And we do not dream of the roar of the cosmodrome, Not this icy blue, But we dream of grass, grass near the house, Green, green grass ...

There is an exact human observation: we notice air when it begins to be scarce, that is, we do not value it. This is what Vladimir Soloukhin wrote in the twentieth century. Indeed, we do not value air and do not think about it as long as we breathe normally and without hindrance.

But still, it happens that we enjoy it when it pulls from the south with warm moisture, when it is washed by the May rain, when it is ennobled by lightning discharges. There are sweetest, precious, memorable breaths of air.

The air has no one closer than grass. We are used to the world being green. We walk, mnem, trample in the mud, rip off with caterpillars and wheels, cut off with shovels, scrape off bulldozer knives, slam them tightly with concrete slabs, fill them with hot asphalt, fill them up with iron, cement, plastic, brick, paper, and rag rubbish. We pour gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, acids and alkalis on the grass. We do not fall asleep a person - grass. Will grow elsewhere. This is our attitude to nature! ..

I read a touching story about a blade of grass. Prison, prisoner, prisoner in solitary confinement. They brought him a stack of books, he began to read them and suddenly saw that a tiny seed was stuck to the book page. The prisoner carefully separated this seed and put it on a sheet of paper. He looked at the seed with different eyes than we did. Then suddenly a jar of earth appears in his cell. With trembling hands, the man lowered the seed into the ground of the cracked, unusable pot. Leaving some water in his mug, he waters the black earth. The seed sprouted, which made the man very happy.

This great miracle - a miracle to which we are so accustomed because it always happens around us in a million-billion-dollar repetition, began to happen and unfold before the eyes of the shocked prisoner, as a reward for his attention and patience. The prisoner's soul froze. The happy sower watched the development of the plant, as the slow motion camera observes, in the lens of which the leaves are clearly unfolding and the flower buds open. It was strawberries. The prisoner, in his later published memoirs, claimed that in his life, neither before prison, nor after prison, there was no joy more complete and sharp than the one that the strawberries that grew in a broken bowl gave him.

A breath of air when a person suffocates. A green living blade of grass, when a person is completely cut off from nature. Actually, it's grass. Scrape it with bulldozer knives, fill it up with garbage, fill it with hot asphalt, clear it with concrete, pour oil over it, trample it, ruin it, despise it ... Meanwhile, caressing a person's eye, pouring quiet joy into his soul, softening his temper, bringing calm and rest - that's one thing from the side purposes of every plant, and especially a flower. Some oriental sage taught: if you want to be healthy, look as much as possible at the green grass, at the flowing water and at beautiful women. And then he said: "If you do not look at the green grass and flowing water, you will not want to look at women on their own."

Lying on the grass ... Sinking down, falling over on your back, spreading your arms - there is no other way to drown completely and dissolve in the blue sky than when you lie on the grass. But why exactly on the grass? Well, if you don't like it, lie down on a dusty road, on a brick, on scrap iron, on a heap of mineral fertilizer, on knotty boards. You can, of course, spread a raincoat on the ground, but better on the grass. These minutes will become, perhaps, memorable moments of your life. Try to lie in the rye: below is a green half-light, cool silence, freshness smelling of young juicy rye, and above is a blue sky and the song of a lark above you ...

A plant is a living being that is born, grows, comes into maturity, blooms, fertilizes, bears fruit, grows old and finally dies. In spring and summer, plants are fragrant with aromas, ethers exude. God created the Earth and everything growing and living on it. Five hundred and thirty thousand species of plants grew on planet Earth, and each had its own purpose. But today we do not have clean water and clean air, the world's oceans and the earth's atmosphere are deteriorating, and the green cover of the earth is being destroyed and damaged. We, people living on earth, do not consider ourselves saboteurs, but imagine ourselves as friends of nature.

Grass - hay, grass - flowers, grass - ants, grass - beauty, grass - food, grass - clothing, grass - building material, tear-grass, plakun-grass, tryn-grass, grass is an integral part of nature, grass is a mystery nature, grass is life ...

