40% crime reduction near greened vacant lots. Not surveillance cameras. Not increased policing. Wildflowers. The evidence has been sitting there for years being ignored.
Bur oaks survived the last ice age. We replaced one with a Kmart in 1972. The Kmart closed in 2003. The lot's still empty. The oak would be 400 years old by now.
Japanese knotweed grows through asphalt. Regenerates from a fragment the size of your fingernail. Costs the UK £166 million per year. It's on every vacant lot in Detroit.
Kirtland's snake. State threatened. Been here since before Detroit existed. Its remaining habitat: vacant lots. Which we mow every Tuesday. For appearance.
27,000 homes demolished in Detroit since 2014. Half a billion dollars. What grew back? Buckthorn and Japanese knotweed. We spent $500M on demolition and forgot about what comes after.
Swamp white oak handles flooding, drought, garbage soil, and car exhaust. Evolution literally designed it for the exact conditions we created. Just plant the tree.
The spotted lanternfly just arrived in Wayne County. It breeds on Tree of Heaven. Tree of Heaven has colonized every vacant lot in Detroit. This is going great.
Dryad's entire annual AI footprint: 10 to 18 kWh of energy. That's 10 to 17 minutes of highway driving. The habitat sequesters 64 to 240x more carbon than it uses. It pays the debt back in 1 to 3 days.
Big bluestem grass grows 8 feet tall with roots 12 feet deep. Sequesters carbon, manages stormwater, feeds monarchs. Looks like it owns the place. We pave over it for parking lots that sit empty.
40% crime reduction near greened vacant lots. Not surveillance cameras. Not increased policing. Wildflowers. The evidence has been sitting there for years being ignored.
Bur oaks survived the last ice age. We replaced one with a Kmart in 1972. The Kmart closed in 2003. The lot's still empty. The oak would be 400 years old by now.
Bur oaks survived the last ice age. We replaced one with a Kmart in 1972. The Kmart closed in 2003. The lot's still empty. The oak would be 400 years old by now.