{"id":259218,"date":"2025-07-06T12:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/reclaiming-concrete-how-swiss-cities-are-going-green-focus-on-europe\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T12:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:04:59","slug":"reclaiming-concrete-how-swiss-cities-are-going-green-focus-on-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/reclaiming-concrete-how-swiss-cities-are-going-green-focus-on-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclaiming concrete: How Swiss cities are going green | Focus on Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kPrb66VbumM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Reclaiming concrete: How Swiss cities are going green | Focus on Europe\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPrb66VbumM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Concrete is making way for soil as Swiss activists work to reclaim urban space for nature. 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