Green is the color of life. If green turns, for example, into brown, then this means that the plant has fulfilled its mission and goes into another state in the form of fertilizer for the earth, but this is not garbage, but the nutrition necessary for the soil.

My good advice to dear readers: read useful and necessary for your correct development, primarily spiritual. I offer books by Vladimir Soloukhin "Collected Works" (I - IV volumes), Alexander Savrasov "Knowledge of the Fountainheads" (I - V books), Vladimir Megre "The Ringing Cedars of Russia" (I - X books). Shake off the age-old dust and be sure to read.

Take care of the grass, trees,

After all, they also want to live,

There is a soul in every plant

Which came from God.


Being at home or in the office, we have to breathe air saturated with the fumes of furniture, working equipment, plastic, etc. In order to somehow smooth out all the negative influences on the atmosphere of the room of the surrounding objects, you can have indoor plants that have the ability to purify and heal the air. Well-chosen live plants not only delight the eye with a harmonious combination of shape and color, but also improve the composition of the indoor air. All green plants, absorbing carbon dioxide, emit oxygen into the surrounding space, this has been known since school. But many of them, in addition, destroy pathogenic bacteria, purify the air from harmful gases and odors for a very short time. Chlorophytum is a unique houseplant in this respect. It literally in a few hours is able to clean the air in the kitchen from the products released during the combustion of gas. Chlorophytum cleans the air in a 10-12 meter room by 80% per day. Monstera, ivy, asparagus, euphorbia, aloe, spathiphyllum are also effective in this regard.

To reduce the dryness of the air, especially in winter and enrich it with oxygen, the sansevier, a real oxygen factory, will help. In general, all indoor plants with large leaves - monstera, arrowroot, humidify the air well. Cyperus, whose homeland is Africa, evaporates a lot of water through the leaves. The pot with this plant should be placed in a pan or aquarium filled with water.

The air we breathe for a long time working at the computer is air devoid of phytoncides, live aromas, negative ions. Coniferous plants - araucaria, cryptomeria, juniper, thuja, cypress - will help to "revive" such air. Cereus and Croton will restore the ionic composition of the air. Geraniums and violets, familiar to us all, are also capable of enriching the air of a room with negatively charged ions. Cacti filter different types of radiation.

The air of our apartments contains huge quantities of microorganisms, including clearly pathogenic ones, such as staphylococci, pores of molds. Getting on the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract of a person, they can cause various serious diseases, including asthma and allergies. Microbes in the air die under the influence of phytoncides secreted by some plant species. Phytoncides are gaseous and easily evaporating substances of complex composition. They have a positive effect on the air in very low doses. Plants such as myrtle, various citrus fruits, rosemary, geranium, azalea, dieffenbachia, anthurium, sansevier, begonias, tradescantia, lavender, mint are especially generous in saturating the air with these substances, and this happens especially intensively during the day. Common laurel cleans the air very well. The fugitive emissions of this plant inhibit harmful microorganisms in the air. With long-term presence of such plants in the room, the bacterial background gradually levels out, approaching the minimum value.

It is no secret that our furniture emits substances that are very harmful to health - formaldehydes and phenols. Dracaena, chlorophytum, aloe, philodendron, ficus, shefflera, spathiphyllum will partially rid the air of these poisons, and asparagus are able to absorb salts of heavy metals. It is not necessary to have a lot of plants at home, especially if there is no time to properly care for them. It is often enough to grow a few well-groomed plants that will noticeably improve the condition of the air we breathe in our apartment.

June-Breadrost... Nature awakened by the beginning of summer and now its active growth begins, therefore the month is called - Khleborost. Rye is sprinkling, the gardens are filled with wildly blooming greenery. The sun rises high above the sky and begins to bake even stronger, the day becomes long, and the evening is long and warm.

June: warmth envelops the earth

Description of the nature of summer at its very beginning, in June (I - II week).
Summer has come. June. Nature blooms in summer, ripens, the gardens are full of greenery, the meadows are covered with a wide loop of green grass. Heavy cumulus clouds hover in the sky like huge ships. And although the month of May at the end spoiled with warm and hot summer days, the first June days were often cool, sometimes rainy. You should not be upset, because the lingering cloudy weather at the beginning of the month is not for long. A dry anticyclone will bring warm winds, and the high sun in the sky will provide warm and hot weather. In June, the air temperature is moderate without sharp jumps and averages +15 + 17 ° C.

