Why are Christmas trees being buried on a Blackpool beach?
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2024
- Volunteers have rebuilt 90 metres of vanishing sand dunes on a beach in Lancashire by burying tens of thousands of Christmas trees.
Some stick out of the sand in plain sight, others are buried underneath metres of dunes.
Mickey Carroll looks at an innovative way of dealing with the unwanted trees.
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Disposing of old Christmas trees, protecting coastal areas, habitat for wildlife, exercise and camaraderie for volunteers... this is a win-win-win-win situation and major congrats to the organizers and volunteers for making this happen. It's great to see people care about their local areas in sustainable and friendly ways. Lefties and Righties should be united in supporting projects like this.
The Welsh were doing this decades ago. We had some great times. There was always tea & biscuits, the pub afterwards & friendly people.
@@Carmen-fr4dwAs always, the English have to learn from my Celtic cousins.
I hate all this zero climate crap but this brilliant it's something that benefits everyone and doesn't cost the Earth
I don't know how anyone could be against projects like this, honestly.
We has b etter get the "zero climate crap" right for the sake of outr grandchildren. Rightt now we are doing far too little.@@BigMama61
These types of stories is what should make mainstream news. Not all doom and gloom is it.
Couldn't agree more!
Mass erosion from dead trees purposely stuck in a hole.
Or the leaching of poisonous pine by-products as it all breaks down.
Not at all.
.............The news pushes the agenda, it's part of the control.... Keep the population in fear.
@@IanPhillipsWildlife i 2nd that 😁👍
But we want to argue about which toilets to use.
This is just a win-win situation. They helped their coastal sand erosion problem, keep the trees from either being in a landfill or being burnt.❤
But it ruins the view of the beaches people in those expensive houses don't actually own!
Trees are usually shredded and then sold as mulch.
@@stargazer7644 When they were trimming trees back along a stretch of highway near where I live, the felling crew was immediately followed by a large chipper/shredder that threw the chips back where the trees once stood.
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I thought it was pretty smart. Return the nutrients right back where they came from, and provide habitat and food for all sorts of forest insects and tiny animals.
Yes, one win win solution for sure. If there are goats in the area and one hasn’t got any tinsel etc on the xmas trees, then it can be really helpful to the goats health to be able to chew those trees down to their bare stubs.
Archeologists 2000 years from now : this area used be a pine forest centuries ago and it's now covered by sand
That's a great observation...
"British people had a strange way to celebrate Christmas with hundreds of Christmas trees on the beach. We still need time to find out, why did they do that! What was the motivation?"
They should leave a note or a copy of this news story so future generations will know why there’s trees.
😂
@@leahrowe847No it's not. The trees will have rotted to nothing in a few years...
When people think of sustainable solutions, helping nature's processes along like this should be a golden example! Stronger, cheaper, and much better looking than a concrete seawall
kill trees to help nature, outstanding logic
@@FortifiedIllusionChristmas tree are planted and cut for 1 purpose and now they have another purpose.
In forestry management systems trees are thinned out as they grow in planted rows just like a gardener thins out seedlings in a nursery bed. Christmas trees are used as such but would be disposed as mulch if there was not a christmas tree market for these young trees.
Nobel pine has come into use as a purposely grown christmas tree and has no other use other than as a christmas tree but most other christmas trees are a byproduct as thinnings from the forestry management system.
This system bears little resemblance to the growing of native hardwoods on nature reserves for environmental purposes and allowing them to reach full maturity and natural death and decay as habitats for wildlife. @@FortifiedIllusion
@@Filippenzen413amen
@@FortifiedIllusionthey also get regrown capturing more carbon, please do your research before commenting
In Sweden, many Christmas trees have been placed in lakes and seas to give the fish shelter and good nests to lay their eggs.
How silly, fish don't celebrate holidays
@@greenwave819😂
@@greenwave819 😂
@@greenwave819
I don't actually appreciate sarcasm .. its kinda nasty behavior.
@@menya00045Lighten up, they meant no harm. It was a joke.
