Comments on: Have you hugged your 61 trees?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:47:58 +0000

A ratio of 61:1 might sounds much initally – but maybe we should also acknowledge, that there are a few other animals inhabiting this nice blue mudball, who are depending on healthy tree populations. I wonder how many of those trees grow in at least somewhat natural ecosystems – and not in tree farms for industrial wood production. Maybe 5%?

Beautiful photos – they certainly pay respect to those fabulous creatures.

By: Anita Jesse

Anita Jesse — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:39:40 +0000

This post hit hard for me. One of the things I will miss the most about the home I left behind a few months ago is the ash tree in our yard. For twenty years I had hugged that tree and I felt as though I were abandoning a faithful friend. There are new-to-me trees in this valley and I expect to hug them frequently, but a twenty-year relationship is impossible to replace. The phrase “large guardians” is perfect.

By: Petra Voegtle

Petra Voegtle — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:03:56 +0000

Hi Mark – wonderful photos -as always.
Your statistics are quite interesting. And at first they do not sound so bad as always felt but in fact it very much depends on the sort of trees which appear in this number. Tree as we all know does not equal tree and when it comes to the ecosystem we are all in deep trouble because of the corelations to other important facts between original flora and fauna. The palms in the warm areas of this planet, especially in “civilized” areas have hardly any influence on the ecosystem at all f.e. because they do neither produce much oxygen nor do they filter polluted air. Btw – regarding the oxygen production the trees are overestimated anyway because the larger part comes from the underwater plants which is even more important to care for but what many people do not know!
Nevertheless – I am an absolute tree hugger and nothing hurts me more than when I hear the noise of a chainsaw…