And I know, I shouldn't. Why? Because we asked the carpenter across the street from work to try and build the Donations box, I created. A really basic design based on my lunchbox, I hope it will help raise some money to bring the company out of obscurity.
Funny thing: yesterday, I was asked what I was doing in Ireland and got a quizzical look, when I mentioned the name of the NGO. And I had to say: "Yeah, that look explains half their issues: noone has ever heard of them."
Additionally, I started a powerpoint presentation on why current logging practices are not very sustainable. Aparently, I need to present that thing to a number of influental people in our target area towards the end of my time here.
It's a bit of a scary thought. I could bore them to tears with scientific and environmental facts, or I could go all layman and present it all like a clown-entertainer. As always, the middle seems to be the best option. Obviously.
But how do I present my message convincingly.... maybe, a testrun or some editing by a professional will help.
To meet popular demands for more pics, here are some:
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| James Joyce, another one of the Irish Dead Poets' Society |
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| Memorial of Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, a Republican group (meaning anti- British) |
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| This is what they do to their trees- no wonder, they have to fell them after very few years |
Well, dinner, then maybe talk to the family and watching a movie. And, eventually, calling it a day. That's the plan. Timing, though, is of the essence, yet very uncertain.
Do you mean because they encase them in cement? or what? that they have to be felled early...
ReplyDeleteYepp, if you put them in cement, the roots and eventually the trunks themselves have nowhere to "grow", turning up the sidewalks, cracking them etc. That means, they need to be cut. But trees in a street add to the value of that street. Many reasons: the residential area looks well kept, and the bills for AC and heating go down. I read if only 10% more trees per town would be planted, the average temp would go down by 3 to 4 °C.
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