Italian Architect Designs Tree Buildings in China to Offset Pollution

From the editor:  We learned in grade school that vegetation, trees, shrubs, greenery, "take in carbon dioxide" and release oxygen, roughly the opposite of what happens with humans and other mammals.

In China, Italian architect Stefano Boeri has been designing buildings that incorporate as many as 2,500 shrubs and 1,000 trees to offset China's terrible air pollution.  Posted below are a few examples:

Mountain Hotel in Guizhou, China