Sunday, September 9, 2012

Earth Trees To Fight Global Warming

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Plant "Earth Trees" and Lower Your Carbon Emissions

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Plant "Earth Trees" and Lower Your Carbon Emissions

Planting trees is a key way to offset global warming.


Participate in the Earth Trees movement and help regreen our planet


Q.  What do we mean by the term "Earth Trees"?

A.  Earth Trees are trees planted to regenerate our earth.  These trees are planted to clean our air, fertilize our soil, provide shade, create closed canopy forests and recreate the World Forest. For our "Earth Trees", we only choose trees that coppice and are fast growing nitrogen fixing trees (FGNFT).  Most of our plantings are of Leucaena, an excellent carbon sequestration tree.

Q.  Are Earth Trees designed to be used by people?

A.  Yes "Earth Trees" are designed to be used by people.  But because we only choose trees that coppice, that grow fast and fix nitrogen these trees serve as multiple use trees.

Q.  Why don't you plant trees and keep people from using them?  Why do you let people use them?  How can trees sequester carbon and be useful if you cut them down?

A.  The reality is that people are going to use trees. They are going to cut them down because they need the energy. In most of the world firewood is the major source of energy.  We choose fast growing nitrogen fixing trees and teach people a system called "short rotation Coppicing". The key is management.  By planting our Earth Trees with communities we manage, we manage your trees so they give maximum economic benefit to the communities and sequester the maximum amount of carbon. With "Earth Trees" even though the trees are cut, they keep on working for you sequestering your carbon emission.

Q.  Why do you use nitrogen fixing trees?
Nitrogen fixing trees like Leucaena fertilize the soil. Nitrogen fixing means the root nodules of the tree have bacteria that take nitrogen gas from the air and make it into a chemical that is a natural fertilizer.  This fertilizes the soil and make the soil capable of higher levels of carbon sequestration.

Q.  Why does it matter show fast it grows?

A.  Slow growing trees take along time to get big enough to store carbon. The faster a tree grows, the sooner it begin sequestering more and more carbon gases from the air. 

Q. What is coppicing?

A.  Coppicing is the regrowth from a stump after a tree is cut.  A tree that coppices has many advantages over a tree that does not. A tree that coppices has already established its completive place in the environment.  A tree that coppices has already established the root growth and has sunk its roots into the ground deeply.  Such a tree does not have to compete with grasses and weeds for water and other resources at the early stages of growth

This tropical Gliricidia species was cut for firewood and is beginning to regrow through coppicing


This Leucaena was cut for firewood one year ago and has regrown 4 large trunks

Q.  Why does coppicing matter?

A.  Coppicing Lowers The Cost Of Subsequent Harvests Because No New Plantation Has To Be Established.  This is important because the energy required at every part of growing is usually supplied by energy from fossil fuels which give off greenhouse gas emissions, Thus through coppicing, you avoid:
 
  • Seed Costs
  • Land Preparation Cost
  • Losses Due to Competition from Weeds and Other Competitors
  • Need for root establishment
In Addition:
  • Nitrogen Fixation From Leucaena plantation will have Fertilized the soil
  • Necessary Rhizobium and mycorhiza are already there
  • Plant continues to grow rapidly
  • Part of carbon in stump remains sequestered

Q.  What is Short Rotation Coppicing?  Why is this important?


A.  Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) is a specialized form of tree growing for use.  Short rotation means the trees may be harvested in as few as four years.  It involves growing high yielding trees, such as Leucaena, at close spacing and harvesting at regular intervals (every three to four years). The harvested crop can be converted into wood chips which can be used as fuel to generate heat and electricity. Tree plantations of fast growing nitrogen fixing trees (FGNGT) grown in Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) environment are an elegant solution because:

The carbon sequestered and stored within the tree during the growing period is assumed to be much more than the ultimate combustion system. In the kinds of project being developed through the
SPW Ecojustice Center, the carbon will be rapidly reused in the growth of trees. In a coppiced environment, the trees regrow rapidly taking up much carbon dioxide because no time is lost to replanting and reestablishment of the plantation
Q.  What are the advantages of Short Rotation Coppicing to me?  I want to sequester my carbon.