I was doing this with the Cardiff Countryside Conservation Volunteers way back in the late 1970's, along the Gower coast. The old trees catch the sand, thus stabilizing the dunes &, a year or so later we'd return to plant out Marram grass to add further, more permanent stability. This could, of course, be the reason we never hear of coastal erosion destroying clifftop housing on the West Coast of Wales; which actually gets far worse weather from the Atlantic than places like Norfolk, where residents appear to believe "Someone Else" is always responsible for their security. I suppose it's better late than never for the East coast, but it DOES require individuals getting off their complacent arses & actually going out to Volunteer
I'm from the area, and everyone I know in the area donates their Christmas trees to the project every year.
Great effort from the volunteers for conservation. Let's hope other coastal towns adopt similar projects where it is feasible.
If this work is followed up by planting Marram grass, it will further greatly stabilize the new dunes. This is another activity well suited to volunteer involvement.
Been happening all over devon and cornwall for decades
Donated my tree to these guys this year.. Brilliant to see how it helps
Stories of this nature should be run on major news outlets! This shows the initiative to help our environment WITHOUT standing around wringing our hands. BRAVO!!
Yes alot more people should let this be known around our world no trees to waste
What a great idea. I love how they got so many people to help. It's great to see a community work together to help each other.
This is a great ecological solution. The UK should implement major land reclamation schemes. On our East Yorkshire coast for example, the coastal erosion is massive with whole villages, homes, farmland being lost to the sea at a phenominal rate year upon year.
If it stops illegal immigrants landing I support it.
@@truckerfromreno Everyone is aware of immigration and discussions around that, no need to be commenting on or trying to hijack other news, stories, or to troll. Let people get a break from that discussion in content that's not relevant to that discussion.
It’s being lost to sea because the old land reclamation is failing from centuries ago. It used to be marshland. That’s why Yorkshire still floods regularly.
@@truckerfromreno That's brexit level thinking , ie not at all .
@@TheNewSchmoo Yes, because it's that cut and clear. Everyone I disagree with is Brexiteer or Remainer. It's just as bad as what Tucker said.
This is nothing short of BRILLIANT! Hope this catches on in other areas, countries affected by loss of dunes. Perfect recycling/upcycling! 👏👏👏
@@rightherethereeverywhereyes but it needs to be more widespread
@rightherethereeverywhere nobody said it was new. In fact the bloke in the video said he had been helping for 10 years. So what's the point in your comment.
@@rightherethereeverywhere im watching from Australia..
first time I've heard of it
@@rightherethereeverywhere here in spain we plant pine forest near to the dunes to help the sand retention and the dunes not getting into towns
Not new, we have been doing this in Texas for many years.
I love to see a community so involved in protecting local ecosystems. More people like this really getting involved in preservationist projects give me new hope for our planet!
Brilliant idea, should be done on all vulnerable coasts in the UK
Been done in Wales since, @ least, the '70's. Keep up!
Brilliant use of those trees.
Keeping in mind that most Christmas trees are actually grown on farms (it's a great way to maintain agricultural zoning), this doesn't cause deforestation, but it does provide valuable support for coastlines. These kinds of volunteer projects can accomplish a great deal. Plus, the end result is much more attractive to the local residents than some big stone or concrete sea walls would be.
I live in a beach town in Florida. Every year the Boy scout troop for our neighborhood used to put fliers out for a certain day to put your Christmas tree on the curb and they would come by and collect them all. The entire neighborhood! It had to be so many trees. They would then help add them to the beach for the sand dunes. It was a great project and I hope they still do it.
( This was when I was young in the 80's, my brother was part of the boy scouts)
Wow deep respect for the people working on the sand in the UK ,it makes a difference when we all unite in a project like this one,erosion is a big problem worldwide and they are doing something about it as we all should !
Great idea ... never heard of this before ... another way to recycle Christmas tree 🎄 well done guys
Surfside, one of many beaches on Galveston Island, Texas, began doing this in the late 1970s. Other beaches up and down the island, as well as all along the Texas coast, have been utilizing spent Christmas trees for protection against beach erosion, due to frequent tropical storms and devastating hurricanes, ever since. The Surfside project was a success, and the idea was adopted for other coastal regions of the nation as well.
This is so beautiful. Entire community working together, making earth a better place.
