Plant trees, please. I need a place to call home.
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Hello, I am the Treeless Squirrel. Yep, you guessed it. My predicament is I'm treeless. And I may never find a tree to call home. Yet I'm hoping everyone (my fellow squirrels included) will get busy, and plant trees. So I can find a place to live. The sooner the better.
If those motivations are not clear enough, perhaps the fact that trees make the world greener, healthier, and more beautiful, for us all, will suffice. Still, beyond those, there are plenty of other environmental and economical reasons to plant trees, too. The Treeless Squirrel hopes to focus on those and more here and elsewhere on the web.
If those motivations are not clear enough, perhaps the fact that trees make the world greener, healthier, and more beautiful, for us all, will suffice. Still, beyond those, there are plenty of other environmental and economical reasons to plant trees, too. The Treeless Squirrel hopes to focus on those and more here and elsewhere on the web.
Treeless Squirrel says, "Plant trees, please."
Imagine a world without trees.
Treeless Squirrel says, "I am getting a bit choked up. Excuse me while I go get a tissue. I'll be sure to recycle. Meanwhile, for my sake and yours, plant trees, please."
Trees make life more enjoyable, not to mention possible.
Blogs I dig.
These sites offer plenty of daily grist for your tree and earth loving discussions.
- treehugger
- TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic, they strive to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.
- Treeless Squirrel Blog
- Hear the tree chatter here. The Treeless Squirrel brings you the latest in tree news, gossip, and helpful tree-planning information.
- Arboreality
- Arboreality is a blog about trees, forests, and wood, and everything in between.
- Ginkgo Dreams
- Kelly Schmitt Youngberg curates the collection here at Ginkgo Dreams. She's been fascinated with gingko trees ever since she watched one turn golden in a small courtyard below her third floor apartment in Seoul, South Korea.
Ginkgo Dreams is the place where she records the results of both her tree and design research. Readers are otherwise welcome to submit ideas for content. - Festival of the Trees
- This is the coordinating blog for the Festival of the Trees, a monthly blog carnival for all things arboreal. Like other blog carnivals, the Festival of the Trees is a collection of links to blog posts and other spots on the web, hosted each month at a different blog.
- trees, if you please
- For the love of trees. It doesn't get more clear than that.
- The Best of Lonely Tree
- These trees are lovely. These trees are lonely. Let's give them company by planting more trees.
Do you really need another reason to plant trees?
Remarkable quotes about trees
It's been said that the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now. Perhaps these quips and quotes will convince you to plant a tree. Or two. Or three.
- It's easy for the Treeless Squirrel to love Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) for saying, "If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen." That is what the Treeless Squirrel calls an "Inconvenient Truth ."
- Bill Vaughan once said, "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."
- John Muir (1838 - 1914), founder of the Sierra Club , said, "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
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In Gnomologia Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) said, "He that plants trees loves others besides himself."
- Find more quotes about trees at Quote Garden, Garden Digest, Brainy Quote, and TreeLink
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Hey, somebody likes me. Now if I can just get him to plant a tree.
If we planted more trees, the world would be a better place. Or at least a place where squirrels and humans wouldn't have to share a bathroom. See more at Treeless-Squirrel.com.
These organizations love to plant trees.
If you can, support these fine tree-planting people in any conceivable way.
- Arbor Day Foundation
- They inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees.
- Eco-Libris
- Eco-Libris enables people to do something reasonable, affordable yet with an impact: plant one tree for every book they read. They believe that taking responsibility for the environmental costs of the books we read is only natural.
- Friends of the Urban Forest
- Friends of the Urban Forest is a nonprofit committed to the belief that tree are a critical element of a livable urban environment.
- International Society of Arboriculture
- Through research, technology, and education, the mission of the ISA is to promote the professional practice of arboriculture and foster a greater public awareness of the benefits of trees.
- Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign
- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a major worldwide tree planting campaign. Under the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign, people, communities, business and industry, civil society organizations and governments are encouraged to enter tree planting pledges online with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide each year.
