REDWOOD TREES FROM CALIFORNIA TO GREAT BRITAIN

Hello All,

I recently came across this news which involve Eden project and California, the facts refer to March 2016 and I believe it is interesting to recognize what happened.

Eden project is an educational charity while Archangel Ancient Tree Archive aims to propagate, reforest and archive ancient trees for future generations.

The main objective of this cooperation between 'Eden project' in Uk and the 'Archangel Ancient Tree Archive' in USA is to preserve the Coast redwood trees for the future generations. The peculiarities of the coast redwoods are their height: in fact they can reach 115 metres. Unfortunately, in these years the number of plants are reducing due to the recent fires and droughts so preserve those trees became a priority.

The event took place in March 2016 and in that occasion about 40 redwood trees were imported from California and planted in South-West England because the warm, damp climate adapt perfect to this type of trees. Both association aim to plant many more plants in the next decades.

It is amazing idea to be able to work in teams following different projects from the opposite side of the globe and aiming towards the same direction. I particularly like the fact that nowadays, with the use of the net, everyone can ask for help and be able to get it. I can see this is just the beginning of a green revolution.

Further information can be found in the below links:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/14/europes-first-redwood-forest-planted-at-eden-project
http://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/our-ethos/the-lost-grove-the-eden-project-in-america
https://www.ancienttreearchive.org/

BARCELONA WANTS TO BECOME A GIANT FOREST

Hello All,

have you ever been in Barcelona?
Well, in few years it could be a complete different city!

Accordingly to a recent article posted on the 7th of August, Barcelona is aiming to double the number of the trees in the city. 

Barcellona is the second most popular city in Spain and during the heats of summer days the temperatures in of the urban area get really high, at time even seven degrees warmer than the outskirts of the city center. The reason of this difference can reside on the fact that the areas outside the city are surrounded by parks which are determinant in ventilate, cool down and contrast the temperature raising.

This is the area that will be involved in the transformation of the Barcelona.







By 2019 the equivalent of an hundred football fields will be transformed in green areas and by the 2030 the aim is to achieve 165 hectares. The project includes green rooftops and green corridors.

The leaders of this plan affirm: "The objective of this project is to transform Barcelona into a gigantic urban forest and to stimulate biodiversity in all its streets." <https://detours.canalplus.fr/lutter-contre-chaleur-barcelone-veut-devenir-foret-geante/>. Nowadays this city has only 17% of green spaces and this project will aim to create at least one square meter of green spaces per person.

Transforming an urban city into a green city is a super exciting idea and I cannot wait to go Barcelona again and enjoy this transformation.




The full article can be found in the following link:
https://detours.canalplus.fr/lutter-contre-chaleur-barcelone-veut-devenir-foret-geante/