This is a wonderful initiative and a worthy cause. Well done Blackpool Council.
Very late in the day, though. Wales has been doing this since the '70's
It's not Blackpool Council, it's Fylde Council ... Blackpool is a separate Unitary Authority !
As I walk the streets of London after Christmas the amount of trees dumped is incredible 😒
I used to work in a couple of London parks and it was commonplace to find dumped Christmas trees and turkey carcasses after Christmas. The geese and ducks enjoyed a bit of cannibalism...
Did this Galveston, Texas 45 years ago. It worked very well.
I want to hear more news stories about things like this! Fantastic work!! Such a fantastic idea!
News media tend to concentrate on bad news and negative narrative whic can have a detrimental effect on a persons mental health if too much time is spent watching it. There should be a policy of balancing bad news stories with good news stories in the media.
Fir, noble fir.....
Florida,USA should adopt this! ❤might help with hurricanes
Seeeee! People from the UK! Working! Volunteering!
Volunteering is very rewarding. I do it from time to time.
And such multiculturalism among them right?
@@FrenchieFlimFlamsame as the London marathon 😂
@@FrenchieFlimFlam was thinking the same.
Nothing new there. I was doing this as part of a group back in the '70's.
To stop beach erosion. Done it at Camber Sands for 20 yes +
These are people with
Clear Minds
Big Hearts
Strong Backs.
Well done folks.
You'd be surprised how many retired and/or disabled people get involved in conservation projects. Many things wouldn't happen without them since those actually employed are few in number. They do the thinking and planning, the volunteers does as much or as little as they can, but yes a lot of heart goes into it.
Wonderful idea. Great to see local people stepping up to protect and improve their homes.
Beautiful to see,protect your country.
Love it. As a Dutch person growing up near the North Sea coast it makes me feel proud on just how well protected the Dutch sand dunes are. Seeing other countries applying similar efforts in unique and sustainable way is just so awesome to withness
protected... naive
Love to see volunteers doing wonderful work.
I've walked past the trees a few times. They look great. Thanks to all the volunteers.
Logs and large branches from Parks and Gardens should also be used . Very large logs are totally amazing as a wind break and wildlife habitat
I use logs & branches to build Hugelbetten on my allotment. Apart from creating nutrient rich hot beds, it's a habitat for wood eating grubs such as Rose Chafers & the very rare Stag Beetle. After 12 years or so, all of the wood has turned to fine tilth soil to be used elsewhere & new Hugeln are built
What an intriguing and unique topic! Burying Christmas trees on a beach like Blackpool's could be part of an innovative environmental project. It's fascinating to think about how this action might help with beach erosion or create new habitats for wildlife. The idea of reusing Christmas trees in such a creative and beneficial way is really inspiring. It's always great to see how we can give new life to things that are often just discarded. Plus, the thought of Christmas trees finding a new purpose by the sea adds a bit of whimsy to environmental conservation! 🌊🎄✨
Unique my arse! Was doing this in Wales, to stabilize the Gower Coast, back in the '70's.
Some beaches in the US that face regular erosion have been doing this same thing for years. Its smart, the trees trap the sand from being taken out to see and eventually the trees decay and turn back into soil.
On the leeward side of the tree rows. They should also plant lupins which’s were proven to stabilize dunes and impart nitrogen into the dunes. The experiment was conduct in Kiel, Germany 150 years ago. Lupine also attract pollinators.
I joined in on the digging five years ago ..its a fun experience..🌹
@@JustDavid-oo1ce I guess it's about engaging community. This way there is much more social impact, people have fun and are more likely continue the project next year. And a little of manual sand digging is not some heavy job, anyway.
glad to see the torch is being carried by a new generation.
I love this story. Love to see people getting together to make a change. No matter how small. Change for the good is good.
How are those trees so green and it’s mid February? Every year if I don’t water my tree every day that thing dries up so fast and drops all of its needles
This made my heart happy. I can go about my day with positivity now. I love these people
That is a brilliant idea well done Blackpool 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That's a brilliant scheme. Fair play to the people involved. 😊
This needs to be spread as a viral video. Great OOTB thinking to solve a problem👍
no, erosion is a natural process. they should stop interfering, leave nature alone and quit tampering with the beach !
the ingenuity of people never cease to amaze. Good on ya guys
Absolutely brilliant
This is St Ann’s further down than Blackpool. Lovely beach and nice town.
