The Hungarian Entomological Society recently posted this image highlighting the importance of diverse yards and the decline in insect diversity when shifting to monoculture

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1. One of the best choice we could make as a society is to ban grass for any new builds and give a financial incentives to replace grass to any current owner of a grass lawn. The sooner we get rid of grass the better.

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   We would save on water, we would see a decrease in CO2 in the air, we would see a rise in biodiversity, soils would be healthier. Literally no downsides.

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3. While this is a good point, I think a large portion of the population still doesn’t understand the difference between a diverse and an unkempt garden

4. The real difference in the number of species living in those gardens is a whole lot bigger than this image shows. The ratio of different species between the top and bottom would be more like 250:1.

5. I honestly still prefer the middle and especially the bottom more if this was my own house…

   But yeah, biodiversity is important…

   (I hate myself)

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7. Public green spaces in Ireland have been taking a more biodiverse approach this year and my local park has never looked better and I’ve definitely noticed a lot more and greater diversity of birds around the whole area everywhere I look I see tits.

8. The bottom one looks American. Never seen a house like that in Ireland anyway