artifex

I have dozens of pineapples in my (very sandy) south Florida soil and this looks like a drainage problem to me. Either the roots are having too much trouble growing into the soil, or there’s too much water.

First of all, “merely decorative” has a big impact on our physiological and psychological well-being; urban greening appears to be able to improve things from respiratory difficulties to stress, anxiety and depression .

Second, “merely decorative” isn’t even true. Trees lower both surface and air temperature in cities in a meaningful way (on the order of a couple of degrees on a well-treed street – that can be the difference between “ah, it’s a nice day for a walk” and “holy crap it’s hot out”.

Plant some more trees and rooftop gardens and you’ve got an official Solarpunk setting

isn’t all the rest of the life that’s around literally ‘the trace’ ?