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we could do back at home. I\u2019d never really seen anything like the colorful garden benches in our own community. These ideas definitely stuck with me. I continued to think about them and research them after my visit to London ended. I wondered: what made these little projects stand out to me? It started with the very first project I saw – the colorful benches. It was the fact that the benches (and all the other projects) combined beauty, sustainability, and functionality. They were not only practical, but also vibrant and nice to look at. These projects are ones that we could definitely implement into our local community. They are also an inspiration for others to come up with alternative creative solutions for problems at home. Bankside Urban Forest and communities in London have taken steps towards creating a greener and more sustainable future. It\u2019s our turn to try and do the same in our communities.<\/p>\n

Discussion Questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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• Why is it important to implement new and creative solutions for problems?<\/li>\n
• How can we combine beauty, functionality, and sustainability into our solutions for problems in our community?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Works Cited:<\/em>
  \n“Bankside Urban Forest.” Better Bankside, betterbankside.co.uk\/what-we-do\/environment\/bankside-urban-forest\/. Accessed 12 Oct. 2022.
  \n“Bankside Urban Forest.” Green Flag Award, www.greenflagaward.org\/\/park-summary\/?park=3125. Accessed 12 Oct. 2022.
  \n“The 17 Goals.” United Nations, sdgs.un.org\/goals#goals. Accessed 12 Oct. 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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