I want to push against the narrative that selfishness and greed is inherent. The currently dominant society might socialize its people to prioritize selfishness and greed but not all societies do and not all societies must.
There is a reason why many restoration and native plant proponents teach about empathy. One needs to gain empathy for plant and wildlife struggle before being able to enact change.
We could solve a lot of problems almost immediately if we had even a modicum amount of collective empathy.
Native species make the most sense but there are plenty of other beneficial weeds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneficial_weed
Like a victory garden, but war of a different nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_garden
I act with optimism, teach optimism to my children. When left to my inner thoughts however I worry about the future of our species.