Summer takes time to flare up. There are still long hot, sultry and just warm pleasant days ahead, when the sun wakes up early, but does not set very soon, giving plenty of exercise before plunging into twilight. And here the sun begins to bake, hot days come. The greens are in full bloom, presenting edible herbs. The sky is blue and clear, from time to time fluffy clouds float over it. The heated air exudes the scent of flowering.

And, suddenly, unexpectedly, the hot summer sun is replaced by the advancing clouds. The sky is rapidly darkening. After all, there was just the sun, and now it has been swallowed by a formidable darkness, advancing in front, covering all life in darkness. Nature is alarmed, the birds calm down, only strong gusts of wind intensify each time, ready to pluck branches from the tops of trees on their way.

Thunder strikes with the first volleys, and then, like a bucket of water, charges a downpour. The sky is not visible, only the reflections of lightning alternate with a crackling sound of thunder. The thunderstorm dies down as unexpectedly as it began. The sky is brightening, the flashes of lightning become less frequent, the thunder rolls go to the side. The first rays of the sun are peeking through, brightly reflected in the puddles. And again the life of the summer forest comes to life, the birds chirp happily, the animals come out of their shelters. Meanwhile, in the forest, in the most secret dark places, the first mushrooms appear.

The beginning of summer in the folk calendar

"The swallow begins the morning, and the nightingale ends the evening"

At the very beginning of summer, since ancient times in Russia, a unique rite of "baptism of the cuckoo" was performed. After the complete disappearance of winter, cold winds and bad weather, it was necessary to appease the summer nature to new vegetative forces, good weather and a noble harvest. In ancient Russia, the description of summer from the first days was like this. Early in the morning on the first Sunday of summer, Russian girls went into the forest to find orchis grass - they called it cuckoo's tears, and then, they plucked it, carried it to the hut to sew outfits, each for its own cuckoo. Then the cuckoos were numbered, meeting each other, people hugged and kissed. After becoming related to each other, becoming closer, together they brought the generosity of summer closer to themselves.

In June, bread rises, it is not for nothing that the month of June was called "grain grower". Throughout the first ten days of the month, active sowing took place in the fields, starting from the days of Falalei-Borage and Olena, June 2 and 3, from the name of which it is clear that these days were planted cucumbers, flax, belated wheat, as well as barley with buckwheat. On June 7, aphids appeared, feeding on plant juices, emitting honeydew. By June 11, ears of grain were already sprouting on Fedosya Chariot, by this time beans were planted. From early dawn to late dusk, people worked in the field in order to be in time until the end of sowing, which fell on the second half of June to the day of the equinox.

Summer in Russian poetry

Summer ... One of the most amazing, beautiful and brightest seasons. Summer nature is special and impressive. Every summer is associated with something different: sounds, smells, sensations. These are lush meadow grasses, the scent of wildflowers and even dusk, the coolness of a spruce forest. All the natural splendor of summer is reflected in the works of famous Russian poets. They dedicated a huge number of romantic, exciting lines to the beautiful time.

A real hymn to the awakening nature is an ode to the summer morning of Sergei Yesenin. Its summer is warm, washed with silvery dew, charming in its tranquility. This delightful natural idyll is scattered every day as the day dawns, to be reborn again the next morning.

Golden stars fell asleep,
The backwater mirror trembled,
The light dawns on the river backwaters
And blush the grid of the sky.

Sleepy birches smiled
Silk braids were tousled.
Rustling green earrings
And silver dew burns.

The wattle fence has overgrown nettles
Dressed in bright mother-of-pearl
And, rocking, whispers playfully:
"Good morning!"

Afanasy Fet in his work deeply describes nature in the summer, in particular, the lines of the poem "I came to you with greetings ..." evoke an association with the maturity of feelings and relationships. Allegorical lines convey a special acuteness of life and semantic fullness through romantic feelings, lightness of being and an aura of carelessness.

