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featherypromises · 6 years ago

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You Jimin-ed Today!

*This is a request fulfillment for @snifflyjoonie . Thank you for always caring and for yelling about BTS with me! I hope there are enough crumbs for your liking!*

The sun was hot that morning on Jeju Island, despite the calendar's insistence that it was nearly October. In short, a beautiful day so close to the ocean shouldn't be wasted by staying indoors. At least that was how the leader of BTS saw it.

Kim Namjoon was on the patio of the cottage that BigHit had rented for the members for the rest of the week at Hado beach. The only thing they were scheduled to do was film a single BTS:Run episode later that day. But that was later. Feeling the sun on his face, Namjoon stretched his arms wide, enjoying the prospect of exploring and enjoying some real downtime. The members had taken a late night flight to Jeju Island last night and most of the others were just waking up now or were still sleeping.

Namjoon was always up early. He wished sometimes that he didn’t need sleep; there were so many more interesting things to do with those hours of your day: Learning a new language, reading a new book, or exploring places he had never been. Compared to those things, sleeping for 25% of the day seemed downright wasteful!

Namjoon finished his protein bar, pulled his hood up over his head and began jogging down the steps towards the road that led down to Hado beach. The unpaved road was quiet and peaceful. Hado beach wasn’t very well known to tourists, so it was never very crowded, which meant that the members could enjoy the area without having to go security personnel or management. And just being able to go jogging outside, instead of on a treadmill in a dull prison-like gym was one more bonus that he could take advantage of while they were there.

About 2km down hill the winding secluded road finally led the rapper into open air as the trees lining the the small road disappeared. The beach was small and immaculately clean, not to mention deserted. He looked around at the hills that sloped upwards leading away from the beach. The hill behind him had a familiar looking sign. He thought for a moment, that was the same sign the had seen when they had turned onto the road to the cottage. It looked so different in daylight he almost hadn’t recognized it. He felt a little foolish, if he had come straight down that hill instead of the winding path he would have gotten down here so much faster. He could always take that short cut back afterwards.

Namjoon inhaled deeply, taking the wholesome smelling ocean air into his lungs. It made him feel amazing! The rapper loved oceans and beaches: Each new one was different from the previous one. Their shapes, colors, and creatures all unique to that specific part of the world. Better still, each had its own completely alien world beneath its waves.

Namjoon loved one other thing about beaches. Grinning like a child in a toy store, he quickly kicked his way out of his sneakers and rolled up his hoodie’s sleeves to his elbows. He trotted down to the water’s edge, looking intently for something possibly hiding just out of sight. His quarries could not be so easily discovered, but the leader of BTS was nothing if not determined. He also refined his hunting techniques every chance he got. He searched under rocks, in beds of seagrass and under several shells with no luck. Then, at the edge of the beach, he found a few tidal pools.

The sun, which had gotten much higher in the sky during his fruitless search, now showed him a ripple as something very fast scuttled over the edge of one pool and landed in the water with a soft <Plup!> sound. The small creature knew when to abandon the land for the security of the water.

Intently focused, Namjoon got on his hands and knees, peering into the tide pool. Okay, he saw: a rock… then a bit to the left, a shell… seaweed…

“Gotcha!” the rapper’s hand plunged into the water up to his forearm with a <Ploop!> and came back up with his prize: a small pink crab the size of his thumbnail.

He walked away from the rocks, so he wouldn’t trip while examining his new friend. Suddenly the tiny crustacean kamikazed off of his fingertips and raced sideways down the beach towards the water. Namjoon stumbled after it, trying to recover the crab with a gentle hand. The determined little creature, with one final burst of speed, beat Namjoon’s outstretched hand to the water by scant centimeters.

“Shoot!” the man frowned, “I wanted to take a selca with it."

Rejected by one crab-friend, the rapper turned to go back and catch another.

“NAMJOOOOON-HYUUUUNG!” A high, clear voice broke his focus by calling his name. The leader turned towards the sound. A slender figure with light brown hair in a black hoodie was waving his arms trying to get Namjon’s attention as he ran toward him down the path. Surprised and confused, Namjoon sighed. The crabs would have a temporary reprieve until he could fix whatever issue Jimin had. It had to be important, because the young vocalist had come all this way and he seemed to be in a hurry.

