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Cities stripping out concrete for earth and plants (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Building anything on land starts directing rain elsewhere, which has implications for downstream flooding and the levels of the natural aquifers people and the environment depend on. Disconnecting your dow spouts if you have them is a great thing to do, since they're usually connected to sewers