I came to you with greetings,
Tell that the sun is up
That it is hot light
The sheets fluttered;

Tell that the forest is awake
All woke up, with each branch,
Every bird shook
And the spring is full of thirst;

Tell that with the same passion
Like yesterday, I came again
That the soul is still happy
And I'm ready to serve you;

Tell that from everywhere
Fun blows on me
I don't know myself, that I will
Sing - but only the song matures.

Summer is different. Everyone sees him in his own way, experiencing sometimes mixed and contradictory, but invariably strong feelings.

June: the sun is turning

Description of summer nature in June (III - IV week).
The lilac continues to bloom, the smell of fresh grass spreads around the districts. Summer nature fills the air with herbal incense. Already the poplar has spread the down in its seeds, just to wait for light gusts of wind, spreading new life around. In the forest, in stables and reservoirs, the smell of spices is carried, no longer floral, but sweet herbal.

The greens are ripening with might and main, and now the strawberries have hatched by the end of the month. And the blueberries are already keeping pace with her, just have time to collect. In the morning you can hear the cry of swallows, in the afternoon frogs croak in the reservoirs, and the evening ends with a nightingale's lullaby. This time describes the summer nature as the most fertile warm season for working in the fields, evening walks and night gatherings around the fire.

A white blizzard of poplar fluff sweeps along the park alleys with a light wind, a kind of winter in fluffy warm snows. The glades are covered with white-headed hordes of dandelions, as if hundreds of little astronauts have landed on earth. Just about the wind, swaying the dandelions from side to side, will pick the seeds in parachutics and carry them home. The squeak of chicks is heard, coming from the crowns of the trees, the parents barely have time to feed the voracious maturing chicks. Young growth grows quickly, you will not notice how it will jump out of the nest, once or twice and flew.

Second half of the month in the national calendar

"The sun from Peter-turn softens the course, the month is profitable"

In June, a variety of plants, medicinal herbs bloom, Ivan da Marya rises, plantains, buttercups are at every step, Ivan-Chai is smoothed by warm winds. The forest edges are scattered in the juicy points of the berries. In the forest, you can pick up a lot of ripe strawberries, and a little later, wild strawberries will turn red on the bushes higher.

The day of June 25 is coming - the solstice point. From this time on, the sun turns towards shorter days. Now in the morning cold dew covers the grass low above the ground. This natural water can be drunk, because it is very clean, collected from settled air vapors, summer dew does not contain salt deposits. At the end of June, on the 29th, Tikhon comes, and, indeed, the sun shortens the course, yes, and the birds subside. The sun slowly, with unhurried steps, hangs in the sky. Only in the shade of the shelter of deciduous trees is there salvation from the incandescent rays growing in strength. Summer turns into hot July.

Summer in Russian painting

Russian artists very colorfully and variably convey a picture of a summer landscape. Here you can see majestic green trees, and a spike field, and an extraordinary turquoise sky with light gentle white clouds.


(Painting by Boris V. Shcherbakov "June in the Moscow Region")

The description of summer nature is unusually colorfully presented in the painting by BV Shcherbakov "June in the Moscow Region", which depicts the real green of the forest. From the front right corner into the depths of the picture, meandering in a laid bed, lies the smooth surface of the river. On both sides of it there are powerful trees, it looks like pines mixed with deciduous species. On the right, almost by the river, a slender birch tree stands alone. In the foreground on the left are haystacks. The upper part of the painting is occupied by a clear sky, where only fluffy white clouds are visible.

At the end of 2017, according to EcoStandard group estimates, Zelenograd is the cleanest area in Moscow. The name "green city" is on the buzz, but besides greening, the presence of industrial zones, clean air and much more affects the ecology. What does the ecology of Zelenograd depend on, and what problems does the city have?