“What’s wrong, Jiminie? Did something happen?” The perpetual leader immediately thought of several possible disasters that could have occured. Jimin finally reached him, breathing hard from his run.

“Why… didn’t you… tell...us… where you… were going…?!?” The vocalist panted, “I’ve… been looking… everywhere!” The vocalist glared up at him. The intimidation of that look was lessened by the fact that the smaller man had propped himself upright using his hands on his thighs as he caught his breath and was, therefore, glaring at the leader sideways. Namjoon smiled at the younger man's comic appearance before scratching his head in confusion,

"I went for a jog, I didn't think anyone would mind…"

Jimin groaned in frustration,

"Hyung, it's 11:15! We are supposed to meet the crew to start filming the RUN episode in 15 minutes. I've been looking for you for an hour. And now since you were all the way down here…" Jimin swung his arm wide, gesturing from the road he had run down to where Namjoon stood wearily, "We are going to be late! And everyone will be mad at us for taking so long."

Completely stunned, Namjoon echoed,

"11:15?!? No way!" Namjoon's looked down instantly to check his watch, but realized he hadn't put it on this morning.

Jimin had neither the time nor the patience to debate the matter, he grabbed his hyung's wrist and began to pull him towards the serpentine path they had come down originally. Namjoon jammed his feet into his sneakers again (sand and all) and tugged back towards the opposite direction, pointing at the hill's summit. That way is quicker! He started to jog towards it but stopped as a logical question occurred to him,

"Why didn't you just call my phone?"

Jimin gave him a look of incredulous amazement and rolled his eyes dramatically at the older man. The vocalist reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out Namjoon's cellphone and waved it at his hyung.

"Oh,..." said Namjoon helpfully, taking the phone from the younger man.

Filled to his maximum capacity for questions, Jimin added,

"And before you ask, we couldn't bring the van down here because the road was too narrow. Now, come on, already!" He began to head back towards the road.

“No, Jimin! Seriously, look! That hill takes us right onto the same road that the cottage is on. We’ll get back on time if we take the shortcut over the hill."

The hill was fairly steep, but not impossible, most of the height seemed to be an illusion, as the hill was greatly overgrown with tall green plants. Jimin sighed,

“Fine! Let’s just go! We have to hurry or the managers will blame me again. They love to use that stupid way to tell me I’m late, that you invented. You just had to be clever... If they turn my name into an actual dictionary term someday, I will sue you for copyright infringement and kick your penniless butt!"

Namjoon laughed, "Jimin" had become a popular way to refer to a late person or being late themselves amongst the managers who had all enjoyed the frequently tardy member’s annoyance with the term.

They reached the base of the hill and realized that the plants were much taller than they had initially appeared from so far away. Most of them were as tall as Jimin’s chest, but some of them seemed to be an inch or two over Namjoon’s head. They were an earthy shade of green with the tiniest cream blooms sprouting in clusters along the underside of the stems half hidden by the wide pointed leaves. The smell of the plants was familiar, but Namjoon couldn’t remember the plant’s name or why he knew the scent.

“Wow!” The rapper said in astonishment, “they could almost be trees!”

Jimin plunged into the microforest of plants first and Namjoon followed him, trying not to get hit by the recoil of the plants that Jimin shoved aside carelessly as he hurried upwards.

About halfway up the hill, Jimin began to rub his nose with his sleeve and had started sniffling every few moments. Namjoon was also starting to feel his eyes itch and felt a pinch-like sensation in his sinuses. Soon his eyes were watering like they never had before and he had to focus to see the yellow-green marks on Jimin’s black hoodie.

Wait, wasn’t that hoodie supposed to be all black? The marks almost look as if they had been spray painted onto it or… Uh-Oh!

As Namjoon’s brain fully comprehended what was happening and the exact predicament that they were currently in, Jimin shuddered and pitched forward, sneezing harshly,

“Iiiphhsssh! Issh! Tssschoo!” he sniffled, his small nose irritated and pink. Namjoon called up to him, his nose burning,

“Jiminie! I-it’s th-th...H’Ktchnh! H’Tsschuh! Its the plants! I think… Heh-Heh’Ickshuh! Hehtsschuh! Esssshuh! I think it’s Ragweed!

