By Opal Miller

Today we visited Ellinikon, specifically the UNIC Athens Campus and the Ellinikon experience center. There is so much urban planning currently happening in the area, including  a one of the largest green spaces in Europe. As someone who loves parks and taking walks, the amount of greenscaping specifically for the new area will have a lasting impact in my memories. A lot of mindfulness was put into planning the new park, for example the trees, plants, and lakes in the landscaping serves the purpose of helping keep the air several degrees cooler than other parts of Ellinikon. I’ve never thought about that sort of impact in urban planning before, but I think it will change my thinking in the future when I observe plants in city environments.