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Can't talk about 'dogging' without a photo of a dog-this one is smiling because his owner loves him enough to put him in a harness while travelling
1. In Darwen, Lancashire UK, 6,000 trees were chopped down to stop ‘dogging.’ Never heard of dogging? Neither had I. Dogging is sex in the bush, or woods if you are English. This 12 hectare area must have been lovely because people went there in droves. It was next to an expressway, so perhaps they just could not wait until they got home. United Utilities who chopped the 6,000 trees down said the trees were dangerous. Of course they would. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7497162/Council-cuts-down-6000-trees-to-act-as-deterrent-at-dogging-site.html
2. In Worcester USA, around 2,400 street trees & 23,624 trees on private property throughout the city died as a result of an ice-storm in December 2008 & the subsequent infestation of the Asian Longhorned Beetle. According to the article in The Telegram, the community is devastated by the sudden & radical change to the streetscape, which is now bare & has affected property sales. The city intends to plant 2,400 shade trees by end of 2011 to replace the street trees that were lost. http://www.telegram.com/article/20100311/NEWS/3110682/1116
3. In March 2010 Indonesia launched the “One Billion Indonesian Trees for the World” program. There is world-wide concern regarding the rapid deforestation happening in Indonesia for palm oil plantations, so this program will help significantly. http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=484333
4. The Brunei Times reported that Brunei will plant 60,000 trees in ecologically degraded areas during 2010 to support biodiversity. http://news.brunei.fm/2010/03/30/60000-trees-to-be-planted-this-year/
5. An American arborist, Gut Sternberg successfully spearheaded an internet campaign to save an historic Osage Orange tree in Kewanee, Illinois. I find this wonderful because this man used his knowledge of trees to save a tree that the council was going to remove. I need someone knowledgeable like this in my life. http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/how-the-internet-saved-an-historic-tree-preservation-technology-podcast-episode-15/
6. Walmart in Henderson Tennessee, America has been ordered to replace 120 of the 170 trees they topped in their parking lot. Henderson Mayor Scott Foster said the community is “livid” & asked “how did they think they were going to get away with it?” He would fall over if he saw some of our examples of ‘routine pruning’ by power companies. It’s a shame because trees are the only council asset which appreciates.
7. Detroit, once the mecca for heavy industry & car manufacturing is planning to change a space equivalent to ¼ of its city into farmland & community gardens to bring food supply closer to the city. They will use the vast areas of empty houses & land to do this. It is estimated that there is 33,500 empty houses & 91,000 vacant residential lots. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35767727/ns/us_news-life/
8. Band Pearl Jam donated US$210,000 to Cascade Land Conservancy to plant 33 acres of native trees & plants around the Puget Sound to offset an estimated 5,474 metric tons of CO2 created by their world tour in 2009. Fantastic action that is getting respect from around the world.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/03/31/1070488/pearl-jam-to-plant-33-acres-of.html
stunningly beautiful- a residential street in Cooks Hill Newcastle-bet everyone wants to live in this street
9. Bridgeport USA with a population of 138,000 is planting 100,000 shade trees to help cope with summer heat. They have launched the Adopt a Tree program where the Council will spend $35,000 on planting trees on residents’ properties.
Reminds me of Blacktown City Council who gave away 77,000 trees free to residents last year. Bridgeport Council also plans to map all trees with 6 inch diameter & above. Mayor Finch said, “Planting a tree gives you a feeling of empowerment & you’re helping the environment.” http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/thebridgeportnews/news/localnews/53901-programs-goal-is-planting-more-trees-in-the-urban-environment.html
Don’t know what happened below.
properties. Reminds me of Blacktown City Council who gave away 77,000 trees free to residents last year. Bridgeport Council also plans to map all trees with 6 inch diameter & above. Mayor Finch said, “Planting a tree gives you a feeling of empowerment & you’re helping the environment.” http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/thebridgeportnews/news/localnews/53901-programs-goal-is-planting-more-trees-in-the-urban-environment.html
properties. Reminds me of Blacktown City Council who gave away 77,000 trees free to residents last year. Bridgeport Council also plans to map all trees with 6 inch diameter & above. Mayor Finch said, “Planting a tree gives you a feeling of empowerment & you’re helping the environment.” http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/thebridgeportnews/news/localnews/53901-programs-goal-is-planting-more-trees-in-the-urban-environment.html
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