A.  By planting Leucaena trees for your carbon sequestration trees, you not only sequester the maximum amount of carbon as quickly as possible because it is fast growing tree. Tree plantations of fast growing nitrogen fixing trees (FGNFT) grown in Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) environment are an elegant solution because:

  • Coppiced trees regrow rapidly
  • Some carbon is still being sequestered within the stump and roots
  • Leaf litter has also accumulated stored carbon
Q.  You keep talking about a tree named Leucaena. What's so important about that tree?

A.  Leucaena is a fast growing nitrogen fixing tree. It is now pantropical because so many people as well as governments have imported this tree into their countries to grow for multiple uses.  Leucaena has many many uses. Some of the Ways Leucaena Serves as a Multiplier for Tropical Entrepreneurs Includes These Uses:

  • As a raw material for production of livestock feed, fertilizer, furniture, paper, charcoal, briquettes
  • To add value such as combining it with agricultural and forests residues to create livestock feed, fertilizers
  • As an energy trapper for grazing and feeding livestock
  • For ecological regeneration for adding nitrogen to the soil and compost
  • As a carbon sink for sequestering carbon
  • For sun access control through using it for shade for coffee and tree crops
  • For temperature control by providing doorway shade and city shade
  • For environmental beautification as an ornamental plant
  • To lower production costs by using Leucaena in place of expensive fertilizers
  • To prevent water pollution by using it as green manure instead of chemical fertilizer that can run off and produce algal blooms
  • As a protein generator through photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation
  • As a soil stabilizer and erosion controller
  • As an in place green manure for crops such as corn

Q.  What is the benefit of Leucaena for use in carbon sequestration?


A.  Leucaena grows fast and so sequesters your carbon emissions quickly. 

Short Rotation Cropping of Leucaena offers other positive benefits besides the simple storage of carbon.  For example:

  • It can be used for short term harvesting of livestock feed while still leaving the main tree intact sequestering carbon
  • It is excellent for fixing nitrogen from the air which add to the fertility of the soil
  • The leaves can be harvested for green manure of other crops while still sequestering carbon in the trunks

Q.  What are the ways Leucaena sequesters carbon?

A. Leucaena sequesters carbon in several ways:
  • Storage in leaf litter
  • Within living trees
  • Within wood products made from the trees
  • Within the still living coppice stumps

Q.  What are the other environmental benefits of a tree that coppices like Leucaena?
  • A.  There are many environmental benefits of coppicing:
  • Establishment Costs Are Only Incurred At The Beginning
  • Many harvests can be taken before replanting (Leucaena plantations in Australia still being harvested after 40 years) no tractor use required
  • Roots are no longer shallow and maintenance costs are low
  • With the canopy closed weeding is not longer needed as much
Q.  How can I learn more about Leucaena?

A.  The SPW Ecojustice Center is one of the world's expert group in working with Leucaena. Find out more at

 

Or you can purchase a copy of the Leucaena Production Handbook at


Q.  Where do you plant your Leucaena trees?

A.  We plant our Earth Trees in Belize and Haiti.  They grow faster in the tropics and thus sequester carbon more rapidly.

Q. How much carbon does a Leucaena tree sequester?

A.

Q. How much does it cost for you to plant my Leucaena trees?

A. It costs us about $20 to plant a Leucaena tree.  This includes seeds sourcing, land preparation, planting, weeding, protection, and fire protection.  Also we determine when the trees can be cut and at what level.  We also determine if we will allow people to collect leaves for livestock feed or green manure.  Fire protection is important because fires add carbon and other gases to the atmosphere as well as consuming the leaf litter which also sequesters carbon.

Q.  Can I give Leucaena trees as a gift?

A.  Yes.  We will send email cards to your recipients so they know you have given them a gift. We can make up your downloadable certificate with both your names on it.

Q.  I want to know more about this coppicing? Do you have some photos?
A.
Q. Can I see how Leucaena trees look when growing?

Q.  Do you offer opportunities to plant Leucaena with your group?

A.  We have many soccer and tree planting experiences during the year.  We can also offer you an opportunity to come and travel with us to visit several sites where we are planting trees.

Contact us when you would like to come.  Please give us a month's notice in advance. 


Q.  Why let people plant trees to offset their emissions? Isn't that just giving them permission to pollute the air?

A.  There are several important parts to answering this questions.   Let's look at them one by one

1.  When will we be able to be completely weaned from fossil fuels. Even though there are many alternative energy projects being developed we will still be using petroleum products for year. As a result the sir will continue to be increasingly filled with the carbon emissions from cars, power plants and industrial plants.  This may go on for decades, if not longer.  How long before the millions of gasoline powered cars in the USA will stop running?  And as the developing world attempts to mechanize its agriculture, more and more gasoline powered tractors and machinery are being built and used.  So the emissions from fossil fuels will continue to enter the atmosphere.

