Just make sure you plant native trees! The last thing we need is invasive species.
We’ve only got shitty monospecies forests where I live, due to commercial usage. I’m thinking, we could add an invasive species, as a treat. 🙃
Recommend reading “the secret life of trees” to learn about how important the diversity of forests is. The trees evolved to compete with each other, and as a result somewhat rely on the behaviors of old growth forests.
Really interesting book. Nonfiction.
Instructions unclear, open space has been taken over by tree of heaven and bamboo.
The arboretum near my house sells native plants for pretty cheap, I just bought a couple (although not the best time to be planting, but I put these in shaded areas and they’re doing ok so far)
This is the way! And it’s surprising how many gorgeous native species of flowers exist.
Too hot in many places to plant right now but it’s a good time to plan for a fall planting! Anyone can do it, just need to look around your community for open spaces and then contact the org or person who manages it to get permission.
If anyone has questions on tree planting or needs advice I’ve done quite a lot of it and would be happy to help advise.
“You should plant trees”
Me: distributes acorns over a thousand square feet of asphalt and cement
Still no shade
Any other suggestions?
Site prep is key, so make sure to bring a sledgehammer.
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got 'til it’s gone?
You smash parking lots to put up a paradise.
I’ve planted seven trees in the house where I’ve been living for the past fourteen years. The yard is so much more pleasant and fresh since they thrived and grown.
Sounds dreamy. I mean, just catching a house to call home sounds dreamy but one with enough wiggle room to plant a bunch of trees is a treat. Still recall living with the folks when they tossed trees in the yard. Watching them grow up is awesome.
I’ll be honest, I’ve always been dubious of the idea that we can pump all the carbon shit into the air we want if we just plant enough trees to eat it. It sounds like a dodge, akin to clean coal.
Maybe start from stop pumping all this carbon shit into the air, and take the commensurate lifestyle changes as the cost of our species surviving.
That said, it’s extremely clear the long term survival of humanity on our only habitat isn’t a priority for humanity.
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I don’t know anyone who advocates for “pump carbon into the atmosphere as long as you plant trees”.
I would think most environmentalists are more like “let’s pump less carbon into the atmosphere and plant more trees.”
Like, what’s the downside here? There’s more trees? That’s a good thing as far as I’m concerned.
The downside from what I’ve observed is that many organizations correctly believe that they can pollute with abandon and put out the public relations pushback with the promise of trees.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/planting-trees-climate-change-carbon-capture-deforestation
It sends a problem solved message. Yes, plant trees, trees are awesome. Trees won’t save us from those emissions though.
The downside from what I’ve observed is that many organizations correctly believe that they can pollute with abandon and put out the public relations pushback with the promise of trees.
Sure. But then they don’t plant the trees, either. They just kick money into a fund that runs ads about planting trees.
The root of the problem isn’t the tree planting vs. carbon emitting, its the industrial scale lying and bullshitting.
You’re right organizations do this and I also get that for anyone paying even a little attention the climate situation is maddening.
That said, I don’t think your original comment was addressing the content of this meme as much as a perceived argument.
I think this is referring to the shade benefits, not carbon capture.
Individual one-off trees in residential areas are negligible from a carbon point of view.
Reforesting agricultural land by reducing meat consumption would make a huge difference, particularly in the Amazon (#1 cause of deforestation in the Amazon is for beef production). Livestock farming uses around 50% of all agricultural land globally, while plant based proteins use a small fraction of that. Reforesting also has the benefits of improved biodiversity.
no reforestation has been caused by cutting meat out of ones diet. all reforestation efforts, in fact, have nothing at all to do with diet.
Reforestation still lowers temperatures on the surface because of shade.
Increases humidity though.
So uh 🤷♀️
That said, it’s extremely clear the long term survival of humanity on our only habitat isn’t a priority for humanity.
For some large organisations and governments, maybe, but the majority of people see climate action as a priority:
I planted 100 this year and might plant another hundred next year if I can decide where to put them. Probably on my neighbors property (it’s abandoned).
Depends where you plant them
That’s what I love about these sapling trees, man. I get older, they stay the same age.
well i use ecosia, so indirectly.
Lemme know if your humidity lowers
I was camping under the trees in Kentucky last week. It was not cool.
If I could, I would.
