Dias sem árvores

Se há situações que revelam "requintes de malvadez", outras há, que revelam antes "requintes de estupidez". Estamos a começar a tentar contrariar séculos de atropelos contra as árvores, ou seja, toda uma cultura que aceita, exige e acha normal este tipo de podas.

Vai levar gerações a mudar as mentalidades...não nos iludamos! Mas é uma causa pela qual vale a pena lutar.
 

Sorry, I am not understanding your complaint here. Those are plane trees and a very normal wintertime treatment is to prune them back to nubs. It is called pollarding. It forces the trees into forming a lovely canopy. It does not hurt the trees at all. some of the world's most sophisticated parks treat the tress is such a way. The San Francisco Golden Gate Park for one in front of the open air theatre. Marvelous.
 

If you like the sight of these trees I can only deplore your aesthetic sense. It is small consolation for me to learn that such bad and ignorant practices are not exclusive to the Portuguese. I say "ignorant" because endorsing such savage "pruning" - or whatever you choose to call it - shows a complete lack of understanding of what a tree really is.