Jimin halted, wiping his streaming nose,

“I’ve dnever seen idt buh… before- Isshoo! Issh! Let’s get out of thi-iiih… Hsssh-Phssshu! this mess!” The vocalist began to run, but the exertion only made him breathe harder, inhaling more of the fine pollen.

Namjoon quickened his pace as well, his eyes burning with allergic tears and his nose running. He swiped at both with his hoodie sleeve only to get smacked in the face by a plant that had rebounded after Jimin had pushed it aside. His breath hitched desperately before he stumbled forward with a fit of sneezes that almost carried him into Jimin.

“Hehh-Heh-Iihh-Hek’Tshuuh! Hetssch! Ectsshuu! Essshh! Heh-Heh-Tchuh!”

Jimin was struggling up the hill, still sneezing in mini-fits of two and three sneezes at a time, but they doubled him over almost every time,

“Isssh! Ptttssch! Iiiphhissh!”

The two men were almost to the top, breathless and exhausted. They were almost out of the thicket of Ragweed.

“Jimidn! I… Heh’ktshuh! I cadn see the road! HehShhuh! Esssh! T’sshuuh!”

Jimin reached the crest of the hill first and stumbled tiredly to the curb on the side on the roadway and sneezed again, his eyes tearing and his nose running constantly. The smaller man held his sleeve over his face and tried to catch his breath. Namjoon pulled it away, his breath still hitching erratically,

“D-don’t… I-it’s… H’TSSHUH! Essshuh! … The polledn! HEK’TSSHUH!! HAAH-KSSHUH!”

Jimin just stared at him blearily, barely comprehending his leader in his allergic daze. Namjoon wrapped an arm around the shorter man’s shoulders and steered him down the road to the cottage. They half-stumbled, half-fell into the building when Namjoon caught his foot on the doorframe. They bumped to a table upsetting a metal dish which clanged and spun like a dervish on the floor, still ringing. That was loud enough that it drew Hoseok in from the living room.

"There you are! The crew is waiting! What were you…” Hobi’s eyes widened with shock as he saw the younger mens’ condition, “Oh my Gawd! What happened?!? YOONGI!!!” He called for the older man as he took the still sneezing Jimin to the kitchen sink and began to wet some paper towels with water. Taking his time to be gentle, the older dancer wiped the suffering vocalist’s eyes and face.

Min Yoongi entered, complaining bitterly at having to come all the way into the kitchen. His mouth closed with a snap as he watched the scene in front of him. Namjoon was half way out of a chair, sneezing harshly into cupped hands. Yoongi cursed and pulled the younger rapper to his feet, guided him into the bathroom, and helped hiim to sit on the closed toilet seat.

The oldest member of the rapline wet a washcloth with cold water and tenderly washed his face, especially around his smarting eyes and nose.

“What happened, Joon-ah?”

Namjoon related the misadventure to his hyung (along with a few extra sneees) and hung his head.

“We were in such a rush, I didn’t think. I’m sorry for all the trouble.”

Yoongi ruffled the younger man’s hair affectionately,

“Mistakes happen, Joon. Next time you’ll remember your phone and your watch…” The rapper paused then added, “Of course, then you will probably forget your pants that day, but…”

Namjoon sniffled and made a face at the oler man.

“Thanks Hyung…” he said sarcastically.

When the two allergy-stricken members could see, the older two took them to get out of their allergen coated outfits and brought them downstairs again. Jimin looked at the clock and whined pathetically. 12:00pm. They were late anyway.

Hoseok bowed apologetically to the film crew and said,

“Sorry to have kept you waiting, there was a situation.”

The camera crew looked at Hobi skeptically until Yoongi added, “These two tried really hard not to Jimin today…but they had a hard time getting home, please go easy on them and they promise not to Jimin so much in the future.”

The whole crew roared with laughter as Jimin pretended to strangle Namjoon. With the mood of the room considerably better, the members took their places and the crew finished the last sound checks before filming the next BTS: Run.

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asia-ustaad · 3 years ago

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DOES BUYING A CARBON OFFsET FOR YOUR LAPTOP rEALLY HELP THE PLANET ?

