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Urban Greening

By ACS Distance Education on September 28, 2026 in Built Environment, Education & Horticulture | comments

Cities are becoming smaller. Urban areas are becoming denser. As this happens more attention needs to be paid to the plants growing in those areas. Without plants pollutants are not filtered from the air, the build up of heat is not offset, and oxygen levels are reduced. These and other factors make urban greening critical, and from that we are seeing a rapidly developing new area of horticulture.

 
Technology is changing the way we work – not only in laboratories and technology companies, but across agriculture, transport, healthcare, construction, manufacturing, environmental management and many other industries…
 

People need nature not only for the air we breathe and water we drink, or the comfortable temperature we enjoy on a good day.

There are many subtle, less obvious impacts that come from nature. Our growing awareness of the importance of nature has been heightened over recent decades as populations have grown, and more people have become increasingly disconnected with the natural world through overcrowded urbanised areas.

Biophilic Landscaping, Urban Greening and Ecotherapy have emerged as very serious areas of study and action; and at the same time we have been developing new courses, and writing books on these subjects.

 

 

Care professionals are concerned with helping support people with physical, social, emotional or any other problems. Everyone needs certain things to survive in the world: including food, clothing, shelter and security. 

A care professional is concerned with ensuring people have these necessities and protection from unreasonable negativity in their lives (e.g. extreme pain or psychological stress). These jobs may be found in a variety of different settings, such as welfare work, youth work, community support, geriatric care or end of life work.

 

Why We Work in Education

By ACS Distance Education on February 12, 2026 in Careers & Jobs Success | comments

Initially we started a school because there were a lot of potential students hungry to learn, and not enough places for them to learn.

That has changed in some ways, but not in others.

Courses exist today, but a lot of what is offered today is not taught as well or in as much depth as what students want; or sometimes it just isn't available in the way, shape or place they want at the time they want.

We fill a gap in what is able to be studied, but also in access and quality