Plant positives

Here are some other reasons to keep indoor shrubbery around:

* Plant-filled rooms contain up to 60 percent fewer airborne molds and bacteria than rooms without plants, studies show.
* People who work in offices with windows and plants are happier than others, according to a study of 450 office workers in Texas and the Midwest. In fact, 82 percent of the participants who worked with plants and windows around said they felt "content" or "very happy," compared with 58 percent in windowless plant-less offices who said the same.
* Plants seem to make people more contemplative and self-reflective, according to one ethnologist.

Decotau's study was detailed in a recent issue of the journal Hort Technology.

I cannot contemplate living without indoor plants .... and a few creatures
Both aid in reflection and contemplation, and are great antidotes for self-absorbtion