DOES BUYING A CARBON OFFsET FOR YOUR LAPTOP rEALLY HELP THE PLANET On the checkout page of your next laptop purchase, you might see a choice for extra guilt: There are now "carbon offsets" available from some laptop manufacturers, which promise to cancel off all the emissions involved in producing your device. But sadly, it's not quite that easy. To learn more about offsets, we talked to five experts. In addition, we investigated two offset programmes to see if they were worthwhile and, if not, what you should do in their place if you care about the environment and need a new laptop.

What Are Offsets Carbon ?

In theory, carbon offsets allow organisations (businesses, governments, and individuals) to compensate for their own carbon emissions by paying someone else to reduce their emissions. The two most significant types of carbon offsets are. The first category consists of measures that, in theory, prevent emissions from occurring in the first place. The contrary is represented by carbon removals, or actions that remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it. However, according to Jamie Alexander, director of Drawdown Labs, a charity that collaborates with digital companies on local weather solutions, offsets are "an extremely muddy world and without a whole lot of control." DOES BUYING A CARBON OFFsET FOR YOUR LAPTOP rEALLY HELP THE PLANET

GOOGLE - VOX DOES BUYING A CARBON OFFsET FOR YOUR LAPTOP rEALLY HELP THE PLANET James McCall, HP's chief sustainability officer, said in an interview that "not all offsets are created equal." Despite their being widely accepted standards for what constitutes a good offset, Barbara Aiman, director of the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, who has studied offsets for 20 years, remarked that "the problem is that most offsets don't represent meaningful carbon reductions." "Therefore, it's incredibly difficult for the laptop buyer to tell how thoroughly the seller really vetted the project," Although many organisations call for greater transparency on offsets, determining whether a given offset is worthwhile investing in can be time- and effort-consuming for anyone. Before a company to reduce the emissions involved in producing a laptop computer, it must first measure those emissions. The process of tracing a product's carbon footprint is snobby and ineffective; at best, it provides an estimate, which is typically expressed in kilogrammes of carbon dioxide equivalents, or kgCO2e. The projected carbon footprints for a typical thin-and-light laptop ranged from 161 kgCO2e to 334 kgCO2e as we looked through experiences from all the major laptop computer manufacturers. While attempting to offset an object's emissions, it is preferable to overestimate them, so when examining two currently available offset options offered by Lenovo and Framework, we selected the higher end of that range.

What About Framework Offset Program ?

The company Framework, which created the replaceable and upgradeable Framework laptop, offers a special type of carbon offset through Running Tide. Working Tide is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) company that seeks to draw carbon dioxide out of the environment into floating kelp "microforests" that sink to the bottom of the ocean to sequester the carbon over the long term. This is in contrast to initiatives that focus on avoiding emissions, like those described above. Through Working Tide, you may purchase a Carbon Capture Credit worth approximately 334 kgCO2e for $100. But does using this credit actually "ake your Framework Laptop carbon unbiased," as the company advertises? Despite the fact that there are still unanswered scientific problems regarding this particular approach, scientists concur that carbon removal is "important" and that kelp sequestration is a potential option. Working with Ocean Visions to provide feedback on Working Tide's analysis and subject trials, impartial experts, including Tom Bell, an assistant scientist at the Woods Gap Oceanographic Establishment, published a status report in July 2021. (PDF). Bell told us in an interview that "they brought in neutral scientific consultants, which is one thing they shouldn't have done, and so they have been quite responsive to our proposal." Scientists concur that carbon removal is "important" and that kelp sequestration is a viable option, despite the fact that there are still unanswered scientific questions regarding this particular approach. Tom Bell, an assistant scientist at the Woods Gap Oceanographic Establishment, and other unbiased scientists collaborated with Ocean Visions to provide feedback on Working Tide's research and subject trials, and the group produced a status report in July 2021. (PDF). Bell told us in an interview that "they brought in objective scientific experts, which is one thing they shouldn't have done, and so they have been extremely responsive to our proposal." But Bell also explained the need for more research into the project's ability to capture and store carbon, as well as other issues like the need to determine whether or not it can operate at a large enough scale to make a dent in emissions and other environmental effects on the surface and deep ocean. 1 These issues are "not a big worry" on the current Working Tide analysis scale, but they "may be a big deal" if the project scaled up to store significant amounts of carbon, according to Bell. The kelp-sequestration project of Working Tide does not experience the same issues with additionality as the avoided-emissions offsets we discussed before. It's "obviously more" because, according to Qumber of CarbonPlan, "you don't have any reason to be growing microfarms that sink into the deep ocean other from the carbon advantages." However, one of the biggest unanswered concerns relates to exactly estimating the amount of carbon being taken from the ecosystem, how much will be preserved when the kelp is sunk, and how long that carbon will remain saved—the permanence question. Modeling was used in a 2021 publication Bell co-authored to determine that the amount of carbon stored in kelp depends heavily on where and how deep it descends, and that it is kept in the water for many years. This process is not as long-lasting as other sequestration options that might store carbon in rocks underground for ages, but such technology is even further off.