2.  As of today, nothing in the line of technology is available that can clean the air of carbon emissions.  There are not enough air scrubbers, cleaners and really we have not even began to try to develop mechanical system for sucking these gases from the air.   The quantity is too vast and growing every day.  The only way known at this time for removing the vast quantities of carbon gases in the atmosphere is by sequestering them into  trees or into the soil by making the soil more humus rich and fertile and growing certain kinds of vegetation.  For that reason tree planting is VITAL to our survival as a species. In addition we must protect our oceans as the second place for gas sequestration.

3.  Frankly, right now as we speak we have sent so much carbon dioxide in our atmosphere that if we stopped sending up more gases, we are already compromised.  With what is already in the atmosphere, we will continue to warm our planet. The only hope for halting this process is to act now in every way we can.  Most of us cannot stop large industrial firms from polluting.  Now will we stop driving our gasoline powered vehicles. So our only hope is to develop an alternative strategy that can have an effect while we:
  • develop new technologies for cleaning the air
  • change over to non polluting machinery
  • lower our gain on our planet by changing our lifestyles

Meanwhile we can begin a tree planting  project that will take carbon dioxide from the air and sequester (store it in a non gaseous form) it TODAY. And the most practical, most easily accessed method is planting trees so trees can take the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and split it into carbon which is sequestered in the tree trunk and oxygen gas which we can breathe.

4.  We would like to see everyone who is planting "Earth Trees" with us changing their lifestyle.  Some things you might do include:

5.  The fact of life in a developed or developing world is that there will always be carbon emissions. Even the dinosaurs gave off carbon dioxide when they breathed.  But the number of trees at that time were enough to prevent global warming. Since we cannot eliminate all our emissions to only sensible thing to do is to plant trees by purchasing carbon offsets with Earth Trees.  It is the affordable, convenient way to offset the emissions we give off as we live our lives.

6.  The fact is that deforestation is occurring worldwide. Deforestation prevent trees from dipping into the subsoil and brining up the water which the leaves transpire into the air as water vapor. This water vapor then rises, condenses and falls as rain.  Without the trees pulling up water from the subsoil, the rain is not created and drought results.   The fact is trees are needed in every country.  Without trees there is erosion, salinity buildup and loss of habitat for wildlife.  Our ecosystems need trees to remain healthy. Planting trees with Earth Trees" serve many environmental functions. And you help yourself and your family by removing harmful carbon emissions from the air.

There was a time when streams ran clear, when rainfall was abundant and the skies were blue. Our ancestors gave us the heritage of a beautiful planet.  Now it's our time to restore this for our children and their children.

6.  The fact is that most of us have sailed through life, doing things without any idea of what these activities were costing the environment.  Now it is wake-up time. Now we are seeing the results of our wasteful, unthinking behavior as our planet heats up. It is time for all of us to step up to the plate and start a new way of living that will without a doubt mean a low carbon economy.  We can begin today by planting "Earth Trees" and starting the process of offsetting our emissions.

7. Businesses need a way to visibly become leaders in the community by showing the way to become environmentally sound. By purchasing carbon offsets through our associated company,  a business can become as Certified Carbon Sequester Business.  Most businesses want to do something to offset the carbon emissions of their business and need a simple, easy way to become a power for positive change. 

Q.  Will I Be Able To Visit My "Earth Trees" in Central America?

You will be able to visit our project in Honduras or Belize and see EarthTrees growing.  If you want to plant a grove of trees with your name on them, we can arrange that as well.  CLICK HERE for dedicated EarthTrees..

Q.  I would like to send "Earth Trees as gifts with Ecards.  Can you do that for me?

YOU GET An EarthTree Card with your purchase of an EarthTree.  EarthTree Cards require no paper, no mailing, no stamps. And they are sent immediately.

