In the same way that monocropping corn creates weaker, less resilient land, monocropping our streets with cars creates cities that arenโt as vibrant as they ought to be. We often donโt notice it, because weโve trained ourselves to think of streets as โalmost exclusively for carsโ. But if you think of all the things you could do with streets, you realize how weird it is that we have, for decades now, used them mostly only for vehicles.
This reminds me of a piece that I wrote a few years ago about ‘they propose replacing the freeway, a ‘baron wasteland’, with bushland. Of course, this is really a comical reference to the tendency to build on top of existing sacred sites.
‘. Also, the suggestion of replacing roads had me thinking about the scene in Babakiueria where
Enjoyed the further dive into rewilding Clive. The idea of replacing the highway w/ a canal reminded me of Babakiueria where they propose replacing the freeway with bushland youtu.be/gYtz4hH2z7A?t=โฆ
I’ve also written about rewilding education too readwriterespond.com/2015/06/rewildโฆ