Can simple compost help us cool cities down? This Budapest initiatives demonstrates, how

What’s the point of green spaces in cities? In Budapest, Mark Richards, compost master in the Aurora Climate Garden, has a strong opinion on this: those spaces should be community-centred, focused on not what looks good, but on what actually helps the environment, and play the long game. For his project, it all started with trash, or, more specifically, compost: a crucial element of every garden.

This is the fourth video of ‪@Popagandagr‬ ‘s series about plants and flowers from around Europe. This shortdoc is also part of our “Stories Breaking Borders” series. To watch other films in the series, check out our channel.

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