Christmas tree spotting #2 & 3
Originally uploaded by MrsEds
Well, despite the council's best efforts the annual Christmas tree spot begins well with 4 in Warham Road yesterday morning.
All the trees have now been stickered by council as dumped with threats of fines. Oddly enough, like festive triffids, they all inched away from the walls of the houses where I originally photographed them.
Tree number 1 has joined the cones (31 days and counting since first request to remove them) to create a lovely vista from my window.
Tree 2 suddenly threw itself into a gutter in despair at the end of its life and its loss of glamour.
Tree 3 shuffled up and joined company with the three rotting mattresses a little further up, perhaps to drink cheap booze and hope for better days.
The whereabouts of tree 4 is underdetermined at this time.
What's your tally? And where is the most unusual place you've spotted one? Fellow campaigner Alan s has photographed one as late as April last year. Of course there's a Flickr group for dumped Christmas Trees
Alan has had a good idea though. he suggests that Haringey retailers be asked to distribute a leaflet when the tree is sold detailing how to get rid of the tree which seems to be a good intiaitve, as I doubt that many people actually go to the Haringey site to find out what to do, despite there being ample advice on it (oh and on Harringay Online as well).
This is something perhaps that our hyperlocal website could do in conjunction with the council or a local resident's group?
3 comments:
Alan's idea about the leaflet is probably the best idea. But I'm afraid it's all a bit 'nanny state' to me..
Something has to be done on a deeper level.. to get people to realise that this is not the way to live.. that they have to take more care of their community..
Now that's something for you to do, Harringay Housewife. But where to begin..? and what will Harringay Husband say about all this spare time being used up?
I know what you mean Steve. I get frustrated that no matter how many ways we tart up the message, the fundamental principle of not fouling your own nest in the first place just seems not to get through to people.
I do believe that it is a minority in the community who behave badly and I would go further and suggest that that minority are not long term residents but landlords, students and other short term residents who have no interest in building a future for their community as they are just passing through.
Landlords, I think are our biggest enemy as they just see the properties round here as cash cows and don't care about the surroundings. If they can save 20 quid by not disposing of their tenants old stuff responsibly then they will and as the 'credit crunch' or just plain recession tightens then we will see more of this.
Harringay husband is supportive but no I can't do it alone. I need others to take on board the messages and spread the word
Come in and look around...
This blog is very 'PINK' don't you think?
Not a criticism.. I find Pink very friendly.. warming.. and anti-macho
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