I thought that too, someone with no awareness of geography past Watford wrote the headline LOL
St.Annes - get it right 👍🏼
To be fair, not many people know St Anne's so Blackpool was used for greater recognition and generating interest in this story.
@@Evemeister12anyone from the north will know of st Anne’s unless they’re hermits
Nothing wrong with being tied in with the great seaside resort of Blackpool . Noone would of clicked on the tab if it said
Saint Anne's on sea .
Sit-down 💪🍊
Fantastic idea, everyone needs to do this!
Great idea; in the states, they would attempt to plant them and place them upside down and say they "don't fit"
This is brilliant! God bless them.
In Cheshire we planted xmass trees near Crosby Merseyside over 10 years ago.
We need more people like this in the world! ❤️
There is plenty just that good never gets to be seen out in the world as much as the bad evil stuff we see. I wish we could see alot good news aswell.
That’s great to see all the helpers. From Sydney.
What a great news story!
he sounds like Tyson fury planting trees on a beach
This feels like an IPM win-win-win story. More of these stories should hit the news! Great job.
How beautiful and forward looking of the Black pool council. Great.
A sustainable and well though out plan- kudos to the volunteers and council workings making the dunes!
Brilliant... idea...
Lovely, absolutly lovely!
Absolutely brilliant!!!
I absolutely love this.
Brilliant, love this scheme, people coming together for the good of their community and a council that works with them. ❤️👏👏
It stops erosion. Works in riverbanks as well.
That's absolutely brilliant!
Good job keep going🫶🤠
Clever and great way to deal with Christmas trees instead of just wasting then on a rubbish tip, don't feel so bad now about having a real tree 😂
Thats bloody brilliant!! Way to go !!
This is absolutely incredible!
I thought it was to hide the eyesore Blackpool from the fishes 😂.
It is a dump isn't it 😅
😊😊😊
It’s not going to improve the water quality
They want to SPRUCE it up. 🌲
😂😂😂😂
Flipping brilliant.
Absolutely amazing! Well done everyone involved!
This is fantastic. Hopefully it is adopted by others to help their coastlines.
Bless them.
Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
What a brilliant idea.. well done people!
What a sensible, sustainable idea. Well done guys. We can all learn something from this ❤️
Excellent environment idea well done guys
For the same reason they're buried on Cape Cod (National Seashore), to prevent sand erosion.
Very smart recycling, and excellent conservation effort. This is the kind of thing we need more of.
I love stories like this!
Marvellous!
Alot good being out there doing volunteer work love it. Hard working people doing well cheers❤
That very interesting, we have a lot of sand dunes in Florida but a lot of our beaches were once wet lands and swamps so we could use this technique.
Literally brilliant
We must stamp down on this fly tipping . Old Christmas trees can be made into wood chips and Ikea furniture which can then be dumped on the beach and by the side of the road.
And it keeps the police busy because they can arrest the upcycler who dares to take things away from flytip zones
They are planted along different areas of the sand every year. It is a natural way to boost sea defences & to stop the sand washing away too quickly.. I have always thought real Christmas trees should be sold with their roots on to encourage more planting (in appropriate places) Britain is rapidly turning into a concrete jungle.
@@emmsue1053 I won't deny the strange compulsion of turning the natural into artificial. Urban areas in Britain are a concrete Jungle already but at least we preserve the green belts... for now
Absolutely brilliant! Well done!
Well done.
Lee Anderson’s idea coal trees
Such a great story. Well done to all those involved.
Very noble and brilliantly simple......❤
St Anne's isn't Blackpool
I used to go visit with my gran years ago. We used to call it the “posh end” of Blackpool 😂
Been doing this at Widemouth Bay for nigh on 20 years
People taking care of the earth. It makes me feel so good.
Brilliant ! Many thanks and congratulations to all the volunteers' hard work.
Burying not planting, but a fantastic project, good work and well done all involved.
Theres me thinking it's there new sea defence 😂😂😂silly