Monday, October 25, 2010

Reforestation 1.0

Two great links to get this category started.

First, 70,000 people in Senegal will plant an estimated 60,000,000 (that's million) mangrove trees by the end of this year. Mangroves facilitate lush ecosystems and store massive amounts of carbon. See more over at Treehugger

Second, a Dutch inventor by the name of Pieter Hoff has come up with a device that he calls The Waterboxx. This simple plastic device has an ingenious trick up its sleeve: the plastic cover changes temperature at a different rate than the surrounding air. As a result, condensation forms on the cover of the box which is funneled inward toward the seed/sapling. This process helps a tree get through the critical development phase in arid climates. The device is reusable and quite ingenious. See more over at Treehugger

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