Trees cleanse the air we breathe and improves air quality by filtering dusts and pollutants. Considering a scenario where plotting trees is not possible, the concept of providing clean air would benefit the community in leaps. Pollution would be addressed immediately, while a natural tree would take a long time to grow, and obviously would need soil and water. An innovative urban intervention called humidity swing created a Synthetic Urban Tree.

What is Humidity Swing? A Humidity Swing is a mechanism that removes the carbon dioxide from the air and in return releases oxygen in the air using a carbon dioxide removal process. In simple terms means a concept of converting C02 (carbon dioxide) from the air into 02 (oxygen), and has been named Treepod.

Treepod’s first implementation was in the City of Boston, deployed by Mario Caceres and Christina Canonico from Paris, France.  This technique was originally invented by Klaus Lackner of Columbia University.

Solar panels are also installed, so apart from cleaning the air it  will also generate energy. Made from recycled plastic from drinking bottles, these Artificial Trees glow at night whilst also provides street lighting.