Hello toot friends, I bring #antiLawn memes.
I'm hoping to radicalise you all against the boring monoculture lawn and turn you into biodiversity defenders.

Did you know that the green lawn that is so common today was originally a way for the landed gentry to show off their wealth? It was meant to imply the owner could afford to have all this land being non productive, setting them apart from those whose livelihood depended on what they could cultivate.
From the beginning, it was an ostentatious display of obscene wealth.
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Our mowed yards sustain almost no life. There's no diversity, no food. No place for an ecosystem.

We worry about the extinction of bees and other pollinators, but we do very little to offer them a chance to survive.
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While we are living through a #ClimateEmergency, we should do everything to restore life, nature and balance to our ecosystems.
Lawns are definitely not helping us.

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We could grow food instead of invasive green grass.
It is true that the average backyard will not be productive enough to sustain even a single family needs, but it will provide something. And more importantly it will be a refuge for bugs and worms and birds. It will also make us feel connected to the earth and have some control over our food sources.
Besides, if everyone does it, we could possibly sustain each other in the future.

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But perhaps even better than food Gardens are native gardens.
They will sustain a wide variety of wildlife and restore balance to our environment.
Plus they usually require very little maintenance, which is not only cheaper but also cleaner than firing up your fossil fuel powered lawnmower.
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Wilder, more diverse lawns also do a great job of absorbing water, preventing floods. They also act as carbon sinks, keeping some of that carbon away from our atmosphere and doing their bit for #ClimateChangeMitigation
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Keeping a green mowed lawn is expensive, labour intensive, water intensive and, let's face it, noisy and annoying.
What do we get in return?
Little more than avoided criticism from uptight neighbours and nosy resident associations. It gives us nothing except keeping us from being (wrongly) judged in our neighbourhood.
We can do better.
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But criticism and peer pressure are certainly a strong force. So we need to start by talking about it. We need to discuss the absurdity of lawns with those around us and get them excited about the alternatives.

If you are renting, this might be even harder or even impossible. But you can try.

Or you could try seed bombs or guerrilla gardening instead. 😏

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Wild gardens can also be perfectly suitable for leisure and recreation. We have been brainwashed into believing everyone needs a green flat square to sit in. But they are lifeless and dull.
Our kids will have more adventures and grow to be curious and filled with wonder when their environment is richer.
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Anyway I hope you are now fully radicalised #antiLawn and ready to re-wild your bit of planet.

It is easy to feel there's nothing we can do to help our Earth, but even a small lawn can be a huge ecosystem, from the viewpoint of tiny bug or butterfly.

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@pezmico absofuckinglutely here for the moth with a gun meme, moths love biodiversity too <3

Natural but delicately maintained nature like the first nations have done has always, always been more beautiful to me, and if I ever end up with more money than I need to cover the needs of my immediate community and me, supporting that is absolutely where the rest of it's going

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