Not in my Backyard ("NIMBY") - Alberta Wilderness Association

Not in my Backyard (“NIMBY”)

October 1, 2016

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October/December 2016 Wildland Advocate article, by Joanna Skrajny.

Picture your daily morning routine: you wake up, grab your morning cuppa Joe, and open the blinds to let the morning sun wash across the kitchen table. But your window lets in a more disturbing image. Overnight someone had dumped a pile of garbage on your lawn and then chopped down and set fire to your favourite tree. Freshly ripped tire tracks over your beloved begonias and perfectly manicured lawn are the scars of a midnight joyride.

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