Loading ...Greening our community can make it safer. Wanna help?
by Mountain Girl ~ November 12th, 2009. Filed under: MWCDC, Volunteer.Multiple studies have shown that greenery helps people to relax, which reduces aggression. Green spaces can also serve as gathering places and bring people together. And well maintained green spaces can discourage criminal behavior by increasing surveillance and giving a cue to criminals that ours is a neighborhood with which you don’t want to mess (I was going to use another verb, but it’s a family site) .
Volunteer stewards who routinely work on urban forestry projects dervive health benefits themselves so do something for yourself this weekend and help the MWCDC green up and clean up. For both, supplies and refreshments will be provided, but please wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately for the weather.
Saturday, November 14 – 10am-2pm
Mt. Washington Park, 58 Marne Way
Clear away mattresses, tires, shopping carts and whatever other litter you can lift out of the park.
Sunday, November 15 – 9am-12pm
Point of View Restoration Site, 1468 Grandview Ave.
Come plant trees and learn about 200 native shrubs and understory trees being planted in hillside projects all over Mt. Washington
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November 13th, 2009 at 1:06 am
MOUNTAIN GIRL – QUESTION??
In regard to your website here at 15211.org, does each person have a unique signature, or should we call it moniker, appellation, name, alias, handle, nickname, cognomen, sobriquet, tag, label, pseudonym or epithet when they post? Can they post under a different screen name each time they post? Can they steal someone else’s screen name?
November 13th, 2009 at 9:14 am
To answers your questions
YES.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:23 am
long answer:
We want this to be a place that people in the community can come and express their ideas and thoughts and we respect the privacy of anyone on here. Yes i could get on here and say i’m Circusvue, but realize that we also monitor the site and if there are complaints of someone stealing an online identity that has been established via this site, we will take action. Of course this is case by case.
We do not want to have to make our neighbors have to “sign up” to comment on the site. Then we are no better than a political group that monitors and censors its membership. We believe it would reduce the amount of people commenting, as we believe that sometimes people don’t say what they really are thinking because they are afraid of being bullied or ridiculed. This is a widely agreed upon idea in the interactive realm and we will not be changing this policy.
You can trust that we are always on top of these types of issues. If anyone out there notices that their screename/handle/moniker/appellation/name/alias/nickname/cognomen/sobriquet/tag/label/pseudonym/epithet is in danger, let me know.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Good luck with your social experiement. If there is bad element it will just a cleaner area with bad element. You need to remove the problem not make it look pretty for a mid day shooting or mugging.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
We do not want to have to make our neighbors have to “sign up” to comment on the site. Then we are no better than a political group that monitors and censors its membership.
This is your statement and if this is so, then why does it say mail (will not be published)(required) if you want to make a comment. It seems to me that you do, in fact, monitor comments and you do know who it is making them just by their email. Is that not so?
November 13th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Monitoring would mean that we would assess each comment before it’s published and then either “approve” or “unapprove”. We don’t do that. It takes away from the authenticity of the dialogue that can take place. We have; however, edited comments that we felt personally disparaged someone.
MG
November 16th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Go hide in your basement Stan.
November 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Why is Stan hiding in the basement?
November 17th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Just read his post. He sounds scared and would rather bring down what people are doing instead of appreciating that people are cleaning up the neighborhood.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I sure do appreciate it that people will take the time and effort to clean up the neighborhood.
I also agree with Stan.