oases in playgrounds and replacing pavement with greenery. In Paris, schools have adopted this intervention as a program to refresh them. The Chicago Department of Water Management and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago conducted a green initiative called The Space to Grow.[18]​ Although the purpose of this initiative was to control flooding and stormwater, the schools successfully replaced asphalt with green spaces thanks to the city's generous funding of the program.

Installing green roofs (also known, more appropriately, as green roofs)[19]​ on schools is an alternative way to increase children's access to green spaces, especially in urban areas. The United States is currently seeing efforts by political figures to increase awareness and funding for greening. For example, New York Democratic Representative Nydia M. Velázquez introduced a bill that would allocate US$500 million ($) of federal funds to plan, install, and maintain green roofs on New York City public schools.[20] It would be overseen by the United States Department of Energy through a grant program.

Planting a garden where there was previously barren land, cement or asphalt is a way of greening, whether what is grown is purely ornamental, or is edible plants or flowers that are intended to be sold. For example, in Brookline, Massachusetts (United States), Florida Riffin Ridley School has a garden that is maintained by teachers, students and parents. A garden intervention can positively influence children's food preferences, increase fruit and vegetable intake, and increase physical activity.[21]​.

Green offices

Plants can be added to offices and workspaces to help people focus, reduce stress levels, increase creativity, improve air quality, and provide aesthetic appeal.