Collective Voice: The importance of green spaces

Grade 9 students in the Collective Voice program at Aden Bowman Collegiate share their lives and opinions through columns. Selected columns run each Monday in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
 
Could you ever imagine a life without some sort of park, pond or field near you? As simple as that question might be, lack of green space is the norm in a lot of cities. 
A green space is a public area of grass, trees or other vegetation set apart for recreational or esthetic purposes in an otherwise