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Why environmental groups sometimes focus on small details while larger systems collapse

I joined a forest restoration group thinking I'd meet like-minded people but we mostly argue about native plant purity while the invasive species keep spreading and I wonder if we're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

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Volunteer environmental efforts can become mired in perfectionist debates about methodology while larger ecological crises continue unaddressed.

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“Where Are You with Forests — ancient and new?”

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