Monday 29 March 2010

Criticism of garden 'car-parking' two days running in Daily Telegraph shocker

A good letter on Urban Greenery in the 28th March edition from an Anthony Rodriguez in Staines, Middlesex.

He lamented the loss of street trees to bad town planning and fears over subsidence and went on the say that 'It is also wrong that so many urban gardens have vanished under concrete and paving, especially in Greater London ........ These trends despoil the visual environment and make a mockery of the efforts to reduce flooding and climate change'.

WELL SAID!

An article entitled 'Birds take refuge in gardens to survive cruel winter' , reporting on the results of the latest RSPB 'Big Garden Birdwatch', ended with the news that 'Since 1979, when the survey started, sparrows, starlings, blackbirds and robins have all seen a decline, in part due to habitat loss through development such as concreting gardens to create parking spaces.'

So can we look forward to this august publication championing the right of other species not just to exist, albeit in ever-dwindling numbers, but to thrive, instead of bleating about 'hard-pressed motorists' every time there's a (much-needed) increase in fossil fuel prices?

TIME TO START TAKING SIDES FOLKS ........

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