Tree Hugger
I watched something on TV about various beneficial effects trees have on a city, and it was really fascinating how much trees can do to help a city. Here are some of the things they do ...
http://www.americanforests.org/graytogreen/energy
I think the above link just talks mainly about how trees can lower a city's electric bill, but the special I watched on TV that time showed a lot of other ways trees can help and improve a city (well, they are nice to look at for one).
Anyway, I looked up tree-planting programs in Austin to see if there were any programs in place, and of course there are (Austin is pretty nature-friendly). One that caught my eye was Tree Folks.
Tree Folks helps plant trees in Austin and the surrounding area. They do other stuff besides that, but that was enough to make me want to donate some money to them. If you live in Austin, and you want to keep seeing signs of nature downtown and throughout the area, you may want to donate some money to them.
http://www.treefolks.org/store_donate.asp
I don't have that much money to donate, but I try to give a little here and there. I also donate to the Alzheimer's Association and Barack Obama's campaign.
Here is a Tori Amos song that I was listening to today. It's pretty cool (and old). The ending of it is the beginning of the song, "Horses", from her album, Boys For Pele (which was the first Tori Amos album I ever bought).
Tori Amos - Fire-Eater's Wife/Beauty Queen (demo)
Comments
They also give away free small trees every year, and you can go get them at the county extension, and plant them on your own land, when we lived in our home, before we bought this town-house, I went and got some, and planted 8 in our yard, they all lived, and did well- and are tall now, and thriving over at the old home place. Those trees are about 15 years old now.
Have a great day tomorrow Mark :)