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It is malice through obscurity. On a side note there is over 2.5 billion allocated to tree equity. No one has figured out what that really means.

oogali 5y ago
I can probably tell you what it doesn’t mean: no thought will be given to the high number of US communities whose tree population is being decimated by invasive species and are unable to eradicate [let alone control] said species. So to effect the tree equity program as described, not only would you need to plant a high number of trees in areas that historically did not have them (or could not support them), you have to account for the routine inspection, community outreach programs (“if you see this insect, say something”), infection treatment, and in advanced cases, destruction of infected trees which warrants additional resources for a shade tree commission in these communities where such commission (nor budget) may not have existed. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q3/invasive-pests-kill-so-many-trees-each-year,-its-equal-to-5-million-car-emissions.html https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q3/invasive-pe... https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/emerald-ash-borer https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrate...
api 5y ago
Tree NFTs?
- bombcar 5y ago
  NFTrees
fennecfoxen 5y ago
eh, it's like "give money to the programs that plant trees in the poor neighborhoods" except obviously you can't say words like "poor" because that might be mean and dismissive so you start rewriting things to be more about the unfairness of the whole situation until it's the usual impenetrable jargon
paulgb 5y ago
> No one has figured out what that really means. I didn't know either, so I googled it. It seems to basically be the idea that the distribution of tree cover in urban areas shouldn't be as correlated with income distribution as it is. Seems pretty reasonable to me. There's a whole site about it here: https://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/tree-equity/ https://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/tree-equity/
onionisafruit 5y ago
There is unrest in the Forest There is trouble with the trees For the Maples want more sunlight And the Oaks ignore their pleas. Tree equality is giving all trees the same sunlight. Tree equity is giving the maples enough sunlight to grow as big as the oaks.
- vanilla_nut 5y ago
  The trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw.

oogali 5y ago

I can probably tell you what it doesn’t mean: no thought will be given to the high number of US communities whose tree population is being decimated by invasive species and are unable to eradicate [let alone control] said species. So to effect the tree equity program as described, not only would you need to plant a high number of trees in areas that historically did not have them (or could not support them), you have to account for the routine inspection, community outreach programs (“if you see this insect, say something”), infection treatment, and in advanced cases, destruction of infected trees which warrants additional resources for a shade tree commission in these communities where such commission (nor budget) may not have existed. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q3/invasive-pests-kill-so-many-trees-each-year,-its-equal-to-5-million-car-emissions.html https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q3/invasive-pe... https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/emerald-ash-borer https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrate...

api 5y ago

Tree NFTs?

bombcar 5y ago
NFTrees

fennecfoxen 5y ago

eh, it's like "give money to the programs that plant trees in the poor neighborhoods" except obviously you can't say words like "poor" because that might be mean and dismissive so you start rewriting things to be more about the unfairness of the whole situation until it's the usual impenetrable jargon

paulgb 5y ago

> No one has figured out what that really means. I didn't know either, so I googled it. It seems to basically be the idea that the distribution of tree cover in urban areas shouldn't be as correlated with income distribution as it is. Seems pretty reasonable to me. There's a whole site about it here: https://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/tree-equity/ https://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/tree-equity/

onionisafruit 5y ago

There is unrest in the Forest There is trouble with the trees For the Maples want more sunlight And the Oaks ignore their pleas. Tree equality is giving all trees the same sunlight. Tree equity is giving the maples enough sunlight to grow as big as the oaks.

vanilla_nut 5y ago
The trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw.