This month, The Climate Change Collective are focusing on greening up areas of land with trees. It is widely known that large areas of forest are being cut down and burned every week. So it makes sense that one of our environmental initiatives should be planting trees at every opportunity.
A few weeks ago Michelle (Boomer Eco Crusader) took part in the planting of a microforest in her beloved Waterloo region of Canada. I was really intrigued about this and thankfully she shared her experience in the latest lead post for the Climate Change Collective:
Small But Wonderful Changes
The idea of transforming a small area of land into a forest, with a range of local flora and fauna, is really cool. There are so many benefits, not only to the environment but also to local communities.
– It increases biodiverisity and has a localised cooling impact
– There will be more photosynthesis which means more recycling of carbon dioxide
– a microfest can provide an additional retreat for local people – a community-made natural gem
Reclaiming land for nature always makes sense. If by doing so we are creating new reserves for families to explore, then even better. Pockets of green within towns and cities can make a massive difference to local microclimates.
As a result of this post, I have asked my boss for a way of reclaiming part of our school field for a microforest.
Final Thoughts
Each month one of our wonderful bloggers creates a lead article about something related to climate change. Michelle originally set up The Climate Change Collective after discussing with me a need for a group of bloggers who expressed concern for global warming and made practical suggestions for change.
All of us in the group write our own posts linked to each monthly lead article. Our group is growing and welcoming, so please drop me a tweet if you are a blogger interested in joining.
Microforests are a great way to create biodiverse local woodlands and help to re-green our increasingly urbanised regions. Please check out Michelle’s article and let us know what you think in the comments.
You can also check out the last post that I wrote about climate change, Warmer Weather – What’s not to like? and the August lead post A Greener World – Debunking myths about climate change by Molly – Transatlantic Notes.
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Thanks Jamie. It would be wonderful if you could plant a microforest on your school’s property. The planting effort was such a rewarding experience. It would be an excellent way to bring your school community together.
I am all for microforests in areas like school and college campuses (also for wildflowers like I mentioned in my post too). I think these areas are perfect for doing something like this as it’s an ideal opportunity to get people involved and learning about biodiversity. Love this!
I love that this collective of bloggers is doing something so positive! Well done!
Yes it sounds like a great way of helping the environment.
Thank you. We have to do something.
Thanks for sharing, Jamie.
Nice to hear about environmentalists like you.🙂
By the way, could you follow me back?