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That’s a really good point also where water and irrigation is concerned hopefully that would be done in the most sustainable way possible. The idea of “offsets”
by wolfspider 7y ago
That’s a really good point also where water and irrigation is concerned hopefully that would be done in the most sustainable way possible. The idea of “offsets” unfortunately has been given a bad name politically due to unscrupulous actors. Really it could work if the public oversight was there in real time and all the facts on the table. Still, we are living in an age where efforts done “in everyone’s best interest” are a hard sell. We wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t easier to sell a pair of new shoes than clean air and water.
- reaperducer 7y agoThat’s a really good point also where water and irrigation is concerned hopefully that would be done in the most sustainable way possible. I wonder how many of those 1.2T trees could be accomplished without starting huge new forests or in places that require irrigation. There are cities in places with ample rain that already have 1,000's of vacant lots. Ten trees per vacant lot could start to make a big difference, if only regionally. Maybe Americans should stop thinking of Arbor Day and the Arbor Day Foundation as quaint square leftovers from a past generation, and start thinking of them as a framework to save the planet. https://www.arborday.org https://www.arborday.org I'd welcome two new trees in my front yard and two in the back, but my HOA won't allow it. I've already reached my maximum vegetation allowance.