Rastegar Property Company and a green wall innovator named Zauben are the team behind the project. They estimate the vertical garden will absorb 1,600 pounds of carbon dioxide and produce 1,200 ...

Of course, the Symbiotic Green Wall has never been tested in a real world setting, and it’s easy to argue that putting it up is more trouble than it’s worth for short-lived construction jobs.

The Great Green Wall need not be seen as an all or nothing proposition. Those 18 million hectares that have been reclaimed are not nothing, and one imagines the communities in these areas are ...