[CANUFNET] Social innovation & Entrepreneurship in Green Care

Tue May 26 14:25:07 EDT 2020

Hello
My opinion is that asexuation I’m not a feasible life pattern for any living plant

Elaine

Confidentialité:
Ce document est destiné uniquement à la personne ou à la société à laquelle il est envoyé. Le contenu de l’information est
confidentiel et ne peut pas être lu, ni partagé, ni communiqué.

Le 26 mai 2020 à 13:36, Devisscher, Tahia via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net<mailto:canufnet at list.web.net>> a écrit :

Dear colleagues,

I’m writing to you because we need your opinion to better understand how widespread Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Green Care initiatives are, and what you consider are the most relevant training needs.

By completing the following questionnaire, you will help our Green4C team develop targeted opportunities to address those needs. These opportunities will include online training courses, hackathons and a business accelerator course. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE ‘GREEN CARE TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT’ QUESIONNAIRE -> https://www.greenforcare.eu/

[https://www.greenforcare.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/green4c-multicolored.jpg]<https://www.greenforcare.eu/>
Green4C<https://www.greenforcare.eu/>
www.greenforcare.eu<http://www.greenforcare.eu>
The project aims at increasing Europe’s innovation capacity among universities and businesses to promote green and natural approaches to health and social care.
Green4C is a three-year (2020-2023) Erasmus+ learning and exchange project that aims to contribute to the development of Green Care entrepreneurial opportunities that focus on health, wellbeing and social inclusion through nature-based solutions.

Green4C is promoted by The University of Padova and Etifor in partnership with Meath Partnership, Elevate, The Universitatea Transilvania in Brasov, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Bundesamt für Wald, European Forest Institute, Wageningen University and Research, Forest Design, The University of British Columbia, and The University College Dublin.

Many thanks in advance for your support filling out the survey and helping us to spread it widely,

Tahia

Tahia Devisscher, PhD, MSc
Postdoctoral Research & Teaching Fellow
Department of Forest Resources Management
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS<https://cirs.ubc.ca/>)
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
2260 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (<http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/community-youth/musqueam-and-ubc/>Musqueam<https://indigenous.ubc.ca/indigenous-engagement/musqueam-and-ubc/>) Territory

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.”  - Chief Seattle

________________________________
From: CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces at list.web.net<mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net>> on behalf of Greg King via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net<mailto:canufnet at list.web.net>>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7:28 AM
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
Cc: Greg King
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Tree "Sexism" in Canada: Call for information & thoughts

Hi all,

Just a quick FYI that the article written by Ally Hirschlag for the Guardian about male trees and allergies, for which there was a informational request sent to CANUFNET back in March, was published on May 16. Here is a direct link:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/16/how-urban-planners-preference-for-male-trees-has-made-your-hay-fever-worse

Kind regards,

Greg

On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 08:04, Rebecca Seltzer via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net<mailto:canufnet at list.web.net>> wrote:
Hello everyone,

We at Tree Canada just received some questions from a reporter at the Guardian, and I thought it would be good to share with the wider urban forestry community. Please do contact Ally Hirschlag directly with your comments.

Context:
“Male trees are cleaner and easier to manage than female trees. Unlike their female counterparts, distinctly male plants produce pollen but do not produce seeds, pods and fruit, which fall to the ground and create mess. Female trees also attract pests, including bees, because they provide a source of food.” Source<https://globalnews.ca/news/5403667/botanical-sexism-climate-change-asthma-allergies/>

“Commercial horticulture produces vast numbers of all-male clonal selections from dioecious plants […] Close to 100% of all the ash (Fraxinus), poplar (Populus), pistache (Pistacia), bay laurel (Laurus), junipers (Juniperus), willows (Salix), gingko tree (Gingko), Griselinia (Griselinia), mulberries (Morus), yellowwood (Podocarpus), locust (Gleditsia) and logwoods (Xylosma) sold are clonal males.” Source<https://books.google.ca/books?redir_esc=y&id=pAJCDwAAQBAJ&q=clonal+males#v=snippet&q=clonal%20males&f=false>

The questions:

  *   In Canada, has there been a significant proportion of entirely male trees or male clones planted in urban areas? Why has this trend been perpetuated?
  *   Has this caused an uptick in pollen dispersal in urban communities?
  *   Do you know of specific communities in Canada looking to lower their pollen count by adding more female trees and/or less allergy-causing pollinators?
  *   What else are communities in Canada doing to combat worsening allergies in urban or suburban areas due to high tree pollen counts?
Contact information:
Ally Hirschlag
ally.hirschlag at gmail.com<mailto:ally.hirschlag at gmail.com>
2013144322

Thank you all!

[TreeCanada Logo]
Rebecca Seltzer
Program Assistant | Assistante de Programme
treecanada.ca<http://treecanada.ca>  arbrescanada.ca<https://arbrescanada.ca/>
[Like Us On Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/TreeCanada/>[Follow Us On Instagram]<https://www.instagram.com/treecanada/>[Follow Us On Twitter]<https://twitter.com/treecanada>
Donate<https://cause2give.unxvision.com/EDMWeb/DonationForm.aspx?FormID=5&LanguageID=1> | Plant  with Tree Canada<https://treecanada.ca/plant-with-us/>
Faites un don<https://cause2give.unxvision.com/EDMWeb/DonationForm.aspx?FormID=5&LanguageID=2> | Plantez avec Abres Canada<https://arbrescanada.ca/plantez-avec-nous>

--
Dr. Greg King<https://www.ualberta.ca/augustana/about-us/academic-staff/greg-king>
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Department of Science
University of Alberta - Augustana<https://www.ualberta.ca/augustana/>
4901 - 46 Avenue, Camrose, AB,T4V 2R3, Canada
Tel: +1.780.679.1181
Email: gking at ualberta.ca<mailto:gking at ualberta.ca>

The Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta is located at  ᐊᓯᓂᐢᑲᐤ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ (asiniskaw sipisis - Stoney Creek) in Treaty 6 territory and a traditional meeting ground for many Indigenous peoples. This land provided a travelling route and home to the Maskwacis Nêhiyawak, Niitsitapi, Nakoda, and Tsuut'ina Nations, the Métis, and other Indigenous peoples. Their spiritual and practical relationships to the land create a rich heritage for our learning and our life as a community.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 11821 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0008.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.png
Type: image/png
Size: 711 bytes
Desc: image002.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0009.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1345 bytes
Desc: image003.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0010.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image004.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1249 bytes
Desc: image004.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0011.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 11821 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0012.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.png
Type: image/png
Size: 711 bytes
Desc: image002.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0013.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1345 bytes
Desc: image003.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0014.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image004.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1249 bytes
Desc: image004.png
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20200526/38978670/attachment-0015.png>