Trees, Houses, and a pledge by ArborDay.org to plant 10 million trees in areas devastated by Hurricane Helene.

Urban areas benefit from trees for many reasons, erosion, sun and wind protection for a start, and they also may help reduce EMF risks.

Trees improve health and happiness. They can help buffer EMF risks and provide us with oxygen and other fragrant terpenes

If the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago*, the second-best time is today! *Chinese proverb.

‘Trees and houses’ - trees are houses for wildlife too! *Stock photos, collage by me.

"He plants trees to benefit another generation." - Caecilius Statius (brainyquote.com)

Get involved with the non-profit organization dedicated to educating and helping everyone plant more trees of suitable types for our local habitats. Tree saplings are available for small fees. They have pledged to help plant 10 million trees to help reforest areas that were devastated by Hurricane Helene. (arbor.org/home page)

• Join the tree planting goal here: (arborday.org/hurricane-helene-milton-recovery), money and time are needed to plant ten million trees.

• Also see this post for information about which species of trees are better at surviving urban growing conditions (denutrients.substack) *I was playing with the AI art creator that day.

On Trust and Trees. Freedom to trust, freedom to love, freedom to rebuild society.

Quote Investigator says it isn’t an old Chinese saying - it was just said to be one.

“A thematically related saying about the desirability of planting trees from a long-term perspective appeared in “The Pall Mall Gazette” of London in 1868.^[2]

“Blessed is he who plants trees under whose shade he will never sit.”

In 1881 a partial match for the saying under examination appeared in a Bellefonte, Pennsylvania newspaper. The spring season was identified as the best time to plant:^[3]

“Spring is the best time for setting strawberry plants. The next best time is now.”

In 1913 a newspaper in Wichita, Kansas employed a similar template to comment about urban planning:^[5]

“The best time for a city to plan its housing is when it is in the making. The next best time is NOW, whatever its age and condition.”” (quoteinvestigator.com)

Not a tree, or a mushroom, this is the fruiting body of a slime mold which grows in a fluid sort of way rather than having distinct ‘body parts’. “Is this the most psychedelic looking mushroom? Elaeomyxa cerifera, a type of Myxomycete or slime mold, is often mistaken for amethyst mushrooms. However, it is one of the most visually striking slime molds due to its vivid colors.” (x.com/DennisMcKenna4)

And, total aside, the best way to plan the most efficient route for a transportation network that links multiple urban hubs - is to let a slime mold figure it out. And the best time to do that is before you build anything.

• See: ‘Researchers use ‘virtual slime mould’ to design a TTC subway network less prone to disruption’, University of Toronto, Canada, utoronto.ca.

• See a video explanation here, includes the slime mold growth sped up: (x.com/BrianRoemmele).

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