Arborphiles, originally from the Fairfield Community Association's Arborblitz Project and now coming from all over Victoria, spotlight favourite trees on this site, contributing information, questions & photos. Send your contribution to sbjulian410@gmail.com (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
Friday, August 13, 2021
Devastating the Concept of Biodiversity
Friday, July 3, 2009
When Did Brown Become the New Green?
In England they call it brownspace wherever natural vegetation is paved over and the kingdom of concrete expanded at the expense of Earth's biological citizenry: i.e. all those species that keep nature alive, the foodweb fuelled, the climate stable, the air clean and wastes and decay recycled into new soil and new growth.
The tax breaks should be reserved for those who retain trees and large gardens where this business of life can have space to carry on for the health and benefit of all of us, and to stem the tide of plant and bird extinctions happening in our midst. Such residential landowners could be rewarded for not subdividing. It's not about turning off the lightbulbs, it's about turning off the chainsaws.