@mellowwolflady we need to have a chapter referencing this in our crossover in the garden of hope
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Golf Courses ARE Being Converted
The Solarpunk "fantasy" that so many of us tout as a dream vision, converting golf courses into ecological wonderlands, is being implemented across the USA according to this NYT article!
The article covers courses in Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, Colorado, and New York that are being bought and turned into habitat and hiking trails.
The article goes more into detail about how sand traps are being turned into sand boxes for kids, endangered local species are being planted, rocks for owl habitat are being installed, and that as these courses become wilder, they are creating more areas for biodiversity to thrive.
Most of the courses in transition are being bought by Local Land Trusts. Apparently the supply of golf courses in the USA is way over the demand, and many have been shut down since the early 2000s. While many are bought up and paved over, land Trusts have been able to buy several and turn them into what the communities want: public areas for people and wildlife. It does make a point to say that not every hold course location lends itself well to habitat for animals (but that doesn't mean it wouldn't make great housing!)
So lets be excited by the fact that people we don't even know about are working on the solutions we love to see! Turning a private space that needs thousands of gallons of water and fertilizer into an ecologically oriented public space is the future I want to see! I can say when I used to work in water conservation, we were getting a lot of clients that were golf courses that were interested in cutting their resource input, and they ended up planting a lot of natives! So even the golf courses that still operate could be making an effort.
So what I'd encourage you to do is see if there's any land or community trusts in your area, and see if you can get involved! Maybe even look into how to start one in your community! Through land trusts it's not always golf course conversions, but community gardens, solar fields, disaster adaptation, or low cost housing! (Here's a link to the first locator I found, but that doesn't mean if something isn't on here it doesn't exist in your area, do some digging!)
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LITTLE COMIC based on how I made a friend at 1 am while crawling on the ground, picking up Maybugs to save them from getting squished by cars.
PRETTY SURE I must've looked like a strange little gremlin to any onlookers passing by.
Also yes he held a bug like a CHAMP.
He passed my test. We still hang out 😂
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And perhaps whatever you hope for will come true.
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The crocus I planted last year are coming up and I am ready for spring - pam wishbow - feb 2024
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No matter where she makes her battle plans her mom finds a way to interrupt
Coraline Jones: Okay Keensight you know where you and the Vulpins will attack the enemy right
Keensight (digging into his pizza that Coraline ordered): Yes
Coraline Jones: Good now (her cell phone rings) What now (sees that it’s her mom she answers the phone) What do you want mom
Mel Jones: Coraline I need you to pick up a couple things from the store while your out
Coraline Jones: What do I need to pick up
Mel Jones: We need more dish soap and laundry detergent
Coraline Jones: Yes mom I’ll get that bye (hangs up)
Keensight: Let me guess
Coraline Jones: Yes it was my mother
@mellowwolflady Poor Coraline she can’t even have one meeting with her minions without her mom interrupting lol
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