Stumps


 This tree stump is just around the corner from school.  I think we should get it chopped down and moved to our new woodland so it can rot down and form a habitat. It looks like it must have been massive at some point and there doesn't seem to be anything similar it was never part of an avenue. Be nice to know how old it is. 

I am now working on getting positive about the trees project,  It is strange as I have become a grumpy person when it comes to climate change.  Perhaps its because I was doing projects about carbon and global warming in the early 90s and I have come to the end of things.  This does not feel like me really- I still should have some bounce left in my bungee. I have thought about what has changed for me and it relates to the scale of the actions which seem to often come down to personal decisions and the scale of the problem.  In some ways I have fallen out of love with the idea that doing something is always better than doing nothing.  I'm pretty sure it is actually these thoughts that are my problem with the trees project and they are proving stubborn to tackle.  

Our tree project though is working on a larger scale and although it has smaller parts it does link up into a broader action and a real attempt to look at things in a bigger way. There is an acknowledgment that we have to be aware of and take account of where these thoughts and actions hit home in the outside world.  So I am bringing some baggage to the project it doesn't deserve and I am trying to shed it.  

Generally I am starting to look at trees differently - I'm paying more attention.  I've always enjoyed been in woodlands and walking down leafy lanes and I'm now feeling more attuned.  Perhaps this is important and part of what our project can do and eventually scale.  I will work on it and try and be more positive and open and hopeful.

 

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  1. Kate PahlFebruary 21, 2022 at 8:46 AM

    I think for me things like the meeting with Mersey Forest and the joyful Strategy group where we shared the school projects are the wheels that keep the project turning, it is like the world turning, we are incurable optimists. Johan will set us straight.

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