In the new built areas around where we live in Shanghai, there is a lot of tree planting. It is done in a way that is quite peculiar. Large trees are cut out of the ground in one place, and then moved to the target location by truck. The trees … Continue reading
Sourdough bread is the original food upon which the Western civilization was built. The granaries of Southern Europe and North Africa supplied Phoenicians, Greek and Romans with wheat and barley that was transformed into delicious loaves of bread for the masses， to go with the games. Today, “sourdough bread” has … Continue reading
Grow your own trees! Probably the easiest way to grow your own trees is to copy a tree that you already have. Cut a nice twig, 5-10mm thick, and put it in a pot with soil. Keep moist and after ten weeks or so, your tree is growing by itself! … Continue reading
Eat a tree? Forests are fantastic for capturing sunlight and carbon dioxide, much better than any traditional agricultural cropland. Rain is absorbed and sunshine is intercepted at various levels, from the canopy down to the leaf litter on the ground. From a food point of view, it may seem scarce … Continue reading
What better way to kick off our Trees for Peace activities than to plant some trees… Each year on the 12th of March the Chinese show that they value trees by planting trees all over the country. Most Chinese have memories of doing this as school children. Also Chinese companies … Continue reading
The soil is the mother of the earth. Soil is where food comes from.Today we are destroying soils at a scale never seen before. Soil is damaged by synthetic fertilizers and insecticides, which kills the life forms in the soil, and by mechanical tilling/plowing. In the last forty years, we … Continue reading
There are many good reasons to eat more plants and less animals: Ethical – care for the animals we (do not) eat. Today there is a lot of suffering in the industrial agriculture. Little of the meat we can get in supermarkets and in restaurants comes from animals raised in … Continue reading
We can make a difference in the world. We believe that it is important to get started. Even a long journey starts with a step in your front yard. It is the same with trees. If you can, plant a tree yourself this year. Ask the local municipality, province or … Continue reading
Biodiversity is true wealth. In a more profound way than money can ever be. How can we learn to value life? We need to give habitat back to monkeys, like the Gibbon mother we saw in Khao Yai, Thailand. But also to the fungi and insects that live in the … Continue reading
Water is life. We need to take better care of the water we have. Especially sweet water. Many of the conflicts in the world today are due to water scarcity. There is a certain logic in the fact that “rival” originally meant “living along the same river” or “using the … Continue reading
