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"French volunteers are using a pioneering Japanese tree-planting method to
create pocket forests in Paris in the hope they will slow climate change,
create biodiversity hotspots and tackle the growing number of heatwaves in the
capital.
On a damp Saturday afternoon in a southern suburb of Paris, a young boy of 9
wields a spade to plant a sapling on an abandoned strip of land.
He isn’t that much taller than the young tree he is planting. The afternoon
rain has churned the ground beneath him into mud. He casts his spade aside and
clears the clay earth with his hands.
Along with his proud grandmother, and his fellow volunteers, he’s immersed in
planting a mini-forest, also known as a pocket forest, besides a busy motorway
in the neighbourhood of Chevilly-Larue, 9.3 kilometres south of central Paris.
French non-profit Boomforest has organised a tree-planting initiative, drawing
a dozen volunteers of all ages, clad in beanies and boots as they brave the
cold and rain.
Grazia Valle, 79, a former journalist, said she “jumped at the chance to do
something concrete” about climate change and show her grandson how to plant
trees."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
