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2058: All new construction is prohibited. The only construction allowed is for the advancement the green religion. Reasons for this are many but it stems from the revolution of the green movement in 2010. When the popular leaders (Al Gore), of the green movement were exposed by the leftist green anarchists as capitalizing on the environmental problems, the radical groups took over the movement. The state at the time allowed for only wealthy individuals to benefit and be “guilt free” by being able to purchase things like carbon credits, local foods, and hybrids. To appeal to the majority, green anarchists stopped using criminal and violent tactics. They settled on advocating a non-violent dismantling of capitalism and the state, and focusing on the collective ownership of production. The reason for this was because the capitalist system was proven to be the cause of social exclusion, poverty, and environmental degradation. Eco- Socialism was adopted by the general population. Eventually this philosophy was turned into a lifestyle and a set of beliefs becoming a religion.

This religion became a critique of Judeo-Christian’s anthropocentric beliefs. It evolved to incorporate the Pagan idea that regards nature as sacred and humanity part of nature. The temple used by followers of this religion is a built representation of the philosophies practiced by the religion. It is a parasitic urban community garden that feeds off the already built environment. It evolves traditional ideas of excess and exuberance of churches into a structure that feeds off the excess of other buildings.

These churches create a new idea of landscape by viewing landscape through the idea of carbon absorption. Based on urban heat island effects and surrounding landscape, the planting of trees is done accordingly to supplement the existing landscape in mitigating carbon emissions. Placed every other block or so throughout the city where possible, each church is non hierarchical and functions as its own independent entity. Elevated from the ground level, it is a solution for the scarcity of space in the area. The benefits of introducing urban agriculture into this area would not only be environmental but provide awareness, and recreational value.

As storied New York community gardener Adam Honigman puts it: "Community gardening is 50% gardening and 100% local political organizing". Community gardens are more than a meeting ground — they are also a training ground for political empowerment. The garden is partly made from bamboo. The structure is made from a grown material, the same way the garden produces material for consumption to keep the environmental loop closed.