Tiny Forests; a silver bullet for Climate?

A silver bullet for Climate; ah, if only there were one! As they say, it’s complicated. “Silver Buckshot”, (a phrase from Prof. Phil Spector is his proposal on how we can change our lives to live longer in a podcast with Dan Buettner, championing the benefits of spending time gardening for longevity); now that’s aContinueContinue reading “Tiny Forests; a silver bullet for Climate?”

150 thousand sapling planting concludes countrywide with 500,000th sapling planted marking National Tree Week

This season’s highlight has been the planting of the 500,000th sapling of the Easy Treesie – Crann project with our own teams and schoolchildren, teachers and staff from Kilternan Church of Ireland National School with their parish and wider community, joined by distinguished guests including EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, Ambassadors and members of the EUContinueContinue reading “150 thousand sapling planting concludes countrywide with 500,000th sapling planted marking National Tree Week”

Ireland has lost almost all of its native forests – here’s how to bring them back – News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2023/ireland-has-lost-almost-all-of-its-native-forests–heres-how-to-bring-them-back/#:~:text=Thousands%20of%20years%20ago%2C%20more,for%20any%20type%20of%20agriculture.

Mother Trees and Suzanne Simard

Thanks to The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/suzanne-simard-mother-trees-climate/?utm_campaign=wp_the_optimist&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_optimist&itid=hp_Climate%20box_p013_f004&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F38ad60b%2F63ac4c88ef9bf67b233b75f5%2F5f8b04a7ae7e8a56e57d8304%2F38%2F52%2F63ac4c88ef9bf67b233b75f5&wp_cu=133094c3e8dea06cda02d81dbd8aedba%7CB1DFFBB6994D50AAE0530100007F1BE5