Illustration: Valeria Pankova

What is ecology, and with what it is eaten

In a broad sense, ecology is the science of the interaction of living organisms with each other and with the environment. We will consider ecology as the state of the environment of our city, which consists of air, water, mineral, bio- and energy resources. With a superficial assessment of the ecology, they look at the area of ​​forest parks, other green areas, the presence of highways and airfields, sources of electromagnetic fields and the noise level of the city. Also take into account the large sources of negative impacts in neighboring areas.

As we have already said, the environment is five components, the state of which determines the ecological situation. For each of them there are monitoring systems: some assess air pollution, others - soil, and so on for each component. However, these systems do not have unified approaches to assessing the state of the ecology: they do not have a single set of indicators, methods of regionalization of territories and frequency of tracking. Because of this, the resulting values ​​are sometimes interpreted ambiguously and biased. This happens for a simple reason: ecologists interpret the results in such a way that they confirm the desired hypotheses. This approach is clearly visible in the case of global warming: supporters argue that the level of carbon dioxide has increased by a quarter over the past hundred years, while their opponents say that it has risen by only one percent.

Some environmental violations can be seen without special monitoring tools and sophisticated instruments. To assess the state of the atmosphere, you can, for example, look at the color of the snow in the city. If it is white, then everything is fine, but a blue, yellow or reddish tint may indicate the presence of harmful substances in the atmosphere. The same works with rain, for example, black color indicates the presence of heavy metals in precipitation.

It used to be better?

This concludes with the theory and move on to the ecology of Zelenograd, the city of microelectronics, in which there is more than one plant. In the eighties, waste from enterprises was discharged into the Skhodnya River, which spoiled the Zelenograd reservoirs. During the years of perestroika, the factories stopped. When they were restarted, the waste was disposed of in less hazardous ways. Now garbage from the production of microelectronics is taken out to several landfills, including Volokolamsk and Solnechnogorsk.

The abnormal heat in 2010 and 2011 affected the landscaping of the city and its environs - the temperature reached 36 degrees. These conditions turned out to be favorable for the reproduction of bark beetles. Due to drought and pests, about 20 percent of the city's forests had to be cut down. This was necessary so that the bark beetle did not move to neighboring healthy trees. Almost eight years later, trees are still being planted to restore the city's old landscaping.

One of the problems appeared long ago, during the laying of the water supply system in the city. Previously, most of the water came from artesian springs in Zelenograd. The water from them contains a lot of fluorine. Its excessive consumption had a detrimental effect on the condition of the teeth and kidneys of the townspeople. Especially fluorosis (dental disease caused by fluoride intoxication - author's note) affects children. Rospotrebnadzor gradually solved this problem: according to statistics for 1980-2015, the incidence of fluorosis among children decreased ten times - from 9 to 0.89 percent. The reason for this improvement is the transition from artesian water to river water - at the moment, only three percent of water from artesian springs flows in Zelenograd's aqueducts.

Currently, the main problem of the city is garbage, especially polyethylene. Its turnover is huge all over the world. And although most of the polyethylene waste is taken out of the city and delivered to disposal sites, we can still observe the littering of the forest. One of the most promising solutions to this problem is biodegradable polyethylene, bags of which can be bought in some supermarkets. However, solving the problem of littering with the help of such polyethylene, we create another: the production of biodegradable bags is even more harmful to the environment than the production of conventional bags from oil. Regular bags can be used over and over again, while biodegradable bags will have to be produced in large quantities to meet the needs of people.

The waste incineration plant, which will be built 40 kilometers from Zelenograd, next to the Solnechnogorsk landfill, will become a radical solution to the waste problem. Construction will begin in June 2018 and end in October 2020. The difference between this incineration plant is in a different technical process: the garbage will be burned with plasma at a temperature of 1260 degrees, this will destroy almost all harmful combustion waste. The volatile waste will then be filtered and neutralized by cementing. From solid residues, ferrous and non-ferrous metals will be taken for recycling, and the remaining waste will be sent to road construction. The heat from the combustion will go to the turbine generator, which will produce electricity.

Who is involved in ecology in our city? The Mosecomonitoring service is responsible for identifying and solving environmental problems, as well as informing the population. For example, it controls the emissions of household waste and leaves notches on trees suitable for felling. The service receives some of the data from automatic air pollution control stations. There are three of them in Zelenograd: in the 11th and 15th microdistricts and not far from Pine Alley.

