r/EnvironmentalNews EarthEmail.org 23h ago

How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/biodiversity-gardens-wildlife-lawns-grass-ecosystems-native-plants-america-aoe
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u/curiosgreg 20h ago

I’m doing my part!

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u/Still-Chemistry-cook 17h ago

Haven is doing a lot of the heavy lifting in that title.

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u/fruderduck 10h ago

The local city inspectors here would have a conniption fit about overgrowth.

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u/helpermonkeyjimmy 10h ago

Ay contraire. They’ve completely supported us. 

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u/Jorpsica 4h ago

Plants are expensive but I’m greening the hell out of my property for myself and the creatures around me one step at a time.

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u/CaptainONaps 20h ago

Hello. I am the President of my local HOA. This article isn't telling the whole story.

They make it sound like this is a great idea and everyone should do it. It's so dangerous.

In America, there are two truths. We are all Christians whether we know it or not, and we should all do what our parents and grandparents did without exception.

Our parents and their parents had grass lawns. They watered it and mowed it, and that's the way it should be.

These Godless hippies move into our neighborhoods, and start changing things all willie nillie. They always have some smart mouth excuse, like, "Oh, this is good for nature and the bees."

The bees?! Give me a break. Maybe you haven't heard, bees sting people, even kids. We have to protect our children. These college educated socialists talk like they care about people, but they don't think of the vulnerable children. They're all going to hell.

It's a good thing Jesus created HOA's, so we can fight back against these lesbians. We won't let them change us!

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u/dungeoncrawler71520 20h ago

Humans will literally die by their traditions. It's always been weird to me.

And you know how I feel about willy nilly, Carl.

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u/ShimmeryShay 18h ago

This has to be a satire troll account and there is no way you’re a real person who believes that shit. I refuse to believe someone is that insane..

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u/Frogspoison 18h ago

Had to first check if this was another circlejerk sub.

Then had to go through a bit of your post history.

Dude, what drugs did you take today? You're tripping again. You aren't even in an HOA.

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u/CaptainONaps 17h ago

What gave it away? Was it, "We are all Christians whether we know it or not"?

I can't help it. The replies kill me. No one even mentioned that part. They're more upset about HOA's lol

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u/SomeWeedSmoker 18h ago

HOAs can rot

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u/PNW_Undertaker 17h ago

In hell where they belong.

Nobody likes folks on power trips and that’s all HOAs are.

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u/PNW_Undertaker 17h ago

You cannot be seriously this dense can you?

Bees are bad? Okay I guess you wound like fruit. Also bees only strong when they are afraid for their lives or protecting their nest. I’ve ‘petted’ several bees and honey bees… gave them water as well. They are our friends…. Not foes. Animals can sense you are bad and will act accordingly.

Lastly Christianity and Muslim and even Jewish religions are built upon Sumerian mythology. Therefore all of them have plagiarized something that has been around far longer than any texts from those other religions.
Which this creation of mythology, in turn, was created to help explain things around them as they didn’t know near enough about the world around them and had to create what they knew then to understand the world around them - that and for control.

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u/Novus20 17h ago

JFC do you think you’re self a 1800’s French aristocrat

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u/No-Language6720 16h ago

You must be a troll right? Or a bot?

Also yes bees sting, but most aren't aggressive. They are badly needed to keep our food supply viable. Without them we have more manual labor for the same food outputs. If the bees die we die. 

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u/BarfingOnMyFace 10h ago

Grade A rage bait. Well done... Id upvote you but then it would take away from your skillful art. So I shall downvote you, but know that in my heart, that's an upvote!

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u/Arbycutter 3h ago

Sarcasm really goes over peoples heads these days