Sign this @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social Action Alert to urge your municipality to ensure that its property standards bylaws (grass and weeds bylaws, lot maintenance bylaws, boulevard bylaws etc.) support pollinators and biodiversity.
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Leaving the leaves is a pollinator-supporting practice with benefits for biodiversity, soil health and water retention, yet many municipalities have bylaws that prohibit it. One more reason why these outdated, anti-ecological property standards bylaws need to be reformed. 2/3

Emily Noel has been told by bylaw officers in Oshawa that she has to remove the leaf mulch from her garden because leaves are considered "waste" under the city's Lot Maintenance and Property Standards bylaws. 1/3
#bylawsforbiodiversity #leavetheleaves #gardeningforpollinators #nativeplantgardening

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Looks like a great webinar on how communities can access public land to grow food. March 28th, noon to 1pm
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Join me March 22, 11am (EST) for a free webinar on shrinking the lawn. I'll share practical information about boosting biodiversity with habitat. #losethelawn #losethelawngainahabitat #gardeningforpollinators #nativeplants #biodiversity

Free registration:
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A significant victory in the legal effort to reform grass and weeds bylaws. Wolf Ruck of Mississauga was in the Ontario Court of Appeal yesterday, arguing that Mississauga’s enforcement against his naturalized garden were unjustified under Administrative law. 1/3 #BylawsForBiodiversity