- TreePeople
- TreePeople is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Los Angeles area for over three decades. Simply put, their work is about helping nature heal our cities.
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Visit treeless-squirrel.com for your fix of tree news, tips and information, plus fun downloads, eco-styling, tree-planting friendly t-shirts, and more.
Arboretums or, if you prefer, Arboreta
These places are botanical gardens devoted to trees.
Arboretums are great places to learn about everything there is to learn about trees. See trees from distant lands, heck, even get some good ideas for your garden! Is there anything arboretums can't do? Well, their gift shops could stock more nuts.
- Batsford Arboretum
- Batsford Arboretum, one of the jewels of the Cotswolds, is one of the largest private collections of trees and shrubs in the United Kingdom.
- The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Boston, MA
- The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is the oldest public arboretum in North America and one of the world's leading centers for the study of plants. A unique blend of beloved public landscape and respected research institution, we provide and support world-class research, horticulture and education programs that foster the understanding, appreciation and preservation of trees.
- The Morton Arboretum
- The Morton Arboretum is an internationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to the planting and conservation of trees. Its 1,700 acres hold collections of more than 4,000 kinds of trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world.
Celebrate Arbor Day!
April 25th, 2008 is the day to plant trees.
Arbor Day was established by J. Sterling Morton. He first proposed Arbor Day as a tree planting holiday in 1872 at a meeting of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. On the first Arbor Day, April 10, 1874, prizes were offered to counties and to individuals for properly planting the largest number of trees. It was claimed that more than 1 million trees were planted in Nebraska on that day.
The ad pictured here was created for The Morton Arboretum by Flow Creative in 2006. Its headline (Plant trees) is set in a swath of green that wishfully covers a stunningly graphic photo from a series titled "Oblivion" by award-winning photographer David Maisel.
So, Arbor Day. It's easy to remember. Last Friday in April for much of the world. It's the day to plant trees. Why? Because, among other reasons, the shade you find underneath freeway overpasses sucks for a picnic.
Learn more about Arbor Day here or from the Arbor Day Foundation's website. A state-by-state list of Arbor Day dates can also be found here.
This is the perfect day to plant trees.
Arbor Day was created by J. Sterling Morton in 1974. It was a great idea then, and an even better on today. So, plant trees, please.
Countdown to Arbor Day
Arbor Day : April 24, 2009
How to plant a tree.
These videos demonstrate how easy it is to grow me a home.
"Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel," said Aldo Leopold.
So, for the balance of us mortal beings, there shouldn't be any excuses for not planting plenty of trees. Save for not having a shovel, and if that's the case, you're in luck. Home Depot has them in stock. Or better yet, ask your neighbor for help. Because planting a tree is easy as 1-2-3, especially when someone else is doing the digging.
Watch these helpful videos for tips, tricks, and sound advice. Then go shopping for some trees. Google has a directory of tree nurseries here. And Yahoo has one here. This list of trees should give you plenty ideas about which ones you should plant.
So, for the balance of us mortal beings, there shouldn't be any excuses for not planting plenty of trees. Save for not having a shovel, and if that's the case, you're in luck. Home Depot has them in stock. Or better yet, ask your neighbor for help. Because planting a tree is easy as 1-2-3, especially when someone else is doing the digging.
Watch these helpful videos for tips, tricks, and sound advice. Then go shopping for some trees. Google has a directory of tree nurseries here. And Yahoo has one here. This list of trees should give you plenty ideas about which ones you should plant.
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Tree Planting Map
My motto is "Plant trees, please." I don't mind where.
Email the Treeless Squirrel about where and when you planted trees. The locations will be added to this map, and he'll know when to pack his bags for a visit.
Listen to the music of the trees.
Now is the time to tune into the natural rhythm of the world.
And there are plenty of people who agree, including musician Paul Forrest. (Don't you just love that name.) Forrest knows how to relax, inspire and refresh you - naturally. He has created 100% organic music using real, acoustic instruments, featuring real bird, wind, water, and sounds of nature. Songs titles are some of my favorite trees, including: Ginkgo, Apple, Chestnut, and Oak.
