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EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/   This Florida man completely changed the trajectory of his land, just by planting native species.   About Kill Your Lawn:  Best friends Joey and Al set out across America to accomplish their mission: carry out a turficidal killing spree and leave a trail of pollinator-friendly, native plant gardens in their wake. It’s time to laugh our way to a lawn-less future!    This clip comes from Season 1, Episode 2:  "Tiny Cups & Big Trees"    EarthX & EarthXtra  Love Our Planet.  The Official Network of Earth Day.    About Us:  At EarthX, we believe our planet is a pretty special place. The people, landscapes, and critters are likely unique to the entire universe, so we consider ourselves lucky to be here. We are committed to protecting the environment by inspiring conservation and sustainability, and our programming along with our range of expert hosts support this mission. We’re glad you’re with us.     EarthX is a media company dedicated to inspiring people to care about the planet. We take an omni channel approach to reach audiences of every age through its robust 24/7 linear channel distributed across cable and FAST outlets, along with dynamic, solution oriented short form content on social and digital platforms. EarthX is home to original series, documentaries and snackable content that offer sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. EarthX is the only network that delivers entertaining and inspiring topics that impact and inspire our lives on climate and sustainability.       EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/    Follow Us:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthxmedia/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthxmedia  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EarthXMedia/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthxmedia  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthXMedia  Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/earthxmedia    How to watch:    EarthX - Cable:  - Spectrum  - AT&T U-verse (1267)  - DIRECTV (267)  - Philo  - FuboTV   EarthXtra - Streaming:  - Plex  - Fire TV  - Xumo  - Sling    #EarthDay #Environment #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #Conservation #EarthxTV #EarthX #CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt @CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

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00:00The city of Miami valued shade from non-native trees over the planting of

00:05native bald cypress trees. So like you need to replace this many square feet of

00:09shade trees and I put in a bunch of cypress and like oh cypress aren't

00:12shade trees. Like you're kidding me. I'm on the canal that would have been cypress.

00:15I would like to do a dramatic reading of your municipal warning if you don't.

00:20I'm happy to do it. Failure to comply with this notice within 30 days Florida

00:27law authorizes the district to recover a civil penalty of up to ten thousand

00:32dollars per day. And I had to convince them and I got a council member and now

00:36I can get credit for cypress being shade trees if you're close to water only.

00:40Because of your advocacy of what you did on your property. Yeah. So what we're

00:44saying is we have work to do here in changing the entire culture. You have

00:48policies in place that are working against beneficial things you're trying to do.

00:52That's right. So this will reduce erosion so it saves them money. Down there in

00:56that corner they had to put in a seawall for millions of dollars and if you

01:00just plant cypress you don't need a seawall. You don't get the erosion and it

01:03strengthens the banks. Right. This is why the Department of Unauthorized Forestry.

01:06That's what this so that's what we have to change is put that mentality up top.

01:10Yeah. So you got a bunch of native s**t. Get back. Let's go check it out.

01:13Right? Let's go check it out. A couple years ago I got motivated to finally restore the

01:21backyard. So we had a huge stand of invasive Bishofia trees. It's really harmful for the

01:25environment. So we ripped them all out and over the span of a couple of months

01:28built a berm here to have pine rockland plants elevated in a ridge. It manages

01:33floodwater away from the house and helps conduct it down into the aquifer instead

01:37of flushing it out to the bay. It's really filled in. There's a trail behind

01:41where my kids left the play in and we have butterflies all day long. What we're

01:44talking about now is ecozones. So you got pine rockland which is the kind of drier

01:50more arid micro sites with a different plant community versus what might be on the

01:54water. That's right. Charlie envisions his new front yard as a collection of

01:58micro sites. Each home to plants that evolved in these specific types of

02:02habitat. Whether in full sun out where there's now open lawn or down by the

02:06water in the shade of native palms and cypress. Anyone who's worried about

02:10flooding especially here in low-lying Florida and has king tides now which is

02:14a sea level rise. Plant some cypress trees they'll suck up all the water but to be a

02:18good citizen you want to keep the water on property you want to put it in your

02:21trees and you want to go down into the aquifer. They're essentially redwoods of

02:24the southeast.

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