Kingston needs to be greened.
Plant trees... not palm trees though. Do living roofs and walls. Too much radiant heat making people hot & sick in Kingston. Gotta make this happen via policy. New developments must be compelled to include trees. Kingston is a pizza oven.
Jamaica has a violent history period. So the question is how did we allow our children to be adopting such violent behaviors. This is an issue stemming from homes and further through socialization in schools. “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger”
“Of course me woulda stab him”,
Next week, after the knee jerk reactions done, me want we come back to this video and ask ourselves, as adults, how did we fail so badly that this is how a child see the world?
“I’m a strict dad because the world is harsh. When parents say they don’t want their kids to struggle like they did, they forget that those struggles helped shape them into hardworking and critical thinkers.”
Pharrell Williams.