http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/41612/0 en http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2017/01/on-wildness-community-and-control-urban-green-space <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Friday, January 13, 2017</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/pollythepollinators.jpg" alt="Photo credit: Kristen Fahrig" title="Photo credit: Kristen Fahrig" width="120" height="90" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/festabotanica.jpg" alt="Photo credit: Kristen Fahrig" title="Photo credit: Kristen Fahrig" width="120" height="90" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/bumblebeeflashmob-1.jpg" alt="Photo credit: Kristen Fahrig" title="Photo credit: Kristen Fahrig" width="120" height="90" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>The city is a structured place. Roads and sidewalks follow mainly straight lines, while houses, apartment buildings, offices and shops march dutifully alongside them, one after the other. Many of us live structured lives within our concrete, highly controlled world, following the schedules, routines, and norms of our workplaces and leisure activities. Urban green space is often no different -- processions of trees stand on manicured turf and garden beds are filled with neat lines of annuals. Community use of park space is defined and limited by a stifling array of municipal policies, bylaws, permits and red tape.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The wild and wayward life of a tiny, disproportionately lively square of parkland in Toronto&#039;s west end has a lesson to teach us about the rewards of relinquishing control. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2017/01/on-wildness-community-and-control-urban-green-space" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:53:38 +0000 rabble staff 127378 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca