air pollution
A forest in the city centre: rewilding Rustavi
Rustavi’s reputation is anything but green, with the Soviet-built Georgian city known as a heavily polluted industrial hub. But an environmental regeneration project is hoping to change that, by bringing nature, and even otters, back to the city centre. ‘Every year I thought of leaving Rustavi, especially during the winter’, says Data Tsintsadze, 31. Born and raised in the industrial city 20 kilometres southeast of Georgia’s capital, staying there any longer seemed a bleak and uninspiring pros
