The tsunami that hit Japan was one of the saddest stories of 2011. But that was a natural disaster. Perhaps even sadder is the ongoing destruction, due to the decision made years earlier to go with nuclear power.

This L.A. Times story quotes this poor farmer:

For the first time in my life I’m afraid [...]]]>

The tsunami that hit Japan was one of the saddest stories of 2011. But that was a natural disaster. Perhaps even sadder is the ongoing destruction, due to the decision made years earlier to go with nuclear power.

This L.A. Times story quotes this poor farmer:

For the first time in my life I’m afraid of my own crops.

via Japan tsunami has dealt lasting blow to family farms – latimes.com.

Remember when Canada was cool?

Now we're a global embarrassment. How'd we get to this?

Media - Draw the Line at Tar Sands.

A lot of the problems arborists deal with could have been settled years earlier if people would just remember to plant “the right tree in the right place.”

In this case, though, it seems the owner knew exactly what he was doing when he enlisted the vigorous Leyland Cypress in his battle against the [...]]]>

A lot of the problems arborists deal with could have been settled years earlier if people would just remember to plant “the right tree in the right place.”

In this case, though, it seems the owner knew exactly what he was doing when he enlisted the vigorous Leyland Cypress in his battle against the neighbourhood.

Giant leylandii in suburban front garden incense neighbours | UK news | The Guardian.

Got a crap cycle lane in your town? Add it to the hall of shame.

The world’s worst cycle lanes | Mariam Cook | Environment | guardian.co.uk.

The first cut is the deepest. But it was probably the 10th or 20th that turned this tree into an elongated stump. People. Please. Have some respect. These are trees. They’re living things, providing beauty and and nobility and oxygen and shade and a constant reminder of the splendour of the natural world [...]]]>

We're stumped.

The first cut is the deepest. But it was probably the 10th or 20th that turned this tree into an elongated stump. People. Please. Have some respect. These are trees. They’re living things, providing beauty and and nobility and oxygen and shade and a constant reminder of the splendour of the natural world in which we live. When you axe one to a shape like this, what message do you think you send?

These things don’t just happen. Somebody purposely pruned these shrubs to resemble…well, you tell me. Note that there’s an entire row of anatomically suggestive shrubbery just like this one.

I’m  curious to know

1) whether the landscape designer innocently thought two round objects centred by a tall cylindrical one might look “nice”

2)  [...]]]>

Phallusius obvioso cul. "Bite Me"

These things don’t just happen. Somebody purposely pruned these shrubs to resemble…well, you tell me. Note that there’s an entire row of anatomically suggestive shrubbery just like this one.

I’m  curious to know

1) whether the landscape designer innocently thought two round objects centred by a tall cylindrical one might look “nice”

2)  somebody’s feeling a tad frustrated

3) viagra got mixed into the mulch or

4) some landscraper who hates his job cleaning up generically designed sites finally went, “Fuckit, i’m doing a whole row of boners.”