In most cases, a spot close to your house on the Southwest side of your house will block the hot afternoon summer sun. Site trees on your property to reduce your homes energy needs as well. Reforestation can happen one yard at a time. Why not put one in your yard or better yet, several. It seems to me we already have these, they are called TREES! Perhaps you have heard about scientists trying to invent these machines that pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and pump it deep into the ground or otherwise capture it. Then they talk about the cost and energy it would require to build the thousands or millions of them that would be needed to make a difference in CO2 levels. #1 – Plant a long-lived tree to sequester carbon An attractive and sustainable desert garden in Tucson in the dead of winter at the University of Arizona. OK, so let’s get started with three things you can do to start making your yard part of the solution. They can go along with these new goals of solving climate change and species extinction. The good news is you don’t have to risk getting shot or even abandon the goals of creating a beautiful and low maintenance landscape. But in the same way that one soldier enlisting in the army in 1941 did not stop the Third Reich, you can be part of the solution.
No, changing what is in your individual yard will not solve either climate change or the mass extinctions we are causing.
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Photo by chefranden licensed under Attribution License Landscaping for your grandchildren, be part of the solution (Yes, even mine – although that is changing.) A typical 3.5 horsepower gas mower can emit the same amount of pollution in an hour as 40 new cars run for an hour.
Of course, that does not even consider toxic pesticides, power sucking power equipment, and ecologically useless plants that are the foundation of most landscapes. That energy creates greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. That does not even count the phosphorus, potassium and other ingredients in that lawn fertilizer. The production just the nitrogen portion of the fertilizer requires approximately 25,000 BTUs per pound of nitrogen. But have you ever thought about how much energy is used to create them? Maybe you know if used improperly fertilizers can pollute our yard, creeks, rivers, and drinking water. But in some ways, they are way TOO much.Ĭonsider lawn fertilizers. It is up to YOU how? Pretty and low maintenance is no longer enoughĬonventional landscape design, construction, and maintenance practices are no longer enough. For free, I might add.Īnd YES, your yard does impact our climate and the preservation of biodiversity. That is worth repeating, nature provides us with more than twice of what all the economies of the world provide. From pollination of our crops by insects to flood control to storage of carbon by our forests, Ecosystem services are estimated to contribute more than twice as much to human well-being as global GDP. This is not to be taken lightly. Just looking at food, about 35% of the world’s food crops depend on pollinators. WHY WON’T YOU PLANT A TREE DADDY, WHY?! Photo by Daddy-David licensed under Attribution License When enough species go extinct, ecosystems cease to function and collapse. 1,000 to 10,000 times the normal rate species go extinct. You may not be as aware we are in the worst species die-offs since the loss of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Most recent research indicates we are running out of time and have about 20 years to fix it or face very dire circumstances. I am sure you are aware of climate change.
What you do with your property matters because climate change and the extinction of species matter. We are borrowing the land from future generations, even that yard you think is yours and yours alone, so you are indeed landscaping for your grandchildren whether you think about it or not. Those goals are no longer enough….not if you care about what your grandchildren will be inheriting. It's been a long time since I came on said:Your idea of landscaping for your grandchildren probably includes having a play and lawn area for running around and sports, as well as the usual goals of having a beautiful and low maintenance landscape. Oh lord i remember YuckFou and for some reason Fabian Ho was the only person left on my facebook from BYM If I may add a few to the list, I'd include:īill (don't remember his username but he was in GoD)Īl (various numbers followed his name, he's posted in OT a few times)įear (the BV Live guy, changed his name a bunch on here I think) Also, No.Beard's spelling corrections are indeed correct. The second half of that list is mostly real old timers, a lot left before 2012 I think. A few others kind of ring a bell but I can't be sure I remember them. Since a few others were, I quoted all of the ones I remember.
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