Jun 19
wow what a nice lawn it would sure be a shame if someone dropped a bunch of native wildflower seeds on it
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wow what a nice lawn it would sure be a shame if someone dropped a bunch of native wildflower seeds on it
To increase biodiversity in urban communities, i think that there should be a social rule that the only places that can have cut lawns are places specifically for children or pets to play.
A few common examples are playgrounds and dog parks.
This way they can run around and have a good time without trampling the wildflowers or worrying about ticks.
There also would be a minimum size limit to these spaces because kids and animals cannot play in a space that is super small.
So backyards that are tiny would be expected to have wildflowers and tall grass instead.
Or full on gardens with flowers and/or veggies.
"But what if I'm not good at gardening?!"
You don't have to be.
Most lawn care stores sell big bags of seeds that are native to your local ecosystem.
All you have to do is sprinkle em all over the yard, wait for some rain, and in no time you will have a mini meadow! Perfect for bees and other pollinators!
Lawns as big monocultures for walking around were never meant to be the norm in urban centers or anywhere.
They were created by European nobility and other rich people as a way to say "Hey look at me! I have all this land but don't have to grow anything useful on it!"
Don't be like the European nobility.
Make green spaces useful again.
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Think of the splendors
Another article about the ecological harms of lawns and what people are doing to change things just dropped
in the new society, lawnmowers will be outlawed
you can have a lawn but it'll grow faster than you can cut it down
There's a guy on youtube that does charity "yard maintenance" and it's SO bad, but all his viewers don't know anything about landscaping, so they cheer him on when he clear cuts people's yards and turns it into a barren lawn.
Watching this guy turn lush (though admittedly unmaintained) greenery into a dirt lot was so painful. He killed EVERY SINGLE PLANT on the property. Absolutely NOTHING was spared.
ecological destruction for youtube clicks under the guise of charity. antichrist behavior fr. the white horseman wields a weed whacker. an agent of Big Lawn. this man must be stopped.
Okay but why are we using an image of a futuristic city with a mown lawn to make statements about what we'd consider an ideal world? Lawns are bad!