OLD GROWTH TREES
At the University of Michigan
From http://www.ancienttreearchive.org/
From http://www.ancienttreearchive.org/
From http://www.ancienttreearchive.org/
From http://www.ancienttreearchive.org/
A proposal to combat U of M's carbon emissions by planting old growth trees in a permaculture system. We envision this to be a joint project between Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, Chiwara Permaculture and the University of Michigan
Archangel
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that locates and propagates the world’s largest and most iconic trees. They are creating living libraries of old-growth tree genetics by cloning these old growth trees through traditional and advanced horticultural propagation for the purpose of future research and functional reforestation.
Chiwara
Chiwara Permaculture L3C is a Michigan based research, education, design and incubation firm. They focus on permaculture solutions in 6 main areas: Food, Energy, Water, Building, Transportation and Waste. They combine their research work with educational programs in pursuit of innovative solutions to community problems.
U of M
The University of Michigan has set a public goal of reducing its carbon emissions by 25% below its 2006 levels by 2025. This goal has been elusive due to growth in size of the University. Currently, the University’s goals do not include carbon sequestration in their calculations, but the goals are up for revision in 2016 and could be altered to take this aspect into account.
Our 391 Team
This project is part of Environ 391: Sustainability and the Campus, a class in which students form project teams and work with local stakeholders to complete sustainability projects related to University of Michigan. Our project was proposed by Nathan Ayers, director of Chiwara Permaculture, and was backed by David Milarch of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive.