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Frouke de Reuver notes by Frayne Dyke-Walker

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MC – Gavin McConnell opened the event posing the question:
‘Is Global Warming a Local or Global, Personal or Corporate (including Government) issue?’

The resulting challenges are ethically, politically, threateningly diverse. . . affecting; health, economies, security, communities with the change in comfort levels, income and fear – Not only of change, but of the unknown. And a lot of people just can’t, won’t, or are too frightened, or even feeling too powerless to even attempt to do anything let alone start making the sorts of sacrifices we need to right now.

So where does that leave us? Let’s strip it down – make it a personal journey and as simple as possible to make a start . . . which segued neatly into Frouke de Reuver’s talk. Continue reading Frouke de Reuver Notes

Dr Jane Tarran BSc – UTS Program Director – Urban Ecology

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ROLE OF URBAN FOREST IN PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR CITIES

A report,with personal comments, by Frayne Dyke-Walker.

Benefit of Urban Forest include;

- Environmental & Ecological

- Aesthetic & Visual

- Social, Psychological & SPIRITUAL Benefits – (I also bought a Fab book ‘Healing Gardens’ that discusses this in detail – from Floralegium)

- Economic Benefit to Business

I could add to this list Urban Wildlife – critters and birds, not just for the environmental and ecological benefits – but for the distressing fact that not a lot of families can now have pets, and without urban wildlife they would be even more disconnected from the other inhabitants of the planet that have just a much right to a sustainable planet as we do. ENOUGH EDITORIALISING!

Continue reading Dr Jane Tarran – Urban Forestry Notes – My favourite speaker!