The Eiffel Tower could be transformed into a giant green jungle covered in 600,000 plants as part of an environmental scheme.
n a controversial plan that could change the Paris skyline, ã65m pounds could reportedly be spent on making the Eiffel Tower the most ecologically correct tourist attraction in the world.
But many have already expressed outrage that the world famous Iron Lady, which attracts 7 million visitors a year, could be altered beyond recognition.
Ginger, an engineering company which specialises in ecological projects, is behind the scheme, estimated to be completed within two years. The firm is adamant that the rebranded tower will become a green lung for the whole of Paris.
It would see the 1,063ft tower turn into a flagship of ecotourism, introducing thousands of baskets of plants, as well as a state-of-the-art irrigation system made up of 12 tonnes of rubber tubing.
Ginger estimates that it will give off 84.2 tonnes of CO2 and absorb 87.8 tonnes, making it carbon positive.
A spokesman for Ginger said: The project was confidential but the schedule indicated by Le Figaro is right. It would see seedlings being grown at nurseries around Paris until June next year, and then hung around the tower on hemp poles attached to the structure until June 2013.
The plants would then be left to grow until July 2016, which is the earliest possible date that they would be removed.
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n a controversial plan that could change the Paris skyline, ã65m pounds could reportedly be spent on making the Eiffel Tower the most ecologically correct tourist attraction in the world.
But many have already expressed outrage that the world famous Iron Lady, which attracts 7 million visitors a year, could be altered beyond recognition.
Ginger, an engineering company which specialises in ecological projects, is behind the scheme, estimated to be completed within two years. The firm is adamant that the rebranded tower will become a green lung for the whole of Paris.
It would see the 1,063ft tower turn into a flagship of ecotourism, introducing thousands of baskets of plants, as well as a state-of-the-art irrigation system made up of 12 tonnes of rubber tubing.
Ginger estimates that it will give off 84.2 tonnes of CO2 and absorb 87.8 tonnes, making it carbon positive.
A spokesman for Ginger said: The project was confidential but the schedule indicated by Le Figaro is right. It would see seedlings being grown at nurseries around Paris until June next year, and then hung around the tower on hemp poles attached to the structure until June 2013.
The plants would then be left to grow until July 2016, which is the earliest possible date that they would be removed.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...fel-Tower-to-be-turned-into-green-jungle.html
Question: What are your thoughts on this?
