STREETREE – an ‘innovative ‘Smart City’ policy app’ by Dublin City Council, Workday Ireland and Motti Ruimy and Paul Kearns of Redrawing Project.
A bringing together of all manner of publicly available societal/environmental indicators to better identifiy where new city trees should be planted.
Bough for yiz.
(Thanks Motti)
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Where I grew up in the 80s, the newly planted saplings had to be constantly replaced due to little scumbags from nearby corporation estates coming along and breaking them. They had already broken the trees in their own areas so they branched out so to speak.
Horrible little runts who couldn’t leave anything alone. And because of those little wastes of space, whole areas around them have no mature trees.
Also, their kids are now in gangs, shooting each other.
I really hate scumbags.
And I just want to clarify, I’m talking about the scumbag elements, not the vast majority of regular decent people who lived in those corporation estates who were also the victims of these vermin.
@Tish: you’re no élitist. I think reasonable people know you weren’t having a go at everyone that lived in the estates.
Damn. I thought I was part of the ‘elite’.
Perhaps a frightful snob like me isn’t really in a position to call ‘élitist’ on anyone.
Grrrr. I just don’t understand why they need to do this.
What is your evidence that the tree-destroying scumbags were from Corporation houses? I know of one case where a privately educated boy allowed Corpo kids to take the blame for his antisocial temper tantrum. It can’t be the only one.
Believe me, they weren’t from our area.
bet it was Pa Tish staggering home on an evening
When I grew up in the 80’s they took all the trees and put them in a tree museum, Then they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ’em.
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
Bertie, did Woody Guthrie just perform a sexual act in your bottom?
Only in your daydream ahyeah.
Fish full of mercury
@Tish: I all but well up at the needless destruction of trees.
Piece of advice…don’t watch the second lord of the rings film.
It’s just not very good.
They were tears of boredom that time, in fairness.
I miss you, Mani
If there are no trees, you’re in a poor area. If there are lots of trees, you’re in a rich area (there’s a study on this already, havent time to look for it).
So, plant in the poor areas.
You’re welcome.
Surrounded by electrified razor wire….
and snipers
There’s lots of trees in Leitrim / Longford…
Inverse is true when trees outnumber people.
Did you even read the first post?
It’s Tish, so I did… but then ignored it.
You should ignore more things.
*Mr T
But which came first? Does money grow near trees?
I wouldn’t be so blacknwhite on treeless poverty and leafy “well-to-do”, There is 60 houses estate built nearby, houses are large and would cost a fortune by the looks of it. The construction company chopped all trees on site. Lovely mature trees. May be it was justified, but it looks very sad now.
All house no garden.
Let’s face it folks, trees are the least of our worries
Brilliant trees.
Niiiiiiice. Love that album.
David Sylvian? Excellent choice, I love “Red Guitar”
We should get the band back together
Agreed, but at this stage Mick Karn still looks better than me
No fishing for compliments dear!
Superb, Peter
Tress are great. Dublin City Council should plant more of them, but when Autumn comes along they should also sweep up the leaves and prevent the shores getting blocked up. At present they seem to rely on the residents to do the sweeping while the Council just supplies the blue plastic bags.
https://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/03/02/this-used-to-be-our-playground/#comment-1540120