Climate change  is raising temperatures , but one factor that adds to that is often ignored. Walk down a city street and you see what would have been front gardens a decade or so ago have now been tarmacked over and turned into driveways.
Source: The Coversation
Climate change is such a massive challenge that I feel it leads most people to ignore it—not out of disbelief, but out of hopelessness. So much of that hopelessness stems from the narrative that each of us individually has to do “our part.” Sure, we can all do a little more, but the truth is none of that moves the needle on its own. I’m fine with paper straws, even though so many people have made their entire identity about opposing such a meaningless thing. But the paper straw represents something bigger: it represents passing the buck from those responsible for our current situation down to the “little people.”
To actually address climate change, it comes down to governments and large corporations making systemic changes. Sure, many of those changes will force some shifts downstream onto regular people, but that comes second.
This post is about one of those things that requires government policy—and one that actually makes sense, not just for climate change, but for overall quality of life. Something people would actually want. Imagine that.
We need to stop getting rid of greenery in cities, on streets, and along sidewalks. Even the densest cities on Earth should have greenery, and not just tucked away in designated parks—though parks are great. The Earth is getting warmer, so making our daily environments more comfortable seems easy and smart. Which, naturally, means it’s going to be a fight to get it done.