For those of you who like your jams in genres from classical to zydeco, and all beats in between, check out Tunes For Trees. When you use Tunes for Trees to search iTunes for music from your favorite artists, they'll plant a tree for every 10 tracks you buy. Free.
imeem has a forest full of tree songs here. And while the Squirrel Nut Zippers may not sing about trees per se, Treeless Squirrel has a soft spot for this band.
My Virtual Home
Until a better place exists, this is where I call home. So plant trees, please. Lots and Lots of trees.
Planting more trees
Treeless Squirrel will drink to that.
Thankfully, Live It Green, LLC , has created the TreeTini, an organic vodka martini. Every TreeTini sold at Uncommon Ground and, presumably consumed, plants a tree.
Lifford Wine Agency is the largest supplier of premium wines to the hospitality industry in Ontario.
As the very existence of the wine industry is totally dependent upon a responsible and healthy relationship with nature, Lifford owner Steven Campbell recognized that environmental leadership is an urgent priority.
Given that insight, Lifford's newest offering is plantatree, the first carbon-positive wine available. Varietals include: Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot.
For each bottle purchased, Lifford Wine Agency, in non-profit partnership with Tree Canada, will plant one tree.
Now that hits the spot.
Without trees...where would we get paper?
There is nothing I like more than cracking open a nice acorn and enjoying a good book. Here are a few or my favorites.
Trees can raise property values and lower blood pressure. Next we'll be telling you they can cure cancer.
Acorns may be low on your list of reasons to plant trees, but where does oxygen rank? Or new medicines? Sheer beauty?
Anyone needing more good reasons to plant trees, read on.
Trees are truly miraculous things. Beyond their obvious beauty and cooling shade, they give us far more than most of us realize, including economic and health benefits that include the potential for new life-saving medications.
Beyond the obvious, there are countless other reasons to plant trees. High on my list would be finding a limb with a great view for my nest. For everyone else, here are a few of the benefits of planting trees from the Arbor Day Foundation.
Beyond the obvious, there are countless other reasons to plant trees. High on my list would be finding a limb with a great view for my nest. For everyone else, here are a few of the benefits of planting trees from the Arbor Day Foundation.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the net cooling effect of a young, healthy tree is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day.
- According to Dr. Roger S. Ulrich, Texas A&M University, in laboratory research, visual exposure to settings with trees has produced significant recovery from stress within five minutes, as indicated by changes in blood pressure and muscle tension.
- A study from Arbor National Mortgage & American Forests states that 83% of realtors believe that mature trees have a "strong or moderate impact" on the salability of homes listed for under $150,000; on homes over $250,000, this perception increases to 98%.
Children's books about trees
If you have young ones scampering around your nest, settle down with these timeless tree-planting tales.
Planting a tree won't help solve all the worlds problems. Just the big ones.
Inspirational videos about planting trees.
You won't find a television in the nest of Treeless Squirrel. But he is fond of his MacBook Pro. Why? Because it comes from Apple and it provides great videos from YouTube like these.
Great books with deep roots
Some heady thoughts about the importance of trees and our environment.
The Greeks had it right when they said, "A society grows great when men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." Not to be presumptuous about improving Greek culture, but, how about we get women and children of all ages planting trees, as well. A good read of these books will get us all busy digging.
Tree Tees
Show everyone you love trees.
Do you like fresh air? So does Treeless Squirrel.Let others know how you feel by wearing a Tree Lungs Tee. Or you could be seen wearing the tree t-shirt pictured here. It was designed by Oliver, using a one of his beautiful drawings as inspiration.
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A list of helpful sites that will give you the needed know how to plant trees.
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Chicago's Green Man
His home's motto is Urbs in Horto.
Who's responsible? The Green Man. Not the one pictured here. But this one. He is Chicago's one and only Mayor Richard M. Daley.