MIET also does not stay away from environmental problems. The Institute for Advanced Materials and Technologies cooperates with environmental activists, supplies specialized equipment, conducts trainings, open lessons and other events. Also, MIET regularly organizes organized actions to collect plastic caps and batteries. The collected waste is taken for recycling or disposal.

Despite the fact that Zelenograd is already recognized as the cleanest area of ​​Moscow, it still takes measures to improve the state of the environment. First of all, the ecology of the city depends on ourselves. Do not be lazy and take the garbage to the nearest trash can, hand over the batteries and covers to the collection point. Together we can make Zelenograd even cleaner and more beautiful.

Alexander Lukanov

Agree, I don't really want to walk when it's cloudy outside. Everyone knows that thanks to the sun we get vitamin D, but few people know that this happens even when the sun is not visible behind the clouds. We have collected as many as 6 benefits of walking in the fresh air, which literally push you for a walk.!

First, let's take a look at what happens when you are indoors for a long time. First, you breathe the same air in which the amount of oxygen decreases. Breathing in this stale air does not provide your body with enough oxygen. This can lead to physical and psychological health problems such as dizziness, nausea, headaches, fatigue and mental exhaustion, irritability, anxiety, depression, colds and lung diseases. Not a very attractive set, right?

Fresh air is good for digestion

You have probably often heard that after eating it is good to go for an easy walk. Not only movement, but also oxygen helps the body digest food better. This fresh air benefit is really important if you are trying to lose weight or improve your digestion.

Improves blood pressure and heart rate

If you have blood pressure problems, you should avoid contaminated surroundings and try to stay in an area with clean, fresh air. A dirty environment forces the body to work harder to get the oxygen it needs, so pressure can rise. Of course, it is difficult for residents of megalopolises to find clean air, but try to get out into nature at least once or twice a week.

Fresh air makes you happier

The amount of serotonin (or the hormone of joy) depends on the amount of oxygen you breathe in. Serotonin can significantly improve your mood and contribute to feelings of happiness and well-being. Fresh air makes you feel more relaxed. This is especially important for those who are used to raising their spirits with sweetness. The next time you feel overwhelmed, just go for a walk in the park or forest and see how it affects you.

Strengthens the immune system

This is especially important in the spring, when immunity is significantly reduced. Dirt, grayness, rain are not very attractive for a walk, so at this time of the year we go out for a walk less often. However, the white blood cells that fight bacteria and germs need enough oxygen to do their job properly. Therefore, get in the habit of going out for at least a half-hour walk to help your immune system strengthen.

Cleans the lungs

When you breathe in and out through your lungs, you release toxins from your body with the air. Of course, it's important to breathe in really fresh air to avoid absorbing additional toxins. Therefore, we again advise you to go to nature as often as possible in order to restore lung function.

Increasing the amount of energy

Fresh air helps you think better and boosts your energy levels. The human brain needs 20% of the body's oxygen, can you imagine? More oxygen gives more clarity to the brain, improves concentration, helps to think more clearly, and has a positive effect on energy levels.

And now we give specific tips on how to absorb more fresh air, and some of them can be done without leaving the city.

Try running outdoors. Find a woodland or park with lots of trees in your city and jog there. The combination of cardio and oxygen has a good effect on the respiratory organs and increases the body's endurance.

Go hiking in the woods once a week or two. Aside from supplying oxygen to your body, it can also become an enjoyable pastime and even a family tradition. And it is always good to combine business with pleasure!

Keep plenty of plants in your home and workplace to improve air quality. Plants produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide (remember the school curriculum?), And some of them can even remove toxic pollutants in the air.

Exercise every day. If possible, do it outdoors. Sport helps to start blood circulation more powerfully and supply the body with oxygen.

Ventilate the bedroom before bed and, if possible, sleep with the window open. But this point should be fulfilled only by those who do not live in the center of the metropolis.

Ekaterina Romanova