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“The mission of an architect is to help people understand CASTALDO
how to make life more beautiful, the world a better Buildings
one for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and
Nancy F. Castaldo has written meaning to life.” Imagine an apartment building
nonfiction children’s books about —FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, architect where trees shade your balcony,
our planet for more than twenty forming a tower of green instead
years, including Junior Library Guild That Breathe of only concrete and steel. By 2050
selection and Green Earth Book roughly two-thirds of the world’s
Award title The Story of Seeds and population will live in cities. Cities are
her most recent Junior Library Guild “Trees and woods will no longer be just a decorative one of the most complex inventions of
selection for young adults When the presence or a natural environment to be circumscribed civilization, bringing people together
World Runs Dry. As an environmental in protected areas, they will become an integral part and serving as hubs for industry—and
educator, Castaldo hopes to empower of the life sphere of millions of citizens in the world.” BUILDINGS THAT BREATHE also pollution. They occupy only
young readers with her books about —STEFANO BOERI, architect 3 percent of the land on Earth, yet
the earth. Her interest in vertical they produce 75percent of the carbon
forests started during a trip to Italy dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.
when she heard about the visionary Buildings That Breathe: Greening
design of Bosco Verticale. She is based the World’s Cities takes readers on a tour
in New York’s Hudson Valley. Learn “A forest can be an integral part of our urban existence.” of the high-rise forests, green roofs,
more about Castaldo and her books at —SHUBHENDU SHARMA, industrial engineer living walls, and vertical farms created
GREENING scientists seeking to counteract some
www.nancycastaldo.com. by urban planners, architects, and

of the damage human activity does
THE to the earth. Environmental educator
Nancy F. Castaldo brings readers along
to Bosco Verticale, the first high-rise
forest in Milan, Italy, and to other
WORLD’S innovative projects aimed at greening
WORLD’S CITIES
GREENING THE
Front cover: Michele Falzone/Stockbyte/Getty Images. our cities. These efforts work to combat
Back cover: Bruno De Hogues/Stockbyte/Getty Images. climate change and pollution, promote
CITIES sustainability and biodiversity, and offer
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