Big Apple Trees
Tree #34: Latitude 40.738 Longitude - 74.007
Each person walking by in New York City has something in common. Their focus is either on a phone, a book or another passing stranger. Rarely do you see someone looking up at the clouds, birts or trees unless the Empire State Building or the World Trade Center is in view. When I walk the streets each tree, flower and bee has a way of capturing my attention. Those moments take be back to my natural state and remind me that we're all traveling through new and unfamiliar territory during our time on this precious planet. Whether in a remote unexplored part of the world or trekking the same domestic commute to work every day, mindful awareness and careful observation can provide an entirely new view on our passage. I have came to realize that exploration and discovery is not only significant to me but each and every person on earth as a collective community.
New York City has an estimated 5.2 million trees. New Yorkers use more than 5 billion carry out bags annually and the city spends about $10 million per year to ship 100,000 tons of plastic bags to landfills in other states. State legislators and their partners in the American Progressive Bag Alliance and the Bodega Association continue to minimize the problem so I'm attempting to map it out for them. Each tree I find trash in, I assign a number and document the global positioning coordinates after taking a photo. Our social media efforts hope to raise awareness and map out a visual of the problem that policy makers can connect with.
If this project happens to inspire one person to cut plastic consumption then I will feel that I've succeeded. Everyday we delay in removing trash from our streets and our waterways, we are doing harm to ourselves and future generations. We have to stop our reliance on single-use plastic bags, straws, plastic bottles, plastic containers and start reducing consumption and start disposing our trash properly.
Follow the project on Instagram @TheBigAppleTrees and help us by mapping a tree in need. Tag us and #bigappletrees
New York City has an estimated 5.2 million trees. New Yorkers use more than 5 billion carry out bags annually and the city spends about $10 million per year to ship 100,000 tons of plastic bags to landfills in other states. State legislators and their partners in the American Progressive Bag Alliance and the Bodega Association continue to minimize the problem so I'm attempting to map it out for them. Each tree I find trash in, I assign a number and document the global positioning coordinates after taking a photo. Our social media efforts hope to raise awareness and map out a visual of the problem that policy makers can connect with.
If this project happens to inspire one person to cut plastic consumption then I will feel that I've succeeded. Everyday we delay in removing trash from our streets and our waterways, we are doing harm to ourselves and future generations. We have to stop our reliance on single-use plastic bags, straws, plastic bottles, plastic containers and start reducing consumption and start disposing our trash properly.
Follow the project on Instagram @TheBigAppleTrees and help us by mapping a tree in need. Tag us and #bigappletrees
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