His honorableness is on a mission to make his part of the world, the great green city of Chicago, greener and more beautiful than ever. But don't take a Treeless Squirrel's word for it. TIME Magazine said the same thing.
Yep, a visit to places such as Garfield Park Conservatory or Chicago Botanic Garden or Millennium Park shows clearly one how much Chicago digs all things green.
Chicago Uncommon has wonderful photographs of the natural beauty that fills this arboreal city, too.
Discover all Chicago has to offer in the way outdoors activities here. And while you are out and about, consider stopping by one of Chicago's tree nurseries and pick out a tree to plant this Arbor Day.
Treeless Squirrel presents: twelve words to Mad Lib.
Which is your favorite tree?
Vote for the tree you most want to plant.
If you want more choices to choose from, the Arbor Day Foundation has a great list of 201 trees and shrubs to help you determine which tree is the right tree for you. Rumor has it that Treeless Squirrel leans toward Black Walnuts and White Oaks.
Planting 7000 Oaks: a work of art, an act of love
It's not easy to appreciate some contemporary art, but the Treeless Squirrel can definitely wrap his head around this installation.
Regarding the intent of the project, Beuys said, "I believe that planting these oaks is necessary not only in biospheric terms, that is to say, in the context of matter and ecology, but in that it will raise ecological consciousness...raise it increasingly, in the course of the years to come, because we shall never stop planting.
Thus, 7000 Oaks is a sculpture referring to peoples' life, to their everyday work. That is my concept of art which I call the extended concept or art of the social sculpture."
To learn more, visit Dia, a nonprofit institution founded in 1974, internationally renowned for initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving art projects, here.
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Look good while you're planting trees.
Planting Ceremonial Trees
Plant trees to celebrate special occasions, as well as memorialize poignant moments, and you'll add meaning that last more than a lifetime.
Hey, have you done something great today? Give yourself a pat on the back, but then plant a tree, too. Between life highs and lows, there is an nearly endless number of reasons to plant trees. Here are a few to get you thinking about why you should plant a tree soon.
- 5th Wedding Anniversary
- According to Sheri & Bob Stritof of About.com, "The strength of your marriage bond is represented by the traditional gift of wood for your 5th anniversary. Wood is strong and long-lasting." And they suggest planting a tree together as a traditional 5th wedding anniversary gift.
- Birth of a Child
- The Children's Forest is being planted by "Men of the Trees" in western Australia. They believe "The symbolism of tree planting as an expression of hope, a celebration of life itself, could be no more fitting than when associated with the birth of a new baby."
- Death of a Loved One
- The ritual of planting a tree in the memory of a loved one is is practiced by faiths from many cultures. Followers of Judaism and Christianity often offer specific stories or prayers to make the moment more meaningful. TreeGivers has been helping people express sympathy to families since 1981 by planting trees.
- Family Tradition
- eHow's Allana Baroni has simple instructions for making planting trees a family tradition.
- Commemorate Accomplishment
- For a community project, 140 seventh-graders from the 2007 GREAT graduating class at John Young Middle School planted a tree in their new, outdoor study garden.
Sound advice from another furry friend of trees.
There is nothing more lovely than a tree.
A few pictures of nature's greatest gift.
American architect Frank Lloyd Wright loved nature. And he said wonderful things about trees, including this, "Simplicity in art, rightly understood, is a synthetic, positive quality in which we may see evidence of mind, breadth of scheme, wealth of detail, and withal a sense of completeness found in a tree or a flower. A work may have the delicacies of a rare orchid or the staunch fortitude of the oak and still be simple. A thing to be simple needs only to be true to itself in organic sense."
Urban Forestry
Urban Forestry is not an oxymoron. Urban foresters and their supporters are dedicated people are focussed on planting trees where most people live. In cities. Places filled with politics and various points of views about the importance of trees.
- TreeLink
- Their focus is to improve urban and community forests by providing
Internet-based information, tools and inspiration. - Society of Municipal Arborists
- Founded in 1964, the SMA is an organization of municipal arborists and urban foresters. Its membership also includes consultants, commercial firms and citizens who actively practice or support some facet of municipal forestry.
