3 ms·
The errors are in thinking trees. You should think ecosystems. But of course ecosystems require soil, bacteria, worms, bushes, insects, animals that are not cut
by venomsnake 11y ago
The errors are in thinking trees. You should think ecosystems. But of course ecosystems require soil, bacteria, worms, bushes, insects, animals that are not cute, plants that are not majestic.
The idea of having cohabitation with other species in the high rise is noble one.
- Joof 11y agoAgreed. The beauty is nice, but having a functioning environment for various bugs, worms and birds could bring back a decent ecosystem in cities. Unless people want cockroaches to be the last remaining animal around. It would be a hell of a project to start, but once it's going, a great thing. Sadly, most home owners and building maintainers would probably consider it a nuisanc, but I think plenty of people are coming around to the idea.
- true_religion 11y agoDo you think its realistic (honest question) to have 57,116.0 people per square mile and also have a fully functioning ecosystem? I think if we've decided to build a skyscraper network, we've already decided against a normal ecology by default.
- venomsnake 11y agoWe could not have sustainable ecosystem with humans included. But we could leave some space for greens and vegetation. What I meant is - if you want a tree at floor X, you also need to have soil, worms, grass, bushes, spiders, beetles around it. Of course this is the icky stuff that people in the high rises don't want to deal with too much. But it is definitely doable with some nice mirror play, rain collectors, windbreakers (for the higher floors) and leaving some floors empty to have high rise gardens. But you cannot just lift a tree with roots - you must put up soil and plant stuff and wait. It could be nice places for socializing. So we turn the trees from gimmick into something that creates value.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]