Cloning trees to stop global warming! Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is a non profit organization that creates clones of ancient trees and uses them for the purpose of functional forestation. They are doing their part to stop deforestation and fight global warming by planting these cloned trees in different area across the planet. They are also preserve some of the oldest living things on the planet for future generations as well!
posted by Mastercheddaar
on Mar 14, 2011 -
63 comments
Greetings from the Twine Ball, wish you were here: "But you can't see out of the side of the car, because the windows are completely covered with the decals of all the places where we've already been: there's
Elvis-O-Rama, the
Tupperware Museum, the
Boll Weevil Monument, and
Cranberry World, the
Shuffleboard Hall Of Fame,
Poodle Dog Rock, and the
Mecca of Albino Squirrels. We've been to ghost towns, theme parks, wax museums, and
a place where you can drive through the middle of a tree ... "
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posted by WCityMike
on Jul 8, 2010 -
41 comments
The
tree of Ténéré was the most isolated tree in the world. Standing
there in the Sahara Desert, it had once been part of a
lush and populated forest, but as fortunes changed and other trees disappeared, it stood alone in a barren desert, 120 miles from any other tree, an isolated landmark for caravan routes for hundreds for years (
1,
2,
3,
4).
Until...
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posted by twoleftfeet
on May 10, 2010 -
38 comments
Get a glass of Harvey's Bristol Cream, put on some funky 1970's music, sit back, and feast your eyes on some glorious
Wood Porn! (SFW) "Oh, baby, you got some great vascular cambium!" "Yeah, that is some hard oak, drill me, baby!"
posted by Drasher
on Nov 15, 2009 -
34 comments
The Eco Zoo - some amazing Japanese 3D Flash. If you take a close look at the animals there... you might be able to get some tips to live in a more environmentally friendly way!
posted by Artw
on Sep 13, 2008 -
13 comments
Witness trees
teach us about presettlement landscapes,
surveying methods and
Native American art forms. Witness trees
inspire us,
hide in plain sight, have
free parking,
become forgotten and sometimes
become tables. Witness trees are protected
by law and sometimes
by signs, but not protected
from stupidity. Photos:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5
posted by jessamyn
on Sep 3, 2007 -
19 comments
The Circus Trees of Axel Erlandson: In the 1920s Erlandson observed the natural grafting of two sycamores, became inspired, and then fused 4 sycamore saplings into his first successful experiment - a cupola that he named "Four Legged Giant". Using his own techniques, Erlandson went on to fashion zigzags, birdcages, chairs, towers, hearts, loops, baskets, rings, lightning bolts, towers, picture frames, ladders, and spiral staircases by painstakingly threading saplings together. His trees appeared often in Ripley's Believe it or Not during the 40s and 50s.
Click,
click,
click.
posted by iconomy
on Aug 27, 2003 -
21 comments
Happy Earth Day. We probably need an all-encompassing post. So post your links here. Find local events
here and
here (hint: they're not all taking place today, many are this upcoming weekend). Do something for the future generations.
posted by Ufez Jones
on Apr 22, 2003 -
18 comments
Moon Trees - Trees grown from seeds that went to the moon on the first manned mission, including their seedlings and offshoots. Most of them are marked with plaques, but it's only now that an official record is being recreated after they'd been giving them out willy nilly for decades - heh. There might be a moon tree in your very own town square! Click
here to see the list compiled so far.
(via Wren's Nest)
posted by thunder
on Aug 16, 2002 -
21 comments
