Creative Project #2

   Land Degradation is all over the word, but I am specifically focusing in NYC Manhattan. Land degradation comes in various forms, like water pollution, extreme dry land, deforestation,polluted soil and more. But the main reason for the cause of land degradation is because of humans; factories, deforestation, overgrazing, abandoned farm land, littering etc all contribute to the destruction of land. This causes major problems for all living organisms. If we do not have proper soil for crops how can we grow our produce? The lack of land due to the expansion of cities also take a tole upon the ecosystem and animal population.
   This project is important to me because I think taking care of the earth and ecosystem  is essential for human life as well as animal life. Instead of relying on factories manufacturing produces for people,we are not benefiting all the nutritional benefits from what we consume. Unnaturally creating food produce, and or using horrible soil to make produce is not right for people to consume. As well as in general the lack of forestation in NYC is troublesome. The absence of nature and real gardens in NYC are a problem. To me with a large garden in NYC you feel as if you can breathe better, as well you are benefiting some wild life whom do the environment great justice.
    The monument that I am proposing is a large garden, but located in an unused outlet in NYC Manhattan. In this outlet will be many flowers,a rocky path way where you can explore the different type of plant life. This monument will be exposing what NYC can look like if we had less buildings, it could be almost a paradise. This is to bring awareness to people that we need to spread nature more rather the concrete.
   This monument will be located in 325 W 33st Manhattan. This is a public monument where everyone can enter and exit, benches will be supplied. Before entering the garden there will be a plaque on the floor describing what this garden stands for. What the garden does stand for is to spread wild life, to advocate the natural life, to also remind people where we came from. We did not come from the Concrete Jungle, but a colorful exotic world, which we should never destroy but bring back. In the Beginning of the garden on each side you are presented with bushes, and when you look up there will be large tress  coming over the lot. As you walk the dirt/stone path it takes you through variations of flower and plant species. Some flowers will be from other countries representing how these countries should do the same. The monument itself is supposed to represent paradise and how delicate earth is. This is supposed to represent how beautiful the earth really is, so why should we ever destroy it?
   I hope once people exit and experience the garden itself, that they have a different out look upon the world and that they would support the cause and make a difference to our ecosystem. I want this monument to impact people in a way that they know the world would be better and safer, if we had more free land, more space, for wild life, our agriculture, and just the general ecosystem to prosper rather then suffer.