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Lumin tears and human technology grow trees

We need to grow trees, not just plant them

‘All the lumins were crying; it was their instinctive and habitual response to every report of a wounded, burned, or dying tree.

‘No,’ Ottilyn groaned, ‘I had to tell you, but please, stop. Every single one of your tears is a precious resource for trees. You must not waste them. You know, if you allow this to become an Anguish, your tears will take many lunar cycles to regenerate. ‘ from Chapter 9, the Dark Dominion, Min Barklin and the Silver Radiants

SAD FACT:  It is one thing to plant trees and another to make sure trees grow.

The planet needs trees that will grow into their full majesty to help sequester tons of carbon dioxide from the air.

When you plant a tree in your garden you’re there to water and feed it.  But, when trees are planted in their millions in harsh desert like environments, they often die long before they have a chance to send their roots down in search of water.

They don’t have lumin tears either that magically ensure that they are nourished as they grow.

For us humans/gawples, it’s wonderful to know that a very clever company, Land Life based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands has come up with a solution.

They describe themselves as achieving ‘technology driven reafforestation at scale.’

Apart from using drones to better survey damaged landscapes, they’ve created a recycled, cardboard seed cocoon to provide 3 months of water and the right nutrients to help trees grow in harsh climates.  The video shows how it works.

GLAD FACT: The cocoon boosts trees survival from 10 to 90 per cent, while reducing irrigation from 1,500 to 37 litres per tree.  Then it bio-degrades when the job is done.

How brilliant is that?

One of their projects, dear to our hearts, is in our home state, Victoria, Australia.

Land Life are working to restore historic Aboriginal land and wildlife habitat in a badly eroded landscape as a result of the gold rushes in the 1850’s.

This degradation threatens wildlife, including the Powerful owls, and the culture and livelihood of the Aboriginal tribes local to the area.

Land Life’s project grows trees successfully, which will halt soil erosion and create healthy eco-systems to support the original bio-diversity of the area.

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Watch this video and share this truly groundbreaking, but simple technology to grow trees effectively in arid conditions

Then share it as a good news story.

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Min is an anxious teenager, and a rare Intuitor who is troubled by the foresight she feels in her wings. She lives in a suburban garden gumtree, with her clan, un-noticed by the human occupants of the house.
A mysterious messenger, arrives to tells them agents of the Dark Dominion, are behind the fires raging everywhere. And that, the Greater Good has chosen Min to join a select band to save the ancient silver radiant forest and its eco-system.
Bewildered, Min reluctantly accepts the challenge.
On the journey, as Min and her companions are confronted by sometimes life-threatening experiences, she must quickly learn her skills; just as young people must harness theirs for a future they cannot predict.
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Publishing update

29 09 22

Min Barklin and the Silver Radiants has now submitted to three agents, one in the UK, one in the USA and one in Canada.  Waiting with all fingers and toes crossed.

Will let you know how I go, Sandy (Author)

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