This morning 3 different friends posted this article, about people paving their yards. As a young and passionate plant ecologist I fled to the wilds of West Marin, wanting to be far away from paved over cities. Now I have been lured back, and love being in San Francisco for so many reasons. My transition was eased by the abundance of parks and wildlands in and around our beautiful city, and by the resurgence of urban farming, and other plant positive policies. Plants are awesome, and are good for real estate values too. Cities are finding that chronic water pollution problems can be mitigated with green infrastructure.
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Pavement to Parks and Friends of the Urban Forest are places to start if you want a little help transforming your paved over spaces. Keep in mind the mature size of anything you plant, and the importance of planting the right tree in the right place, and if you really MUST pave, consider permeable paving option.
Then when the rain comes down it can sink into the earth, and grow things, rather than roll on into pipes, gathering grossness along the way, and pour out in to our beautiful bay and ocean.
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