Microforestry

I just read the cli-fi novel "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson. It made a big impression on me and put into context why so many people are acting urgently right now to re-green and re-wild the world. Particularly in cities, to make themselves more livable and equitable. 

Microforests are part of this. The idea of microforests is described beautifully in the Wunderman Thompson 2022 consumer trends report at the link below. Please read it.

Microforests are about trees, but they are also about unifying action against climate change, about creating quality public space, about biodiversity, even economic regeneration. 

Here in New York City, there are a number of places where one can see these dynamics in play.

For example, in public art projects like Joseph Bueys's 7,000 Oaks, which required planting many many trees. And whose acorns are still creating extensions far from where and when the project started.

Or public-private regenerative projects like The Highline, which continues to spin-up new connections like the Woodland Bridge that will link Penn Station to the park via a ribbon of green trees. 

Or acts of good governance such as the NYC Parks Department's street tree planing program, which promises sends a forestry team out when a request form is submitted by a citizen.

As these examples show, there are lots of ways to do this, and achieving scale requires a "Yes, and ..." mindset. Thanks for the nudge, Mr. Robinson.

More here, here, here and here: 

https://www.wundermanthompson.com/insight/microforests

https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/joseph-beuys-7000-oaks

https://www.thehighline.org/connections/

https://www.nycgovparks.org/trees/street-tree-planting/request