What About Lenovo Offset Program?

Beginning in 2022, Lenovo will start to give offsets at the checkout for some of its gaming and ultra-thin laptops. The Yoga 7i (14") and Yoga 9i (14") both provide this option, and we were able to confirm through email with Claudia Contreras-Gomez, Lenovo's senior director of global sustainability services, that the $6 and $11 offsets each equal one tonne of carbon emissions. The figures are rounded to the nearest half tonne and represent the company's best estimate of each model's carbon footprint. Good news thus far, However, it might be challenging to determine precisely which initiatives receive funding. When we asked Contreras-Gomez for more information, she provided links to the geothermal energy project in Indonesia, the geothermal energy project in Korea, and a biomass power plant in Chile that wasn't listed on the publicly accessible flyer. Lenovo's website has a PDF flyer that lists several projects. Since their goal is to stop carbon from being released into the atmosphere, these offsets fall under the category of "avoided emissions." However, this does not imply that these projects are without problems simply because they bear the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) emblem. The concept of additionality and the starting dates of the projects were two of the main issues raised by the experts we spoke with regarding this kind of offset project. 85 percent of all Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects are unlikely to be extra, according to a 2016 European Commission analysis (PDF), meaning that the vast majority of such projects would have been constructed without the aid of offset funds. The offset credits' age is the second problem. Regarding the three offset projects that Lenovo is utilising, two were registered in 2006, while the third was registered in 2007. Countries are not permitted by the Paris Agreement to use offset credits from projects that were registered before 2013, and CORSIA (the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) does not accept offset credits from any project that was created before 2016. There is no restriction preventing Lenovo from using these offset credits. However, if you're supporting a significant piece of infrastructure for which decisions were made more than ten years ago, can you truly claim that you're producing a fresh climate benefit, asked CarbonPlan programme associate Freya Qumber in an interview? In the end, purchasing these offsets from Lenovo doesn't cancel out the emissions that were produced your notebook, and Aiman of the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project said that "you could not be making any difference at all." DOES BUYING A CARBON OFFsET FOR YOUR LAPTOP rEALLY HELP THE PLANET

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What Should Companies Be Doing?

