Fun facts: the UK has crazy laws protecting trees and hedgerows. There’s a national tree registry for old boys.

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I don’t think it’s crazy at all to protect trees. We need them. What baffles me is how much we rely on them and still cut whole swaths of them down anyway without a thought.

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      6 months ago

      Study after study has shown that trees in cities offer huge benefits: offering shade and cooling (reducing energy consumption), draining storm/flood water (very useful in our more extreme climate), cleaning the air and emitting oxygen, homing wildlife, improving mental health by reducing anxiety and depression, being nice to look at.

      Every city tree should be treasured and protected.

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      6 months ago

      It boggles my mind we feel the need to box ecology and not consider agency for any of the other parts that make life itself possible.