Ni känner förmodligen igen detta tillvägagångssätt även från trakter ni känner till närmare.
You probably know this way of building from your part of the world too.
First a landowner see money in the beautiful nature thinking -oh many people want to live in a beautiful area like this.
Först får en markägare för sig att en vacker naturmiljö skulle kunna innebära massor av pengar genom att tänka -åh här i denna vackra miljö vill nog många människor bo.
Landowner may have been influenced by local politicians who wants to build their egos by exploiting the municipality nature.
Markägaren kan ha uppvaktats av lokala politiker, som vill bygga sina egon genom att exploatera kommunen de styr och ställer i.
Then the next step come. Sell the land to dreamers who believes in the lies about how they gonna live in beautiful nature.
Sen kommer nästa steg. Sälj in tomterna till drömmare som helt och fullt tror på att de kommer att få bo i vacker natur.
When the land finally transformed from nature to a house area no trees or other sign of former nature is possible to discover.
När naturområdet genomgått den totala förvandlingen till bostadsområde går det inte att sikta ett enda kvarvarande träd eller annat tecken på att området en gång utgjorde storslagen natur.
Eventually the house owner still dreams of a real living near nature place. At the same time climate changes escalating according to the newspaper on the table.
Slutligen fortsätter den husägaren att drömma om ett på riktigt naturnära boende. Samtidigt skriker nyhetstidningen på bordet om eskalerande klimatförändringar.
What is it we don’t get? Do we actually believe we can live without nature?
Vad förstår vi inte? Tror vi verkligen att vi kan leva utan naturen?
Are we so dumb we can’t invent nature friendly way of building house areas?
Har vi verkligen, i en tid där vi har tillgång till världens samlade kompetens, inte kunskap tillräckligt att bygga klimatsmarta områden?
Previous generations in my area were known for inventing smart things by not doing the same as everyone else but by thinking new thoughts and try new things. Today our politicians just do as the rest of the dinosaur local politicians in other exploitation maniac municipalities. No climate changes awareness at all. It’s embarrassing.
Tidigare generationer i kommunen jag bor i gjorde sig kända för sin uppfinningsrikedom som ofta kom ur att tänka annorlunda och nytt utifrån problemlösning som utgångspunkt. Idag visar våra lokala politiker upp en häpnadsväckande härmningsförmåga. Förebilden verkar komma ifrån politikerdinosaurierna som fortfarande tror på exploateringshysterin och fullkomligt struntar i att ens försöka uppnå klimatmålen. Det går inte att skönja en enda klimatvänlig tanke i samhällsplaneringen. Ganska pinsamt eftersom vi skriver 2018 och inte 1918.
I hope we come to our senses and start a new era by taking care of nature better and find new ways of living with nature and not destroy nature. We still have great possibilities to do that.
Jag hoppas att vi hinner tänka om i tid och börjar ta bättre hänsyn till naturen och inser att vi behöver den och inte kan fortsätta att förstöra den. Vi har fortfarande bra möjligheter att göra det.
Anna
Yep, not uncommon at all. Especially in the suburban landscape of McMansions and strip malls that is the US. 😏
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And mankind say humans are the most intelligent species on earth! I beginning to believe we’re the most stupid species 😄
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I think you’re right, Anna. 😏
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Thanks 😃
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Of course. 😊
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Building in a way that works with nature takes thought and imagination – it is both quicker and (in the immediate term) cheaper to create your new housing by plonking identikit brick boxes down on the land available. We are now at the stage where we should be anticipating potential problems during the planning stage, not waiting for them to occur and then trying to solve them.
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I agree. We have to rethink our old ways of building now and not tomorrow. But as long as we think money will save us instead of nature we will continue to be stupid.
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Anna you are the blessing to nature.
Leslie
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In some ways I am, in other ways I’m probably as bad as the climate change deniers. I try to think of nature and how my living effects environment, but I’m not perfect, just trying the best I can 🙂
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Anne, at least you are aware of it and are trying to make things better.
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That’s the best we can do I think.
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That is all anyone can do and it’s probably enough if everyone was on board.
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I agree. I have to start my drawings serie of what we can do instead of destroying environment.
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Good ideas are what is needed and you can promote them in your art.
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Yes, I think I can. I just need to find time for it.
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I know you can do it. You have a platform here, too, to display them.
Leslie
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Yes it’s a perfect platform. Actually platform in Swedish is plattform, so it’s the same in both languages just different spelling 🙂
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Well said!
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Thank you very much!
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Could not be better illustrated. And said. I agree in all your thoughts. We will fight against the destruction of nature and the corrupted politicians. We will not give up.
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I agree. Together we will fight.
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I have been nominated for a Sunshine Blogger Award, and have included you as one of my own nominations, specifically mentioning this post: https://aspi.blog/2018/02/22/sunshine-blogger-award/
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Thank you so much. I will accept the challenge if I find time to do it 🙂
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The truth! And where I am living, it’s all happening at a very fast pace.
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It’s so sad that it happens and we seems unable to stop it.
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This is great Anna, and so true!
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Thanks! I hope the decision makers realise this one day and start a change.
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