TheVoiceOfJoyce Barcelona has a plan to save the mental health of 31,000 people with a net gain in $45 million. The dollars make sense, save people’s lives by adding green spaces. If you need transportation, go underground and leave a Green Plaza at ground level. If one in 3 Boulevards become a green space, imagine how much more lives would improve with added greenery?

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www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/30/barcelona-green-space-plan-could-improve-health-of-30000-study-finds

An ambitious push to create more green spaces in Barcelona – a city with one of the highest population and traffic densities in Europe – could improve the health of more than 30,000 people, reduce the use of antidepressants and save up to €45m (£40m) annually in costs associated with mental health issues, research suggests.

It builds on a growing body of evidence that has linked urban green spaces to better mental wellbeing as well as the prevention of depression, anxiety and insomnia.

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