Miyawaki forests

Trees, Trees, Trees

Oct 03, 2023

The climate- are you already bored or depressed?

We can change the way we live, we can stop using oil, we can stop flying, we can reinvent the economy of the world, we can suck or drag or electrolyse carbon out of the atmosphere - or we can use the process of photosynthesis.

We just need to plant more trees- a lot more trees. But with 8 billion people on the planet, how many more trees can we plant?

The problem at the moment is climate doomerism- we need action.

Planting a Miyawaki forest is a way of showing young people that there is a future and there is a solution and they have a part to play in it- so put away your glue and your soup cans and pick up a shovel and some manure.

First, find a place- talk to your mayor, your local school or university. Is there a local company with a small garden area?

Then prepare your soil. This is hard work but more satisying than going to the gym.

Next, survey the surrounding area to see what the native plants are.

Plant.

Water.

Water some more.

Back of envelope calculation - number of trees to plant to replace those destroyed in last 150 years- 400 billion?

total number of trees today- 3 trillion

https://blog.tentree.com/fact-check-are-there-really-more-trees-today-than-100-years-ago/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Miyawaki

President Macron wants every child to plant a tree in their first year of secondary school- great idea, mindless refusal to look at the real issues or greenwashing?

https://www.magazine-greenlife.com/news/info/6c7o.html

https://www.classy.org/blog/tree-planting-organizations/

Trees for Cities is a UK-based charity working at an international scale to improve lives by planting more trees in city landscapes. The nonprofit channels its work into local neighborhoods to bring new life to dull spaces and create an overall healthy environment for people to thrive.

Its impact has been incredible, with over 1,551,867 new trees planted to date.

Eden Reforestation Projects uses its Employ to Plant methodology to promote long-term forest sustainability. As the nonprofit works to restore forests and plant millions of trees each month, local communities are given opportunities for economic self-sufficiency.

From Madagascar to Mozambique, its efforts focus on actions that will lead to the greatest outcomes. The organization’s impactful reforestation effort has led to 977 million trees planted and protected,

Plant With Purpose is a tree-planting organization celebrating over 50 million trees planted to help end poverty, reforest the earth, restore ecosystems, and bring hope along the way.

The National Forest Foundation (NFF) is on a mission to care for the 193-million-acre National Forest System through tree-planting efforts, education, and funding.

https://www.sugiproject.com/blog/the-miyawaki-method-for-creating-forests

“Under the guidance of the project leader Grey Coupland, Schoolchildren in Padbury, a suburb of Perth, Australia, are becoming citizen scientists and discovering that they can do something for the environment. This young ecology PhD holder has set up the Miyawaki Forest school project. These forests then become hotspots for biodiversity in an urban setting and have a localised cooling effect.

The children use the Miyawaki method to plant a forest in their school grounds, using native plants. The soil for the forest is remediated prior to planting by incorporating compost generated from food waste provided by the children from their lunch boxes, from local supermarkets and coffee shops. This project enables food waste to be utilised and incorporates a circular system for waste management in the local area. “

Do you want to plant forests?

http://profiles.murdoch.edu.au/myprofile/grey-coupland/

www.pocketforestswa.org

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/miyawaki-forests-urban-schools

Apply here:

https://www.unesco.org/en/green-citizens/engagement

Belgium (mostly- a few in France)

https://urban-forests.com/miyawaki-method/

https://daily.jstor.org/the-miyawaki-method-a-better-way-to-build-forests/