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In Search Of The Old Ones: Where To Find The World’s Longest-Lived Trees. The famed tree of Sycamore Gap in England was cut down after growing there for around 200 years – but this is just rustle of a leaf compared to the lives of some woody plants. When it comes to trees, there are many ways of being old, and many ways of measuring and valuing oldness. The sycamore that stood in a gap in Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, England, was “only” about 200 years old when last month it met a violent end. But the grief about its felling speaks to longer time frames. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ev66jAcN #stumpremoval #stumpgrinding #stumpgrindingservices #treeservicedurham #treeremovalraleigh #treeservicecary #treecareexperts #stumpgrindingraleigh #TreeCareProfessionals #treeservice #treeservices #trees

Public engagement discuss…. I’m asking the question here of the engaged professionals on LinkedIn. Having heard from tree officers and arboriculturists about the thousands of enquires that they get from the public wanting trees removed because of perceived threats or experienced nuisance; Having tried to facilitate consultation processes around trees where the parties had no desire to allow space in their own minds to comprehend one another’s drivers, needs or perceptions; Having met with members of the public, protesting about a felled tree who said to me “I want to make the tree consultant feel the pain that I feel”; But also having been involved with and seen brilliantly successful tree schemes that have engaged the public and delivered for everyone; I photographed this tree today with a paradigm in my head of what story it would tell. However, it turns out that it tells a slightly different story than is implied by my preceding list. But I’ll share that later, for now I am interested in people’s thoughts… #trees #treeplanting #publicengagement #protest #council #streets #streettrees #arboriculture #vandalism #treeofficer #iliketreesbut

There are two ways to view streetscape trees. On the one hand, the streetscape is a public space, and the trees planted there belong to the entire community and are a valuable public resource, no different than the trees planted in a neighborhood park. In that regard, no resident has a right to damage or remove a public tree, they don’t get a veto over public green space. The other way of looking at this is that a tree planted in a sidewalk tree pit or planting strip in front of someone’s house also impacts those residents. A sound community engagement approach centers the residents of a community and cedes a degree of decision-making to the community. There are valid arguments for both approaches. In my experience, engaging with stakeholders, and getting buy in from the residents who are directly impacted by trees is a better approach. It is far better to engage with stakeholders, and perhaps plant a few less trees, and have buy-in and support from the neighborhood. The trees planted will be wanted and better cared for than those that are arbitrarily planted without community support.

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"What’s the difference between conventional burial and green burial? Conventional burial often: 🕊️ Takes place in a cemetery that requires the use of a wood or metal casket to enclose the deceased 🕊️ Involves embalming the deceased (even though it is not mandatory) 🕊️ Includes placing a grave liner or vault over the casket before the final burial 🕊️ Uses individual headstones to mark the grave Green burial has 5 essential principles: 🍃 No embalming, opting instead for natural body care only 🍃 Direct earth burial 🍃 Ecological restoration and conservation 🍃 Communal memorialization 🍃 Optimizing land use Green burial also takes place in cemeteries that have achieved an official green burial designation. A key component of this practice is to protect and preserve burial grounds, ensuring that the site will never be repurposed and that the ecosystem that evolves there will be protected 🌿 KORU is proud to be one of a select number of funeral homes that meet the criteria for providing green funeral service by the Green Burial Council." #deathcare #deathpositive #ecofriendly #womenled #local #vancouver #deathdoula #communitydeathcare #womenledbusiness #homedeath #deathpositive #smallbusinessbc #funeraldirector #localbusiness #futureoffuneral #greenburial

Learn about Homecoming columbaria in this interview with Carly Schorman, president of Homecoming, as an affordable option for cemeteries to address the growing cremation rate. Recorded at #NFDA2023

Fact: Elevators recall and cannot be used by building occupants during a fire alarm emergency. During this time, those who are unable to use the stairs to evacuate are stuck. Below is how we provide emergency communication systems for rescue assistance.