Symbiotic Forests Foundation

jomoco

jomoco

Shrinking forests are quite obviously bad for the planet and us. Reversing this trend becomes an imperative that should top our to do list, but hasn't to date.

Integrating people and trees into a symbiotic community that can be sustainable and grow in varying climes globally is a very practical solution to an increasingly pressing problem.

By harnessing trees swaying in the wind to generate electricity that can then be used to pump water that can be used by both trees and people, illustrates just one example of a symbiotic existence between trees and people that allows both to grow and procreate together.

Can a 300 foot tall coast redwood generate enough electricity swaying in the wind to be worth far more to us alive than dead?

Is it possible to integrate a modern society into a redwood forest that is sustainably viable and symbiotic for both trees and people?

Can a huge decurrent oak or fig tree be harnessed to generate electricity when it moves in the wind?

I have good reasons to believe these things are quite doable, and extremely pertinent to our industry.

How about you?

jomoco
 
There is alot of concrete to bust up and planting to be done.
I hope and pray that our children will take it to the level you are describing.
Our countries where built on cutting trees down and now will be saved by planting and maintaining with a mindset that we are connected cellularly and metaphysically and to integrate as you suggest.

I think the best we can do now is
1 plant trees that at minimum provide food. pollen , Nuts and fruit is an easy sell.

2 habitat and shelter for us and wildlife

3 Soil and water protection

4 useful byproducts

A new urban planning movement is under way.
I did my final landscape architecture design based on these principles.
Big governement moves so slowly so it has to happen in our own yards and with others who feel the same way.

Here in Cambridge we have rare http://www.raresites.org/
Look for yours in your community and see what you can do to help. CONSULT VOLUNTEER TEACH etc. An extra set of hands is always welcome
 
I'm thinking a demonstration of the ability to harness a tall conifer swaying in the wind to generate electricity, and then using that electricity to pump water to the surface and distribute in a manner conducive to forest health and expansion.

All it takes is a property owner with the right trees and water table, and a little chu ching.

Anyone who's ever been up a tall conifer a couple hundred feet can truly appreciate the throw distance when the wind blows being up to twenty foot and more!

That much mass moving that far could pump a lot of water!

jomoco
 
Unfortunately the infrastructure to harness the electricity from tree movement could have negative impact on the individual tree and forest. It's worth thinking about how much benefit we already get from a mature forest, ie: carbon sequestration, climate moderation, watershed protection, etc. etc., the list of existing critical benefits is long.
-AJ
 
As opposed to harvesting the entire acreage of trees?

It's the very labor of harnessing that movement to provide a previously unavailable supply of water, as well as an optimized distribution of it, that makes optimal growth and expansion of the forest, sustainable, and repeatable.

How many wardens/people, per acre of forest, at what cost?

Modern forest communities that are sustainable into the future?

Sounds like an excellent project for Humbolt State University!

jomoco
 
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As opposed to harvesting the entire acreage of trees?

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Don't get me wrong, the way you're thinking is great. It just bugs me that the massive value of trees and forests left standing is not generally recognized.

It's unfortunate that we can only relate to forest as something to be exploited beyond the yeoman duties they are already providing to ecosystems, and to humans and other organisms dependent on healthy ecosystems for survival.

In other words we shouldn't have to say forests have to do more (supply electricity, pump water etc.) to justify their existence.

If a way can be figured out to "extract" more out of forests without damaging them, awesome. So far the human track record on that account is dismal.
-AJ
 
I think a vertically oriented community of forest dwellers who spurn the ground, or shall we say spare the ground for roots, would of necessity be in good physical shape.

I'd be willing to forgo any nongreen things like burning fossil fuels and such up to the point of letting go of my wi-fi Internet connection, that is where I'd draw the line.

Electricity is really quite natural anyway.

I'll embrace my evolutionary heritage and swing back up into the trees to find that elusive Eden of my birth!

jomoco
 
In my demographic we are just starting to think green energy. Unfortunately we are cutting trees down for solar access. I would like to see data on micro wind turbines mounted in a non-invasive (or least invasive) way to the tops of out doug firs instead of cutting them down for solar. It should be very do-able since in our area we still see old T.V. antennas and ham radio stuff in our trees every now and then.
 
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