Theres just a sizeable segment of our population that don’t appreciate the natural environment in any meaningful way. It does ourselves a disservice to ignore this cohort, because they present a different sort of obstacle to effective climate action at a local level.
Yeah, lack of viable options due to budgetary constraints is definitely a chunky segment for sure, but by no means doesn’t make the whole.
A couple examples of indicative behaviour are,
Joondalup city having to rip out paved curbs areas that residents laid for extra parking instead keeping or planting foliage.
WA Today, Feb 5th 2017.
Or Seville Grove having public trees ripped out by residents of the area the trees were planted in,
ABC, Mar 15, 2024
Theres just a sizeable segment of our population that don’t appreciate the natural environment in any meaningful way. It does ourselves a disservice to ignore this cohort, because they present a different sort of obstacle to effective climate action at a local level.