Tree Bombs

Now for my first actual post. Why is it called Tree bombs? There's two reasons: For one, I found this great article on treehugger.com (one of my favorite, and often referenced websites) that talked about repurposing old war planes for uses other than killing thousands of people (lame). One idea was to replace the actual bombs with thousands (we're talking 900 of them) of tree seeds in an effort to replant forests which have been destroyed. Although there's a few things to think about in this scenario -- mainly the biological idea of introducing non-native species and how they can literally ruin ecosystems -- there's something very cool about flying in a plane, planting 900,000 seeds, and knowing you very well have created a potential home for millions of little critters.

The second reason for Tree Bombs is because of my good and faithful friends who know I am an environmentalist (read: hipster) at heart. By connecting my general apprecaition of Mother Earth with the fact that my father is from the Middle East (read: oil and bombs) you can start to piece together the puzzle that is this blog's name. Whoa whoa whoa Chris! You're friends are ignorant!! Yes, they're pretty silly; that's why I'm trying to educate them. Hopefully with these posts my friends and all people around the world will begin to see how we can innovate, repurpose, reuse, and rediscover things about this world which we never thought possible.


Tree Bombs.