- Urban Forestry South EXPO
- Providing resources to support urban and community forests in the southeastern US.
Why hire an arborist?
Sometimes trees need help. Sometimes they need to go on to the great landscape in sky. And knowing the signs of tree trouble can be a godsend.
The services of an arborist may be required if a tree is in need of pruning , fertilizing , weather-related damage assessment, or other problem diagnosis.
In addition to pruning and fertilizing, full-service arborists are professionals who possess skills in planting, transplanting, pest management, disease diagnosis, tree removal, and stump grinding.
Consulting arborists are experts who offer advice, but do not perform services. They specialize in tree appraisals, diagnosing problems, and recommending treatments. A certified arborist knows what to do to help your trees, and they most likely can climb tree nearly as well as the Treeless Squirrel. That is why you hire arborists.
Before you contact an arborist, learn a few tips on how to hire one. You'll find certifified arborists here .
The services of an arborist may be required if a tree is in need of pruning , fertilizing , weather-related damage assessment, or other problem diagnosis.
In addition to pruning and fertilizing, full-service arborists are professionals who possess skills in planting, transplanting, pest management, disease diagnosis, tree removal, and stump grinding.
Consulting arborists are experts who offer advice, but do not perform services. They specialize in tree appraisals, diagnosing problems, and recommending treatments. A certified arborist knows what to do to help your trees, and they most likely can climb tree nearly as well as the Treeless Squirrel. That is why you hire arborists.
Before you contact an arborist, learn a few tips on how to hire one. You'll find certifified arborists here .
Tree Transplantation
The next best thing to planting a tree is transplanting one.
Before transplanting a woody plant, evaluate whether or not the tree or shrub is likely to be a successful transplant. Transplanting stresses trees and shrubs. Such stress may cause plants to die or to become unattractive. Plants which are already in advanced stages of decline are especially likely to succumb to transplantation stress.
If you are looking to move existing trees, it could take special equipment like the rigs from Big John or Dutchman Industries. In the right hands, this sort of equipment and knowledge can do amazing things like moving a giant Cypress tree at Pebble Beach. But jobs such as that require the expertise of professionals like those working at Environmental Design, Greenwoods, or Heartwood Consulting Services.
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Treeless Squirrel wants to know, "Why do you plant trees?"
Please share your thoughts about the importance of planting trees for a greener, healthier, and more beautiful world.
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Mike Webb
Mar 31, 2008 @ 12:16 pm | delete
- We have 2 really large oaks in the front with lots of acorns. Treeless Squirel is welcome to come down south anytime. Here's a link to environmental holidays we celebrate. http://www.wheeloftheyear.com/2008/environmentalist.htm
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LeslieBrenner Mar 15, 2008 @ 11:45 am | delete
- There are lots of treeless squirrels in Manhattan. But NYC is planting more and more rooftop gardens and maybe vertical, skyscraper gardens.
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Izzy
Mar 14, 2008 @ 7:16 pm | delete
- I'm so proud of you!
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Mark
Mar 14, 2008 @ 4:46 pm | delete
- Encouraged by a coworker, I am growing giant redwoods from saplings and hope to plant them on the east coast. I figure if you're going to plant trees, plant the big kind!
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pzapf
Mar 5, 2008 @ 8:33 pm | delete
- Go, Treeless Squirrel, go. Plant a tree for me.
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Honey Lynn
Mar 4, 2008 @ 10:44 am | delete
- We have almost 50 trees on our lot and they serve as shade for various parts of the property, climbing challenges for our nephews, and just something to gaze at and enjoy for everyone. We have planted replacements for some of the older trees that were damaged by storms and we enjoy tracking their development over time. We know that all our trees help the world, but we enjoy them mostly as quiet and beautiful reminders of seasons coming and going. By the way, Treeless Squirrel would have a ball in our back yard and is welcome any time.
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