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"Every year, autumn comes to my small corner of the world and I watch my neighbors engage in the strange ritual of raking and bagging the leaves in their yards. I say strange because it’s a pointless exercise. In fact, it can be downright harmful in certain contexts. There are a host of insects and earthworms that depend on leaf matter to keep soil temperatures warm in the winter, and trees rely on the deteriorated, fallen leaves to fertilize the soil.
When we remove the dead leaves from our yards, this can result in the soil becoming malnourished, the trees becoming less healthy, and much of the soil’s microbiome being killed. In addition, more waste ends up in landfills and we create a lot of unnecessary work for ourselves with all of the time and energy required to rake and bag the leaves. And more than that, we create a lot of unnecessary suffering for ourselves and other sentient beings." - Sensei Alex Kakuyo
When we remove the dead leaves from our yards, this can result in the soil becoming malnourished, the trees becoming less healthy, and much of the soil’s microbiome being killed. In addition, more waste ends up in landfills and we create a lot of unnecessary work for ourselves with all of the time and energy required to rake and bag the leaves. And more than that, we create a lot of unnecessary suffering for ourselves and other sentient beings." - Sensei Alex Kakuyo
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