Concrete to Grass: How Green Spaces Unlock Our Inner Magic

 

When did we stop appreciating the expansiveness of parks and other areas of green spaces?

I’ve been asked a lot lately: what are my dreams? What is it I want to experience?

So many things ping pong around in my head.

I just read this headline and remembered one I’ve held for a long while:

As developers pave over Charlotte, a local farm gets $1.4M boost to grow dramatically

It reminded me of a desire: to be able to buy LAND with no buildings on it to save it from being paved over. We need the trees. We need empty expansive spaces to run and feel delight and freedom. We just need to not have more buildings with climate controlled environments and no sunshine.

Whenever I take my grandson outside, especially to a park, he runs and runs and runs. Sometimes he’ll turn back and wait for me to catch up — and when I’m close enough, he starts up again.

And I find myself wondering: when did we stop appreciating the expansiveness of these spaces? WHY do we have to...

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