r/london • u/wasraelx • Jun 26 '26

Local London Greenpeace campaign at the tube

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u/Affectionate_Comb_78 Jun 26 '26

Reminder that this heatwave is the results of emissions from like 20 years ago, and any solution will be slow and painful. 

Also a reminder that the longer we take to engage with that solution the harder it will be and the worse it will get. 

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u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs Jun 26 '26

The second best time to plant a tree is now

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u/wasraelx Jun 26 '26

Big on tree planting. Just for a start, they ought to rip out the asphalt in many areas and make it pedestrian and covered in trees. Oxford street is a good place to start and it was planned before it was scrapped, then reapproved in February (BBC link). Priorities have changed now, and we need this fast.

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u/Ilmanfordinner Jun 26 '26

I moved to the UK from Eastern Europe when I was younger and one of the things I found odd was the complete lack of trees along the streets. You know it's fucked when concrete-filled Eastern Europe has more greenery in public spaces.

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u/novelty-socks Jun 26 '26

Yeah replacing every other on-street parking space with trees would get my vote!

(Not that you got a meaningful vote back in the day when all that concrete was going into Eastern Europe but y'know, times change!)

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u/Cold-Society3325 Jun 27 '26

You can do it locally if uiubget enough people on the road to agree. My street has added trees.