John Hannah Jul 17 2023 at 9:16AM on page 53
My conclusion would be that "Action" exists within local schools. Teachers and students would love to get active and support projects that deal with every aspect of this plan. We must provide students with hands-on experiences that connect them to the incredible biodiversity in Hamilton. They are greatly 'removed' from biodiversity because their neighbourhoods and school grounds do not represent much of the amazing biodiversity we have. We MUST change this and create models on school grounds where students, teachers, staff, parents and the wider community can engage with biodiversity in new ways that we have to support in order to really save Hamilton's biodiversity. It's a crisis. Words like consider, review, study, etc. will not be enough to head off the current and accelerating collapse of ecosystem function that supports biodiversity in Hamilton. If this is an "action" plan, then let's use stronger language and make it a priority to act in ways that will stop the loss of something really worth treasuring. Let's do this!
Thanks for this opportunity.
John Hannah
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