I grew up with wine drinkers. Mother saved all corks. Dad loved loud classical music, he built a room for himself and the walls were slowly covered with corks! Sound proof! And, indeed it was the warmest room, we had no electricity as we do today, so in the winter we huddled in his music room! Sweet memories!
@@AldousHuxleysCat We had no electricity as we do today. Aka, heating was via a fire place. The piano, drums, guitars, horns…were all played by humans….his friends…music was all we had. Yes we had a power line, used very little. We still had little gas lamps in our rooms. Then, when we got the permanent lines, that funny record player, dad attached a home made contraption and the sound could be heard down by the citrus side of the farm
Hm. This gives me an idea. I’m moving into a house where it’s super windy. The bathroom wall seems to take the brunt of it and since the house is so small insulation with cork is actually feasible. Gives me something to ponder 🤔 thanks
We had a cork tree in our yard. My Kids grew up climbing it. It's perfect for a little fingers and toes to fit in the grooves of the cork LOL. 😉 That tree was protected by the state. It's still there today. This was 25 years ago..
@maryhurst4663 that is even more amazing than the postcard! I find that exciting because I am vegan and finding alternatives to leather made from animal skin is great news. There are other Alternatives like mushrooms
When possible, we should get our resources from trees that absorb CO2. Fruit and nut trees produce food that help the environment instead of animal products that hurt the environment.
keyword: all* Even if it’s only 10%, it will make a difference, just as other compostable/aluminum alternatives, now mainstream, for the last decade. Oil fanatics love to point out that oil & plastics will still be needed when 90% of our plastic & gasoline consumption have been reduced from EVs & multiple alternatives to plastic. It’s like saying Nokia phones will still be needed if smartphones take off guys!
If you are a wine drinker please find somewhere that will recycle your corks. We had cork flooring installed recently and love it. I hope by us recycling our corks we are contributing to the supply.
@@deanevangelista6359 they talked in this piece about trying to harvest the trees earlier though, ten years after planting instead of 25. But they didn't cover how more frequent harvesting or more aggressive planting might affect the tree health or overall environmental health of the region.
The average temperature ranges between 50-80 F depending on the region and season. So there isn’t much difference between the winters and summers. It’s coastal waters (it’s pretty much a peninsula) keep it’s temperatures from extremes. I can’t think of anywhere in America that duplicates this somewhat steady climate. I guess it depends on the tree? There are three different temperature zones in the country. Much of the rainfall is in the winter. Interesting question for sure.
Well yes and maybe stripping cork back on a larger scale will eventually cause an incurable disease or deadly bug infestation such as the pine beetle. You never know and it is why a cork bark is left 9 years to rejuvenate yet the tree is suddenly unable to protect itself
As I sit here in Los Angeles with the fires raging, thankfully not too close to my city, though we're staying vigilant, I can only hope that they find a way to make homes as fire resistant as they do the space shuttle and all.
Watching the clouds of steam or smoke in the factories “cooking” the cork it makes me wonder how it smells. I know, weird. But now I’m going to have to burn some myself to find out. Very interesting video. I had no idea where and how it was produced. 😊
We cant look to one thing to replace the monster we made the oil "plastic" industry. Glad we are looking outside the box, hemp and bamboo seem like a better answer thought. Each have their own pros and cons.
Cork is a wonder natural material, it provides thermal insulation, phonic insulation and is fire resistant, true it stores a lot of carbon, but cork oaks only grow in mediterannean areas that are quite rares in the world, the good thing about cork oaks is that they are fire resistant. They would need to acclimate the tree to others areas to produce more cork.
That cork owner is taking it in . I hope he pays his men well 👍 and they can have a decent future . I’m wondering if this can be strong to replace some plastics . I think the o,attics is why people are getting all these diseases and health issues . I stopped drinking from plastic but it’s not entirely avoidable sometimes
In Europe (Portugal & Spain) they are switching to plastic bottle stoppers because they are running out of cork. Slow growing tree. Not a solution to anything.
While there’s no denying that cork could be a natural alternative there’s also no denying that it is pretty limited in its availability and … factually limited in its applications. A simple bit of math reveals that an initial harvest at 25 years with reoccurring harvests at 9 years, this is a long, slow growth product unsuitable to Our World’s current Single Use and Toss cultures.
really amazing that the cork tree can survive having its bark harvested like that
I grew up with wine drinkers. Mother saved all corks. Dad loved loud classical music, he built a room for himself and the walls were slowly covered with corks! Sound proof! And, indeed it was the warmest room, we had no electricity as we do today, so in the winter we huddled in his music room!
Sweet memories!
How could music be played loudly without electricity?
@@AldousHuxleysCat
We had no electricity as we do today. Aka, heating was via a fire place. The piano, drums, guitars, horns…were all played by humans….his friends…music was all we had. Yes we had a power line, used very little. We still had little gas lamps in our rooms.
