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"Tasmania’s mountain ash (
Eucalyptus regnans) is the world’s tallest
flowering plant. It can grow 100 metres tall and live for more than 600 years.
These trees play a crucial role in their ecosystems, providing habitat and
contributing to the overall health of the shared living world. But their
numbers are dwindling due to logging, land degradation, fire and climate
change.
This sad situation is indicative of a much bigger problem: humans consistently
undervalue plants, despite having much to learn from them.
At Deep Design Lab, we design and build homes for wildlife, learning from
successful solutions in the natural world. To compensate for the loss of large
hollows in large old trees, our team has 3D-printed nest boxes for owls and
other species. We have also studied what makes a good tree for birds, to
replicate the design.
Our recent research on Tasmania’s large old eucalypts has given me another
reason to reflect on the many things about trees that urban planners, designers
and the public could learn from. Here are the top five."
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
