Saving open space is long-term economic development
Hey wishcasters and others,
I really enjoy Jamie Ridler’s Wednesday Wishcasting circles. The questions send me in new directions. Today’s question: What step do you wish to take? This is an easy one for me. I want to start a huge movement to save open space, to help people see that saving open space is long-term economic development. If land is finite, how can we keep turning it into asphalt fields and not ultimately harm ourselves? Again, the powers that be have us galloping so fast that we don’t even know why we are galloping and where we are galloping. But I can guarantee that is we don’t stop and figure that out, we’re going to be in trouble as a civilization.
There is a huge tract of land behind my home that is home to animals, birds, flowers, plants, sunlight, air, wildness, freedom, rocks, soil, water, history, life. It’s for sale because open space is not valued. If it were, there would be grants available or companies & governments rushing to save it from destruction. I believe that open space saves money in the long run, saves our health in the long run, saves our food supply in the long run, saves our wildness in the long run, saves our creativity in the long run, saves our humanity in the long run.
Did you ever run through fields as a child? Or lay down on your back in a meadow for a summer nap? Or run through cornfields? The more we lose open space, the more we lose our connection to the Earth and ultimately our connection to each other.
Psst. We need to save open space. Pass it on …
Muse thx, Giulietta
p.s. Here is a local non-profit trying to do the above too! LCA Trust. Stop by …
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Cheers to such a great wish!!
Let’s hear it for open spaces in nature!!
As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you also!
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Yes…the open space behind our house is now, horribly, being developed. As I share my sadness for the animals and trees that will be lost, I am met with so many voices that do not share my heartache.
So…I go to the land conservancy in west Michigan and volunteer. As one of the directors there said to me…if you cannot lay down in front of the bulldozer, do what you can to save the remaining land.
Thank you for sharing in my sorrow…and hope for sacred spaces to be left to share.
As Giulietta wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
As Giulietta wishes for herself so do I wish for her as well.
So of my favorite memories as a child and with my own children were times spent walking, fishing, and just playing in the woods.
As Giulietta wishes for herself, I wish for her as well.
Open Space…where I work are acres of empty parking lots (with trees, landscaping)..these parking lots are now home to birds, lizards, jackrabbits…while I’m really happy to encounter a jackrabbit…I’m still sad that I have to walk through a parking lot to do that…
As Giulietta wishes for herself (and the world community), so I wish for her also.
As Giulietta wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
I so agree with you! When I was a kid there was an open space like that down our street, we called it the woods and it was the most sacred space I can remember, it meant so much to us. I hope the space behind your home remains protected.
As Giulietta wishes for herself so do I deeply wish for her. As a matter of fact, I’m wishing Giulietta’s wish for all of us!
We are blessed to have lots of open spaces in Australia …I love your wish!
As Giulietta wishes for herself, so I lovingly wish this for her also.
The loss of open space is terrifying. Thank you, dear sister Muse, for reminding me and for giving us all this valuable link which I will also pass along.
As Giulietta wishes for herself, so I wish for her too!
I hear you. There is a huge amount of old houses being torn down in our neighbourhood to be replaced with tall buildings. 🙁
As Giuletta wishes for herself so I wish for her also.
What a very worthy cause! We do need open space. We need plants and animals and tress and oxygen. We don’t need any more malls.
As Giuletta wishes for herself and the world, so I wish also! 🙂
We’re working as hard as we can to protect the special places within and outside our communities. Its not anti-growth, but smart growth. Please look us up in your area and support our efforts.