Someone is saving ‘valuable’ trees at UBC.\u00a0 According to UBC’s community planning page:<\/p>\n
Valuable trees were recently rescued during a demolition project on UBC\u2019s Vancouver campus. Two buildings\u2014Earth and Ocean Sciences East Building and the Engineering Annex Building\u2014were knocked down in preparation for the construction of the Earth Systems Science Building (ESSB) at 2219 Main Mall. When Dean Gregory, landscape architect at Campus and Community Planning, realized that a group of Japanese Maple trees and various shrubs were at risk during the demolition, he brokered a deal that would see the plants ultimately replanted at South Campus. (read on<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is, clearly, an important thing to be doing.\u00a0 It might, however, obscure all of the ‘non-valuable’ trees that have been and continue to be removed (what’s happening to the trees at Fairview and Westebrook <\/a>in East Campus, for example).\u00a0 There’s a long list of trees that have been cleared without ceremony across campus.<\/p>\n
Once, during a planning workshop, I suggested that there be a biomass replacement policy.\u00a0 That is, for each cubic meter of wood fibre removed from campus an equivalent volume be replanted somewhere.\u00a0 The president of UBC Properties Trust was present.\u00a0 At first he seemed to be in agreement.\u00a0 Then, as the implication dawned he quickly revised and said that UBC has a tree replacement policy.\u00a0 That is, for each tree removed, another tree is planted in it’s place.\u00a0 Not quite the same thing, but at least it’s a nice idea . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Someone is saving ‘valuable’ trees at UBC.\u00a0 According to UBC’s community planning page: Valuable trees were recently rescued during a demolition project on UBC\u2019s Vancouver campus. Two buildings\u2014Earth and Ocean Sciences East Building and the Engineering Annex Building\u2014were knocked down … Continue reading