Then, when we got the permanent lines, that funny record player, dad attached a home made contraption and the sound could be heard down by the citrus side of the farm
Hm. This gives me an idea. I’m moving into a house where it’s super windy. The bathroom wall seems to take the brunt of it and since the house is so small insulation with cork is actually feasible. Gives me something to ponder 🤔 thanks
@@Emiliapocalypse used all over the green nations. Look into it you are correct
Now that is amazing sustainability at a generational level! Great job Portugal
This plant or tree and hemp/cannabis can sure be a benefit to humanity
Indeed. Hemp protein is also the healthiest protein to use in a protein shake. :)
Brings a whole new meaning to put a cork in it.❤
Clever!!
@verseau8360 🫢❤️
We had a cork tree in our yard. My Kids grew up climbing it. It's perfect for a little fingers and toes to fit in the grooves of the cork LOL. 😉 That tree was protected by the state. It's still there today. This was 25 years ago..
Where did you live?
We used cork tiles for our new kitchen floor. We love it. It looks great.
Nice. I bet they don’t get that cold in the winter!
Exciting. New Information. One more reason to love Portugal. Thank you CBS.
Cork is so versatile! My brother sent me a postcard made of cork from where he lives in Portugal.
Can be used like leather. I have a purse, wallet, ball cap. I learned it can be used for furniture, installation…..so versatile!
@maryhurst4663 that is even more amazing than the postcard! I find that exciting because I am vegan and finding alternatives to leather made from animal skin is great news. There are other Alternatives like mushrooms
Cork and industrial hemp seem like green solutions for humanity.
Corks have always worked for me. I loved making artworks from. So much you can use Cork for 🙌
I have some beautiful Asian sculptures made from Cork that are displayed inside glass.
In the 50’s. My father used cork tiles for the flooring in our home 🏠
I learned all this when I visited Portugal last year. We went to a family owned cork factory.
God bless Portugal and human innovation.
WOW, I pray this becomes successful for our environment 🙏🏽
When possible, we should get our resources from trees that absorb CO2. Fruit and nut trees produce food that help the environment instead of animal products that hurt the environment.
Thank you for covering this important issue.
I had cork soled shoes and they were comfortable, loved them. Would recommend and definitely will buy again. 👍🏼
Birkenstocks?
Some 50 years ago I visited a cork tree farm in the Barcelona area. Interesting. Keep going!
An amazing and beautiful product of nature.
Unfortunately, there are not enough cork trees to harvest to replace all plastics.
keyword: all*
Even if it’s only 10%, it will make a difference, just as other compostable/aluminum alternatives, now mainstream, for the last decade. Oil fanatics love to point out that oil & plastics will still be needed when 90% of our plastic & gasoline consumption have been reduced from EVs & multiple alternatives to plastic. It’s like saying Nokia phones will still be needed if smartphones take off guys!
Cork is AMAZING and I love it!!!
and most bars, restaurants throw those cork stoppers in the trash...when they could be recycled (not in your recycling bin).
My grandmother was a cork soaker. My mother was a cork soaker. I was a cork soaker until I got married.
It's a family tradition to soak-a da cork-a!
Yes! Goodbye plastic and hello cork.
This is amazing! This was on CBS this morning?
CBS has all kinds of cool stuff.
What the video didn't say is that cork trees are a type of oak Quercua suber.
If you are a wine drinker please find somewhere that will recycle your corks. We had cork flooring installed recently and love it. I hope by us recycling our corks we are contributing to the supply.
Is anyone concerned about being too aggressive with cork harvesting?
Exactly what I was thinking.
The cork oak is one of the few trees that can live after being stripped of its bark. Gird most trees, and they will die.
Not worried, owner prolly want the meal ticket alive
@@deanevangelista6359 they talked in this piece about trying to harvest the trees earlier though, ten years after planting instead of 25. But they didn't cover how more frequent harvesting or more aggressive planting might affect the tree health or overall environmental health of the region.
Bring back glass containers.
Can these trees be grown in Mexico or USA?
The average temperature ranges between 50-80 F depending on the region and season. So there isn’t much difference between the winters and summers. It’s coastal waters (it’s pretty much a peninsula) keep it’s temperatures from extremes. I can’t think of anywhere in America that duplicates this somewhat steady climate. I guess it depends on the tree? There are three different temperature zones in the country. Much of the rainfall is in the winter. Interesting question for sure.
I put a cork on my fork, so I don't stab myself in the eye as much!! 🍾 🤣
Ruprecht!
NOT Mother? Oh, Really@@brianw1620
Easier to eat applesauce with!
Cork was used on American submarines during WW2 as an insulation on the hull .
Cork shoe insoles are great too
Those two ladies at the end are very cheeky.😂
Fascinating!
“i wonder if anyone has ever called you the KING of cork 😏” lololll im dying
They should try binding the scraps with mycelium fungus. It might be cheaper and it would not require adhesives.
