RETREET BLOG

RETREET redefines disaster relief by engaging communities to replant lost trees.


 
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.106

We've seen folding bicycles before, but the GI FlyBike really takes the cake. This futuristic ride halves in size in seconds and makes for easy storage. This is clip we could watch again and again. And again.

GI FLYBIKE (video)

GI FLYBIKE (video)

Happy Birthday to the world's oldest tree! Methuselah, a bristlecone pine, just turned 4,847. It's exact location is kept a secret by the US Forest Service in order to protect it, though we know it stands somewhere in the Great Basin. Here's to many more years!

WORLD'S OLDEST TREE (short article)

WORLD'S OLDEST TREE (short article)

What's better than a public food forest? One that floats! Swale, an edible tourist attraction built on a barge, is set to disembark this June in NYC. If you have a chance, check it out.

FLOATING FOOD FOREST (article)

FLOATING FOOD FOREST (article)

 


 
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.61

Beth Moon, a photographer based out of San Francisco, spent 14 years traveling the world photographing the world's most ancient trees. Her collection of shots is beyond gorgeous, and definitely worth your attention.

ANCIENT TREES (photos)

ANCIENT TREES (photos)

You many have already head of the world's first invisible bicycle helmet, but this video gives some great insight into how it actually works. Peep it!

THE HÖVDING (video)

THE HÖVDING (video)

In a previous edition of SS&T, we shared an article about Jadav Payeng, the widely-proclaimed Forest Man of India. The inspiring tale of Jadav, who has spent the past 25 years planting an entire forest in a barren wasteland, was captured in the this film. Enjoy!

FOREST MAN (video)

FOREST MAN (video)

 


 
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.14

You are sure to be impressed by The Great Green Wall, a colossal environmental initiative that twenty African nations have embarked upon to address detrimental impacts of desertification in the Sahara. 

The next time you send a package, consider using lifeBOX, a cardboard container filled with seeds from which at least ten difference species of tree will grow.

Remember Methuselah from SS&Tvol13, the oldest tree in the world?  Learn more about bristlecone pines and what is likely to happen to them as global temperatures rise.