Green Alliance

[Tobot]

I'm definitely going to propose this idea to our team for off-season.

[Frenchie461]

This sounds like a really great idea.

[santosh]

Originally Posted by sam_who

Offsetting carbon emissions ... please tell me you are joking.

Actually, the team calculated the energy usage of their machine shop during each build season as well as their carbon emissions and the number of trees required to offset.

[Shmee]

Alright, reviving this thread!

Since it's the off-season, let the environmental stewardship begin! As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 2415wiredcats@gmail.com After all, who doesn't want copious amounts of swag?

[CalTran]

I'll definitely bring this up at our next meeting! This sounds like a great idea. We do happen to enjoy copious amounts of swag

[Francis-134]

Could you please provide your calculations for this? I am interested how three trees is the magic number.

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by Creator Mat

I like this idea. Should be a fun summer activity (the weather is so cruddy right now any trees we plant would die instantly)

Actually the best time to plant trees in when the weather is miserably cold.

They should be transplanted when they are dormant. In the Southeast that would be around the 1st of December to about the 21st of February, give or take.

There a quite a few plants that people mistakenly transplant in the spring / summer, trees being the most vulnerable.

[Peter Matteson]

I love the threads about reducing carbon emissions.

I do have to point out that Team 177 is still the only machine shop in FIRST powered by a Fuel Cell power plant...

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