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This was a video made for Dr. Mashtare's class, Urban Ecosystem Services. There are 4 main ecosystem services addressed by the Millennium Alliance, developed to better understand and appreciate the benefits that humans get from nature. These include provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural. In the video, we focus mainly on cultural and regulating, but also touch on supporting services provided by vacant lots, trees, and bioswales.

Perhaps a more clear understanding will help us put an appropriate price on nature for better conservation and management.

Footage from this video was shot at Purdue University.
Image credits:
"Grants for Site Assessment" - Wasted Lands, wisconsinwatch.org
"Lowered Property Value" - TAP into Camden, tapinto.net
Poplar and willow trees- "The Greening of Detroit, Diane Nelson
Digging- H2M blueprint, h2mgroup.wordpress.com