Yesterday, I went on a "Leaf" Tree Tour. Leaf is an amazing organization dedicated to preserving the urban forest. www.leaftoronto.org/
I had replied to a call for submissions for environmental art, and they invited me to attend the tour. I learned that I really don't know much about trees, and neither do most people, to the detriment of the trees. It was a fantastic tour. I think the highlight for me was when the guide picked up the corner of the "mulch" the tree was planted in and it was actually a rubber matt. You can buy them at garden centres so that it looks like you have mulch but you don't have to do the work of really keeping mulch. They are marketed as eco-conscious because they are made from recycled materials, but as our guide Todd said so eloquently "Much gives the tree precious minerals and nutrients and a rubber matt does not."
I was talking to some people about the no garbage project and getting excited again. I am soon switching this blog to word press where it will be easier to navigate. You will be able to search by subjects, so that you don't have to go through 112 entries to find out how to keep racoons out of your garden or what not. I have already come up against two road blocks though: the little plastic piece that comes off of the reusable milk bottles, and stickers from fruit and veg. Maybe it is impossible to totally eliminate garbage, unless you are on a farm. I wonder what I can make from little plastic circles and fruit stickers.... maybe a beautiful broach?