In addition to the offsets offered by Framework and Lenovo at the moment, other laptop manufacturers are thinking about implementing similar programmes. The option "won't be too far away" for consumers, according to HP's chief sustainability officer James McCall, who stated in an interview that the business has ran test projects for enterprise clients. The company "does not currently use offsets at the company level or offer offsets to consumers at checkout," a Dell representative informed us. DOES BUYING A CARBON OFFsET FOR YOUR LAPTOP rEALLY HELP THE PLANET Almost all of the experts we talked to agreed that businesses should only use offsets as a last resort. DOES BUYING A CARBON OFFsET FOR YOUR LAPTOP rEALLY HELP THE PLANET It is impossible to know how successful such offsets might be without a lot of care, as shown by our investigation into Lenovo's and Framework's offset programmes. Barbara Aiman warned us that we shouldn't take offsets seriously in the present. "The market is broken, and any claims of net carbon neutrality if offsets are employed should raise an eyebrow." Additionally, businesses shouldn't at anyway delegate the burden of offsetting to individuals. According to Amir Jina, an environmental economist and assistant professor of public policy at the University of Chicago, "putting that burden on the consumer is an issue." Because if that is the case, it implies that you, the consumer, and not the production method we have decided to use, are in charge of your carbon footprint. Almost all of the experts we talked to agreed that businesses should only use offsets as a last resort. "There's no pressure for those things to change if we're just buying offsets and the laptop's production process stays as carbon-intensive and polluting as it already is," said Jina. According to Jamie Alexander of Drawdown Labs, "reduction and avoidance of emissions is clearly the most critical thing" for businesses to undertake initially. After then, businesses "had to be doing other stuff to make up for those emissions," as seen in this Drawdown chart. "Emissions is not the only option available to businesses when it comes to sustainability," Alexander stated. They are able to advocate for climate policies. They may change their investment strategy. Additionally, businesses shouldn't in any way transfer the burden of offsets on individuals. Amir Jina, an assistant professor of public policy at the College of Chicago and an environmental economist, said that shifting responsibility to the customer was a problem. Because doing so implies that it is you, the customer, and not the manufacturing process we have decided to engage in, that is responsible for your carbon footprint. Almost every professional we spoke with agreed that companies should only use offsets as a last option. "There is no pressure for these things to change if we are merely purchasing offsets and the laptop manufacturing process continues to be as carbon-intensive and polluting as it is currently." As Jamie Alexander of Drawdown Labs told us, "Discount and avoidance of emissions is completely a very powerful aspect" for firms to accomplish first. After that, businesses "should be doing different items to make up for these emissions," according to this Drawdown chart. "Emissions is simply not the only aspect that firms have at their disposal to undertake in relation to sustainability," Alexander concluded. For coverage of the local weather, they will foyer. They'll change where they invest.

What Can You Do As An Individual Person ?

What can you do, therefore, if such offsets don't sufficiently offset the emissions from your laptop? Every one of our specialists emphasised the need of minimising your own emissions. Emission reductions should be a top focus for everyone, whether they are corporate, private, or governmental, according to Qumber of CarbonPlan. "By far, skipping one flight will have a bigger impact than using your laptop," the speaker said. A laptop's lifetime emissions are about equivalent to just 4.2% of a typical American's annual residential energy consumption, according to the EPA's greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator. Another important factor in reducing emissions is purchasing less goods. I might try a once-every-six-year update rather than a once-every-four-year upgrade, Amir Jina said. He also suggested pressuring laptop manufacturers to offer additional alternatives for repairs and upgrades. The greatest course of action would be to demand from those who make laptops that there be a solution to avoid always purchasing brand-new laptops. In addition to laptops, Aiman and Qumber both advised electrifying your home if you can. (Carbon Switch provides some useful manuals.) Qumber advised that electrifying your home with the $100 you are saving would be preferable to buying random offsets or tree planting or anything else. Another choice, according to Aiman , is to "think about where you can make the biggest influence with that money and take the money that you want to spend on offsets." "It may be helping a nonprofit, working on projects, or working on policies," Aiman continued. It might involve assisting businesses with new technology demonstration projects. "Carbon is not the only lens through which to think about environmental good," Qumber remarked to us. It's a really essential one, but social justice, conservation, and biodiversity are important. There is no single answer to the climate change problem; every little thing each and every person does counts.

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robeight · 3 years ago

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Florida Community Plants 4K Trees To Create Microforest For Environment

A community in Florida has planted 4-thousand trees to help fight environmental issues. Volunteers and residents of the Colony Cove community in Ellenton, Florida, are planting 4-thousand trees on a 1.5-acre peninsula just up the Manatee River from Tampa Bay. Organizers say their goal is to create a microforest to recycle carbon emissions and protect against red tide, a toxic algae bloom.

"This forest is going to be great for the climate,” says Charles Reith with Suncoast Urban Re-Foresters. “But it's also going to divert a lot of water that would otherwise carry nutrients to the river and then the bay, and it's those nutrients that are causing red tide."

Reith claims the density of the forest will make it grow ten times faster than if the trees were spread out. "This will be used to grow a 100-year-old forest in 10 years," he says. Volunteers like Ky Miller are just happy to be doing something to help the environment, saying "If we don’t take care of it, we have no future."

