Smart homes are commonplace today. Now, the intelligent yard is poised to join the mix. Meet Graham Hine, CEO of ePlant, which recently introduced the TreeTag. This solar-powered monitor is attached to a tree to monitor its health and send updates wirelessly to a phone. TreeTags are placed onto the side of trees using a screw and measure minor size […]
Despite major efforts like the European Union’s new law to prevent deforestation, forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. People are well aware of the ecological importance of forest ecosystems. But we just starting to realize that even urban tree cover has ecological value. As a result, a movement promoting tiny urban forests – called Miyawaki forests – is starting […]
Trees have begun to “speak” using new sensors and generative AI. With ePlant‘s new TreeTag, trees are not just silent witnesses to environmental changes anymore; they have become environmental sensors. Introduced in June, ePlant is currently accepting pre-orders for the ePlant TreeTag starter bundle at $149. The bundle includes a TreeTag and an easy-to-install wireless network that enables real-time monitoring […]
Let’s venture into the history of trees, wood, and the axe. Everywhere humans have gone they’ve mowed down trees to make tools, homes, fires, bridges, buildings, and even railroad tracks. Yes, the first railroads often ran on wooden rails, as author John Perlin explains in a new edition of his classic book, A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in […]
Staying within the Paris Climate Accord’s 1.5 degrees Celsius limit, at which potentially devastating climate changes will occur, requires ending deforestation before 2030. But as of 2020, the world was still losing about 38,600 square miles of forest annually. Meet Allan Traicoff, chief commercial officer at Emergent, a nonprofit that creates incentives for and connects businesses to natural climate solutions […]
Let’s venture into the history of trees, wood, and the axe. Everywhere humans have gone they’ve mowed down trees to make tools, homes, fires, bridges, buildings, and even railroad tracks. Yes, the first railroads often ran on wooden rails, as author John Perlin explains in a new edition of his classic book, A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in […]
Staying within the Paris Climate Accord’s 1.5 degrees Celsius limit, at which potentially devastating climate changes will occur, requires ending deforestation before 2030. But as of 2020, the world was still losing about 38,600 square miles of forest annually. Meet Allan Traicoff, chief commercial officer at Emergent, a nonprofit that creates incentives for and connects businesses to natural climate solutions […]
The average hardwood tree captures an estimated 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Over the life of the tree that’s roughly 1 ton of CO2. While that’s just a fraction of the average American’s production of 27 tons of CO2 annually, combined with reducing greenhouse gas emissions, tree-planting can make a difference. Source: Easy Carbon Sequestration You Can Do […]
We have so many reasons to be grateful for trees. Trees provide shade for our homes and windbreaks for our crops. We eat the fruits and nuts they bear and their wood provides paper, furniture, houses, and more. Trees filter toxins from the air and water, help prevent erosion, and generate the very air we breathe. And they are one […]
Plant one tree and it will capture about 13 pounds of CO2 in its first year; when it matures, it will capture 48 pounds a year. That means by planting one young tree, you can offset the CO2 from shipping an average online shopping order. Or, if you plant 390 trees and let them mature, you can offset the 8.5-ton […]