heuristics
14-03-2007, 11:30 PM
Carbon Offset is all the rage now. People whose lifestyle contributes to large carbon consumption can subscribe to companies to have trees planted to offset their carbon emissions.
I don’t want to diss any of these companies, but I was watching a Landline program some time back showing one scheme where great chunks of native vegetation had been bulldozed to create clear land so that huge hectares of mono-culture trees could be planted as carbon offsets.
The idea of carbon offsets is noble, but in this case the implementation had been out-sourced to a agro-forestry (aggro/forestry!) company and the contractors saw it as just another job, and went about their work in a way we permies would not consider sustainable or ideal.
In another case of a large-scale carbon offset project, a huge plantation had been drought affected and several thousand trees that people had paid for as carbon offsets had died for lack of water.
So………. here’s my proposal.
I would like to enter into a one-on-one carbon offset project with people who post on this board.
Right now my little pocket of paradise has received some very much appreciated late summer rain. My swales are now moist and I have quite a lot of water in my dam.
In the last week I have planted about 10 trees across my 10 acres – three were Port Jackson figs and another three were red cedars and the rest were kurrajongs and Illawarra flame trees.
I would really really like to plant more, but I am not in paid employment at the moment, and realistically I really cant afford to buy more trees right now.
The ironic thing is that at the moment, because I am not in paid employment, I actually have time to plant and nurse any trees I plant.
And the conditions are exactly right for planting, with the ground moist and warm, and the worst of summer over. I have plenty of water now in my dam to carry me forward for the next few years, and believe any trees planted in the next few weeks would really establish themselves over the winter and be ready to really get going next spring and summer.
So is anyone interested in a DYI carbon offset project. No need to sign up to companies that have overheads and administration costs.
Send the money directly to me and be confident "your" trees will have the very best opportunity to thrive.
I would really like to plant around 100-150 trees in the next three weeks.
The trees would be indigenous to western Sydney and a majority would be legumes.
I would attempt to source them through Greening Australia at Richmond and a couple of other western Sydney non-profit organisations.
I would like to plant up to 10 more port jackson figs, up to 10 red cedars, then say 100 Casuarina cunninghamii, then some shrubs like indigofera australis, acacia elongata, some more kurrajongs and Illawarra Flame trees (both brachychitons).
Oh, and some suitable lilly pillies.
And three or four turpentine trees, especially around the dam.
The port jackson figs, red cedars and Illawarra Flame Trees I can source are between $15 and $30.
I don’t know the price of the Turpentines as yet.
The acacias, casurina cunninghamiis and shrubs are tube stock and range from $1 to $1.50 per tube. I prefer tube stock as the plants quickly establish themselves and seem to be hardier than larger pots.
I have spaces earmarked across my property for each of the plants I would like to give a home to. I really want these trees to live and thrive.
If you would like to enter a one-on-one carbon offset project with me I can give some absolute commitments.
One is that this will not be a large-scale mono-culture agroforestry project. I will be planting a diversity of trees that will complement the native remnant western sydney Cumberland Plain ironbark forest I already have on two-thirds of my 10-acre property.
I can send you email photos of YOUR trees – whether you choose to carbon offset a major tree like a port jackson fig or a stand of casurina cunninghamii. I can send updates in spring to show how they have grown and other updates over the years.
I really really want these trees to survive and thrive, so I will be nursing them and encouraging them to grow. I will personally visit each tree every day to ensure it is happy and healthy.
I don’t want to plant more than an absolute maximum of 200 trees this season as I only want to plant a number I know I can manage and spoil as if they were my children !
If this idea appeals to you, please PM and we can discuss what trees you would like to have as your own personal carbon offsets!
Think local - let someone else ACT local!!!!!
I don’t want to diss any of these companies, but I was watching a Landline program some time back showing one scheme where great chunks of native vegetation had been bulldozed to create clear land so that huge hectares of mono-culture trees could be planted as carbon offsets.
The idea of carbon offsets is noble, but in this case the implementation had been out-sourced to a agro-forestry (aggro/forestry!) company and the contractors saw it as just another job, and went about their work in a way we permies would not consider sustainable or ideal.
In another case of a large-scale carbon offset project, a huge plantation had been drought affected and several thousand trees that people had paid for as carbon offsets had died for lack of water.
So………. here’s my proposal.
I would like to enter into a one-on-one carbon offset project with people who post on this board.
Right now my little pocket of paradise has received some very much appreciated late summer rain. My swales are now moist and I have quite a lot of water in my dam.
In the last week I have planted about 10 trees across my 10 acres – three were Port Jackson figs and another three were red cedars and the rest were kurrajongs and Illawarra flame trees.
I would really really like to plant more, but I am not in paid employment at the moment, and realistically I really cant afford to buy more trees right now.
The ironic thing is that at the moment, because I am not in paid employment, I actually have time to plant and nurse any trees I plant.
And the conditions are exactly right for planting, with the ground moist and warm, and the worst of summer over. I have plenty of water now in my dam to carry me forward for the next few years, and believe any trees planted in the next few weeks would really establish themselves over the winter and be ready to really get going next spring and summer.
So is anyone interested in a DYI carbon offset project. No need to sign up to companies that have overheads and administration costs.
Send the money directly to me and be confident "your" trees will have the very best opportunity to thrive.
I would really like to plant around 100-150 trees in the next three weeks.
The trees would be indigenous to western Sydney and a majority would be legumes.
I would attempt to source them through Greening Australia at Richmond and a couple of other western Sydney non-profit organisations.
I would like to plant up to 10 more port jackson figs, up to 10 red cedars, then say 100 Casuarina cunninghamii, then some shrubs like indigofera australis, acacia elongata, some more kurrajongs and Illawarra Flame trees (both brachychitons).
Oh, and some suitable lilly pillies.
And three or four turpentine trees, especially around the dam.
The port jackson figs, red cedars and Illawarra Flame Trees I can source are between $15 and $30.
I don’t know the price of the Turpentines as yet.
The acacias, casurina cunninghamiis and shrubs are tube stock and range from $1 to $1.50 per tube. I prefer tube stock as the plants quickly establish themselves and seem to be hardier than larger pots.
I have spaces earmarked across my property for each of the plants I would like to give a home to. I really want these trees to live and thrive.
If you would like to enter a one-on-one carbon offset project with me I can give some absolute commitments.
One is that this will not be a large-scale mono-culture agroforestry project. I will be planting a diversity of trees that will complement the native remnant western sydney Cumberland Plain ironbark forest I already have on two-thirds of my 10-acre property.
I can send you email photos of YOUR trees – whether you choose to carbon offset a major tree like a port jackson fig or a stand of casurina cunninghamii. I can send updates in spring to show how they have grown and other updates over the years.
I really really want these trees to survive and thrive, so I will be nursing them and encouraging them to grow. I will personally visit each tree every day to ensure it is happy and healthy.
I don’t want to plant more than an absolute maximum of 200 trees this season as I only want to plant a number I know I can manage and spoil as if they were my children !
If this idea appeals to you, please PM and we can discuss what trees you would like to have as your own personal carbon offsets!
Think local - let someone else ACT local!!!!!