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I've got a whole row of borage flowering in my container garden, and haven't seen a single bee in it :/
https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/categories/360004233911-Local-Conversations
You are not required to be a member to start a chapter, and from all that I've seen, they're very supportive of you send an email asking for guidance. I would start by going to local city councils or board of supervisor meetings, put flyers up at the library and small coffee shops or anywhere else you can put up flyers, and start holding regular meetings at least once a month
Yeah, do it! Speaking from personal experience, it can be a little scary at first, but it's not even a tenth as bad as you think. It's actually a surprisingly social experience.
Jesus, I think about how bad the US is bad for pedestrians and cyclists and then somehow Canada manages to swoop it at the end of every day. For whatever it's worth, I'm wishing you well. Have you considered joining or starting a local Strong Towns chapter? They're a policy advocacy group focused on making cities places for humans again, and I've had nothing but great experiences with them.
Only when it doesn't directly inconvenience him. McConnel has fallen from this, like, dark Talleyrand figure to just another fucking schmuck.
I'm on my local bicycle commission. When I see other cyclists out and about, I ask them how many times they've nearly been hit in the last year. One kid told me about 30 times. I like to share those stories at our commission meetings with the city engineers listening in. Maybe go to your city council or bicycle commission and share your experience.
Don't take fascists at their word. They're lying to you, they don't believe it was fake, they want you to doubt it and cede ground. Don't engage with them, they're operating in bad faith
Ah. Well, the problem is that we've made building new housing units nearly impossible through decades of unforced errors at the local level in nearly all of our cities, as well as bullshit ass zoning. It's not even remotely impossible to undo, but a lot of people don't recognize it as the root of the problem. Again, check out Strong Towns, we're working to walk these errors back and make our cities places that are built for people again.
- With regards to zoning, nobody in their right mind is asking to let DuPont put a rocket fuel factory next to an elementary school. Many zoning codes have really terrible and not evidence based practices codified, such as enforcing single family housing sprawl, ensuring that you MUST drive to go buy a loaf of bread, and requiring outrageous parking requirements often 2-3x over what's needed in practice.
Check out Strong Towns. They're a policy advocacy group that's focused on helping people influence policy at the local level to make their towns livable again. I'm a part of my local strong towns group, and they're absolutely great. We're getting the ball rolling, organizing with other local activist groups, meeting with local politicians to understand our local challenges better, and all while receiving a lot of support from the mother ship organization. Meanwhile, our town isn't some metropolis, it's only 90,000 people.
If that isn't your thing, just start going to city council or county board of supervisor meetings and start making public comments there. It's a good way to meet with other policy advocates in your community and start networking with them.
Upvoted for Alan Fischer reference in the wild. His bits go so much harder than pretty much anyone else in urbanist youtube
As a former paramedic, this profile pic makes my back hurt
Everything that they said would come true under communism has come true under capitalism
Okay, so under normal circumstances, is this something the president is allowed to do, or is this something that should be congress' decision? Because it feels like the latter.
This is just super disappointing. PBS has some really great programming.
I'd be one of those old school naturalists and just, like, go live in a swamp for three years with one pair of clothes, a cot, a journal, and a pencil.
US, yeah, and I'm certain they contributed in some way. Most mega corps contribute to republicans in some way or another, either directly to campaigns or they contribute to policy groups or advocacy/lobbying groups that contribute to republicans or help create policy for them. Basically, everything else can burn as long as we save 1% on our taxes-- wait, why did the lights go out?
While, yes, it does, urban and suburban sprawl is far, far worse for trees. Go to your local Wal Mart super center and, not counting the garden center, tell me how many trees there are per acre in the parking lot. Now multiply that by every big box store and mile of stroad and highway.
Oh no, did the shitty mega corporation suffer consequences for its role in contributing to destabilizing a government to save 2% on its taxes? Pobrecito!