In this age of consequence, when we know we have a huge problem to deal with (Global warming), and we know full well that trees do nothing but good, absorbing CO2 and reversing some of the damage that man does. Why aren’t the government giving them out for free at the local council offices?

Why is there no grant scheme in place or tax breaks available for people who want to donate their time to planting trees. At the very least, should there not be an incentive for people to become carbon neutral?

Why is there no public land available for people (who don’t have gardens) to go and plant their trees?

Why aren’t (more) local communities getting it together and planting woods and forests around their towns?

Why don’t the Government open Garden centres whereby the profits from shrubs and plant sales subsidies the cost of the free trees?

Why don’t people sew more seeds? – seriously, pick the seeds from the trees in your local park and scatter them around where ever you go. Country verges, public land, your garden. All this is assuming the tree you picked you seeds from hadn’t been genetically modified so as not to naturally reproduce!

Anyhoo, free trees for all, what do you think?

Opinionate yourselves upon us - tell us what you think and feel about the project, good or bad.

Provide input - this is the important one. We want your input and ideas and we need your help. We have a lot of bright ideas but we need help to fine tune them and put them into practice where they’re needed.

Think of the socratic blog as an international brainstorm with the aim of world betterment.  Using the socratic teaching method of asking questions and bouncing ideas off each other, we believe that together we can find the answers to many of the problems we face in this world.

Now don’t be scared to poo poo our ideas – if we’re wrong, we need to know. But don’t just tell us we’re wrong, tell us how we can be better.

So please, get involved, help out and talk to us.

Thankyou for being kind,

Dan.x.