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/c/green Weekly Discussion Thread 24th July - 30th July: Share your thoughts on environmentalism, gardening, nature observations, etc.
Hello friends of /c/green
In recent weeks we have introduced a weekly observations thread in /c/collapse - with success I would say. We average 10-25 comments per week and see some nice discussion and a few regular posters in these threads.
Motivated by those positive results I would like so introduce a similar thread here but with a more general slant on environmentalism, gardening, nature observation and everything related!
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