Comments on: You can’t Fight City Hall

By: karen

karen — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:32:28 +0000

Savannahians are quite well-educated about trees, oddly enough. Ecosystem services roll off their tongues. In summer it is 15 degrees (F) cooler under a live oak than under a porch. The trees wick water out of a swampy area that lies right behind them, they gulp up carbon dioxide (although younger ones do that more efficiently). Passers by honked and cheered, and the local paper penned an impassioned editorial. But you are right that no one will do anything about it.

By: Simon Kirby

Simon Kirby — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:11:02 +0000

What you’re doing is right, and it can feel very lonely standing up to your council because almost nobody cares, but trees are a good habitat for creatures and they’re beautiful too and this makes a real big difference to how comfortable we feel in our own neighbourhoods. You’re an inspiration.

Simon

By: karen

karen — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:48:12 +0000

Thank you, Les.

Mary Beth: I think I’ve been chicken for most of my life and I’ve decided it’s time to stand up and embarrass my children–which is an excellent way to express it. Turns out of course, they may hide their faces for a minute, but they are actually proud of an activist Mum. My son, helped us plant some of the live oaks–although that’s not particularly embarrassing.

By: Mary Beth

Mary Beth — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:48:20 +0000

Good Luck! I have my eye on an ebony tree designated as “historic” my my town’s landscaping ordinance - that is in the path of a planned road. I just may embarrass my children over that tree!

By: Les

Les — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:05:51 +0000

I lived in the Low Country for several years, and the live oaks were like old friends — each with its own character. It was devastating to see what Hugo did to them in 89.

Fight the good fight, your cause is right.