Guest guest Posted February 9, 2002 Report Share Posted February 9, 2002 i've been saving hella seeds(hella..you can tell i live in the east bay SF area) lately...all sorts of stuff...anything i eat that has a seed, i'm trying to save...heck, in a few years, who knows, with all this GMO crap in the air...... fraggle In a message dated 2/8/02 6:58:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, grahamburnett writes: < > They reckon that > > a carbon neutral citizen takes 15 trees [ or 75 quid ] > a carbon neutral home takes 8 trees [ or 40 quid ] > a carbon neutral driver takes 5 trees [ or 25 quid ] > A carbon neutral long haul flight 1 tree [ or 5 quid - which seems a real > bargain of a salve to one's conscience ] You could be hitting the nail on the head there John- I don't know much about future forests, I had a quick skim of the website, but didn't go further than when I was (yet again) required to register before they could do my carbon count or whatever... personally i was a bit concerned that it's yet another 'feel good but don't get to the root of things' type initiative, ie, have yer hols abroad, drive your car, etc etc, send us some cash, we'll plant some trees on your behalf, keep consuming, don't make any radical changes, the modern day sin-eaters will sort it all out for you... > > Native tree in long term woodlands. You might do better to buy £75 of native tree stock yourself from a local tree nursery(or better still, collect local seed and propogate them, then pass out seedlings to anybody whose willing to host some trees, 'guerilla plant' in parks, wasteland, etc, and bypass the cash nexus entirely! Ah but then one would have to forgo the mediated 'experience'of knowing that one had 'done ones bit' and got it mentioned on a bona fide web site.... Don¹t actually know the folks personally > but it looks like good stuff to me. I'm sure it is- just got my cynical old git specs on tonight :-) (just ignore the grumpy man in the corner, darling...) Hey why not post this stuff to eco-vegans, just the sort of thing that would be on topic! Graham >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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