spoonie-waagosh:

todaysbird:

i hate the misconception that millennials (and younger generations) don’t care about outdoor activities like hiking, gardening, etc, or nature as a whole, and that all they care about is their phones. so many young people have told me they wish they could do an activity they loved and enjoyed in their youth, but their schedule is packed and when they get home they’re exhausted (and for friends who work late, the sun has been down for hours). young people care, but young people are tired

Those spaces are also just less accessible. More and more natural spaces are becoming property, closed off to the public entirely or costing fees. Parks and other similar public spaces have become outright hostile to people, especially disabled and elderly people, through hostile architecture and “anti-loitering” measures.

I live in a hugely green area, and yet I don’t feel safe exploring any of it because almost all the land here is private property and “trespassing” on it could get me fined, arrested, or killed by a trigger-happy asshole with a shotgun.

The world we live in was not designed for us.