Entries for December, 2014

So I remember this story shared by Sir Joe.

It's about this place in Arizona back in 1987 where they reconstructed the Earth's ecosystem inside an approximately 1 hectare dome. Due to the "perfect" environment, the trees grew rapidly but when they reached a certain size, they would just topple over. They soon realized that they failed to recreate wind. When wind blows, a tree's natural response is to take root and therefore, make itself strong.

"Good timber does not grow with ease:
The stronger wind, the stronger trees;
The further sky, the greater length;
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow."
(3rd stanza on Good Timber poem by Douglas Malloch)

Posted by CarizzCruzem on December 2, 2014 at 09:22 AM | fly with me
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