Mycelium is not made to last....but there are many natural adhesives.
Mycelium gets strong, thick, then creates mushrooms, then rests for the season.
I did not know that cork is a specific tree. Not sure where I thought it comes from but I have Naot shoes with cork foot beds and I love it.
Great video!
Well yes and maybe stripping cork back on a larger scale will eventually cause an incurable disease or deadly bug infestation such as the pine beetle. You never know and it is why a cork bark is left 9 years to rejuvenate yet the tree is suddenly unable to protect itself
I though there was a shortage caused by wine / port industry.
there is....., it's why they are spinning the 10 year version as saving the planet.
"I got one better....get this it's called Hemp and you can make ANYTHING out of it."
"You're going to jail!"
Amorim, wealthiest family in Portugal. Spend a lot on PR.
Great ideas ! Great olive trees too !
This reminds me of the funny episode of SNL with corks.
Awesome 👏 🎉
So fascinating.
Oh ty
Making it sound all good, and innocent.
Can cork be recycled?
As I sit here in Los Angeles with the fires raging, thankfully not too close to my city, though we're staying vigilant, I can only hope that they find a way to make homes as fire resistant as they do the space shuttle and all.
Watching the clouds of steam or smoke in the factories “cooking” the cork it makes me wonder how it smells. I know, weird. But now I’m going to have to burn some myself to find out. Very interesting video. I had no idea where and how it was produced. 😊
My slippers are cork and while they are no longer fluffy, I still wear them for the support.
It is not scalable
Cork is one of the greatest cities in Ireland
I did half a wall with cork for my 2 dart boards.
Mazda has cork in the MX30
You think anyone ever all they cork soakers?
This VIDEO was a real CORKER!!
Hemp and Bamboo grow quickly
We cant look to one thing to replace the monster we made the oil "plastic" industry. Glad we are looking outside the box, hemp and bamboo seem like a better answer thought. Each have their own pros and cons.
Let’s pour out all the wine and get to it, then. 🤓🌍🕊️
I wonder if Michelle has ever soaked a cork before? She seems like she would be good at it. Antonio could maybe teach her his cork soaking techniques.
Turned me off as soon as Elon was mentioned
instead of cork tree rename it to the giving tree
How did the Planet save itself Millions of years before CBS Mornings .
Cork is a wonder natural material, it provides thermal insulation, phonic insulation and is fire resistant, true it stores a lot of carbon, but cork oaks only grow in mediterannean areas that are quite rares in the world, the good thing about cork oaks is that they are fire resistant. They would need to acclimate the tree to others areas to produce more cork.
Fascinating - what a way to put a cork in climate change!
No mention any problems of plantation forestry.
I live on Cork Street, I never knew what Cork means.
"where would we be without...sand?" I hope someone gets this reference
That cork owner is taking it in . I hope he pays his men well 👍 and they can have a decent future . I’m wondering if this can be strong to replace some plastics . I think the o,attics is why people are getting all these diseases and health issues . I stopped drinking from plastic but it’s not entirely avoidable sometimes
So interesting! Love it.
*BORG!!!* 03:44 😱
great sardines and cork.
Good article, but why not just SpaceX instead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX?
Well i’ve got a couple hundred just sitting in a vase not saving the planet- been saving them since college
It’s light , is it as durable as plastic ? Very interested
If they can grow vegetables indoors with no dirt hanging in mid air on racks in Owantonna MN, they could grow these trees indoors somehow.
Who knew? Very interesting.
Wait, I thought we had so many plastic stoppers in wine bottles because there wasn’t enough cork to go around.
Cork, a resource wasted on wine bottles.
Not enough trees to save us
The news told me a few years ago there was a shortage. Make up your minds.
How to grind up all our wine corks?
Insulation for home
There's not even enough cork to bottle wine, ludicrous.
Love this news. Humans WILL find a way out of this madness.
sadly plastic is cheaper ,that seems to be the hold up
Idk if a material that is very limited and slow to grow will be practical
They didn't really list the environmental benefits of cork.
Looks like “Cork” maybe an investment
In Europe (Portugal & Spain) they are switching to plastic bottle stoppers because they are running out of cork.
Slow growing tree. Not a solution to anything.
While there’s no denying that cork could be a natural alternative there’s also no denying that it is pretty limited in its availability and … factually limited in its applications.
A simple bit of math reveals that an initial harvest at 25 years with reoccurring harvests at 9 years, this is a long, slow growth product unsuitable to Our World’s current Single Use and Toss cultures.
I thought if you remove the bark, the tree would die
I'm pretty sure if they create massive cork farms it's going to cause other problems.
Do these trees regrow the bark once stripped away?
supposedly...
uh huh-huh, he said "hot black cork", uh huh-huh
Let’s make sure 3M “IS NOT” involved with any of this!
You are buying the argument the world needs saving?