Friends of the Earth park people on George Street

Pop-Up Parks Have People Potential: Twenty car parking spaces on George Street, Edinburgh were turned into a Pop Up Park by Friends of the Earth today.

The organisation want to showcase the need for a redesign of city centres so that walking, cycling, and public transport are given more priority ahead of National Clean Air Day on Thursday 21st June.

Activities included a yoga class, singing workshop, juggling, hula hooping alongside arts and crafts and a kids area.

The pop up park on George Street lies in Edinburgh’s city centre Pollution Zone, where air quality safety standards are according to Friends of the Earth regularly breached.

The organisation say that the Pop Up Park is designed to showcase the need for a redesign of city centres so that walking, cycling, and public transport are given more priority in urban spaces.