You've heard of NIMBY which stands for "Not In My Back Yard" and refers to people who don't want something undesirable (e.g. a waste incinerator, a dump, a fire-breathing dragon, etc.) living in their local community but aren't opposed to it living in someone else's. The rise in climate change awareness is leading to a new YIMBY movement where people are saying "yes" to using their backyards for a healthier planet. Some are planting kitchen gardens and, as this New York Times article points out, others are hanging clotheslines. While some might say "there goes the neighborhood", better that than "there goes the planet."

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