Source: ABC Action News

#good news #goodnews

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quotidiantimes · 3 years ago

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Community plants 4,000 trees to create microforest for environment

ELLENTON, Fla. — Karen Chenoweth of Ellenton is helping plant trees in her Colony Cove community. “It’s great to be outdoors with green things that are putting oxygen back into the air,” said Chenoweth. Residents and volunteers are planting 4,000 trees on a strip of land next to the Manatee River. Organizers said the goal is to create a microforest that will recycle carbon emissions and protect…

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remade3940580486940568 · 4 years ago

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i checked my jar. lots of brown milipedes. woodlice. springstails. and as i turned the light on i saw the centipede darting under the moss. so hes safe and well. theres not much foliage atm but ill drop them a leaf soon while the soil weeds try to grow/until i put more moss in

the bowl has some woodlice and millipedes and the little plants are forming a microforest... i have some moss id like to put in but its pretty covered. maybe i need to make another creature jar....

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toeleafsilas · 4 years ago

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"micro forest," #acacia #firetree #firetrees #palmtree #palmtrees #bodhitree #sampaloc #caballero #beechtree #agave #alugbati #firestick #bastonnisanjose #fortuneplant #malabartree , and many #jumpingspider #spider #preyingmantis #seeds #seedling #papaya #melon with birds chirping at early morning at late afternoon , plus a cat waiting for the hunt, #microforest #urbanmicrogardenforest (at Seiki Ni Tori) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMuVfXEnGcT/?igshid=euwbwl65thxd

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xtruss · 5 years ago

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New Yorkers Vote in Special Contest to Reimagine Famous Brooklyn Bridge

Six finalists chosen after city launched plan to rethink bridge that currently carries cars, cyclists and pedestrians

— Guardian USA | Friday July 24, 2020 | By Oliver Milman

The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883 to connect Brooklyn with Manhattan, and is popular with commuters and tourists. But the bridge is narrow and overcrowding is common. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted much of New York City’s normal rhythms of travel, with many people now hopping on to bicycles rather than the subway. A design competition could now solidify these changes by offering up a revamped version of the famous Brooklyn Bridge.

The public will be able to vote online over the next week for one of six finalist designs chosen for the bridge, which opened in 1883 to connect Brooklyn and Manhattan and has since become a popular magnet for tourists as well as vital route for commuters.

The New York city council launched the design competition earlier this year, along with the non-profit architectural organization Van Alen, amid concerns the bridge was becoming overcrowded and cumbersome for users.

An average of 16,500 pedestrians crossed the bridge each day last year, with the number of cyclists doubling over the previous decade. A narrow walkway, divided between pedestrians and cyclists, is suspended above six lanes of car traffic. This space can often be hazardous, with cyclists having to dodge selfie-taking tourists.

“People can’t cycle over the bridge now. It’s nearly impossible,” said the city council speaker, Corey Johnson, in February. “We need to figure out a way to make the bridge safer – safer for pedestrians, safer for cyclists.”

One of the six finalists. The New York city council launched the design competition earlier this year. Photograph: Brooklyn Bridge Forest; Pilot Projects Design Collective, Cities4Forests, Wildlife Conservation Society, Grimshaw and Silman; New York and Montreal

The six design finalists include a plan that would phase out car lanes, replacing them with a colourful, winding walkway. Another offering would expand the wooden walkway with sustainably sourced planks from a community in Guatemala that is protecting a 200,000-acre rainforest in the country and place biodiverse “microforests” at each end of the bridge.

A further finalist would separate cyclists by giving them a section of the bridge currently dedicated to cars, with trains replacing cars in another section.

The push to revamp the bridge has gained extra potency during the coronavirus pandemic, where an increased number of cyclists, concerns over social distancing and a surge in alfresco dining have led to scores of streets closed off to cars in favor of people.

“For too long, the Brooklyn Bridge has been more geared toward serving cars than people,” said Regina Myer, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and a competition juror. “This competition is a unique opportunity to rethink that balance at a time when the city is facing an outsized need for public space.”

There is no guarantee the winning design will be implemented by the city, although transport officials have conducted an inspection of the bridge’s famous cables to ascertain whether the structure could host an expanded walkway.

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