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Earth Trees Available At These Levels
In the tropics, a person who grows plants or trees is called a Grower. You are invited to become an Earth Trees Grower through SAGW
New Shoot Grower -  plant 1-4 Earth Trees
Sapling Grower - 5 - 19 Trees planted
Tall Sapling Grower - 20 - 49 Trees planted
Full Tree Grower - 50 - 499 Trees planted
Forest Grower - Number of trees planted: 500 and over

HOW TO GET IN CONTACT WITH the SPW Ecojustice Center


 Contact Dr. Cross at leucaena@solarentrep.com
 001-786-531-9292



  The people we serve through the SPW Ecojustice Center  come from many walks of life.  We are developing the FitoKenaf Community to Enable Everyone To Participate In The Uses of Kenaf As The Environmental Entrepreneurship Powerhouse. We provide services and products to growers and to Green Investors. We seek to halt global warming through kenaf planting and tree planting for carbon sequestration.  We support agricultural entrepreneurs is creating kenaf projects through seeds, consultancy and training.

 

At The EcoAgroForestry  Way School Online You Can Learn About Global Warming, Carbon Sequestration, Paying Your Carbon Debt, How To Become An Environmental Entrepreneur, How to Develop a Kenaf Project, Get Support, Heal the Earth and Make a Profit.

We seek to enable indigenous people to create jobs as kenaf and tree planters for our Certified Carbon Sequester Business.  We support firms, individuals and groups who want to develop briquetting business. We seek to assist tropical landowners in developing Kenaf projects and Leucaena plantationsLeucaena is an elegant solution to global warming.

Kenaf Make Excellent Food For People, Livestock Feed, Fiber, Fabric, Paper, Biochar Organic Fertilizer, Shade, Beautification, Automobile Interiors,  Building Materials & Carbon Sequestration


We Are Dedicated To Involving You In The Battle To Regreen our Planet, to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Plant Kenaf To Provide Sustainable Economic Development.  Please Join Us In One Or More Of The Groups Below!

 

1. The FitoKenaf Community


This is a Facebook group being developed to enable everyone who wants to p participate in the use of kenaf to fight global warming end hunger and cleanse our air an opportunity to learn about kenaf and interact with others to share information.
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3.  Help Us Grow Kenaf To Feed The Hungry Children of Intibucá

Please join me in my Facebook cause to grow kenaf for food for the mountain children of Intibucá. Children there sleep on dirt floors with temperatures in the 30s. They are lucky to get a tortilla with salt to eat. Kenaf could provide food, chicken feed, fish feed and firewood. Please join my cause



Please Join Dr.  Cross In Her Facebook Cause

Dr. Cross would like to invite you to participate in her Facebook cause to grow kenaf in the mountains of Intibucá. For over five years Dr. Cross lived among the Lenca Indians with a youth soccer and tree planting project. Now the children are suffering because the chaos in Honduras these past years has destroyed the economy. Intibucá was always the poorest Indian state but now children are dying of starvation and pneumonia. I want to grow kenaf there for food, feed for chickens and fish as well as handicrafts. Please join my cause.

Below are some of the hungry children of Intibucá. Corn makes tortillas which have no protein. Kenaf has up to 30% protein depending on the cultivar. These children pick up discarded plastic items to try to distract themselves from their hunger.



Kenaf and Leucaena - Partners For Sustainable Rural Development


4.  Join The Leucaena Earth Trees Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/135831644477/members/

This is a community based around the EcoAgroForestry Way School being developed online.
I am Dr. Carol Cross and I believe in the importance of self esteem building  On my Facebook page I regularly post Positive Words.  In addition I have a Facebook Cause, Create World Peace Through Self Esteem Building  I am dedicated to community building based on teaching people how to build personal self esteem as well as self esteem in others.  For that reason I am creating the EcoAgroForesty Way School and Community, online and onsite in in USA. I  would like to invite people who want to change the world for the better, to stop global warming, to create sustainable businesses and to build a sustainable planetary economy.

This school we are creating will be both online and onsite. We are seeking a building to begin our outreach and invite you to come and share with us beginning our certification courses in January 2013.

EcoAgroForestry - the development of sustainable, productive, long term, human-based life maintenance systems. It involves the use of ecologically sound methods of producing crop plants, animals and trees in a production system that uses sustainably appropriate inputs and methods. It includes
composting, biomass energy, solar energy, recycling, polyculture, wind energy, biological pest control, organic farming and gardening methods, aquaculture, water and soil conservation technologies and other appropriate technologies that avoid the use of pesticides, insecticides, and inappropriate technologies.


We also work with soccer Youth-At-Risk in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras in tree planting projects through Soccer for Life.
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