I started a thread on this on another a forum, and thought I'd start one here for those who didn't see it. I have to hand it to the people who took the time to construct these bridges. Not only are they insanely strong, but they're the definition of environmental sustainability.

Living root bridges

Check out the blog for additional information and photos if you're interested.

How can one tire learning of both earth's wonders and Man's resourcefulness?

Coco wrote:
Like you, I certainly don't! Human resourcefulness continues to surprise me too, let alone the staggering amount of information to be learned from mother earth.

Those are frickin awesome!!

phemohilia wrote:
My thoughts exactly. I think one of the coolest aspects about it is the fact that these are cared for and cultivated over generations. The people are united and pass down the techniques to their children. That's something that most of western culture has forgotten.

Mrindigo wrote:


I do have some concerns health & safety-wise, however.

Given that most developed countries appear to be aiming for no personal responsibility whatsoever, who am I to litigate against, should I get my brand new trainers caught in one of those holes?

Plus, what kind of weight restrictions are to be placed on this bridge?

Most importantly, how are young mothers with buggies and the elderly with their shopping in a wheeled basket supposed to traverse this thing on their way back and forth from the superhypermarket?

Can this structure be fitted with wi-fi and CCTV?

These people obviously haven't thought this through, imo.

I remember that thread elsewhere. I'm sure this comment will be the same as any input I had to that thread.....Absolutely breathtaking!


@abs those are indeed very valid points you raise. I also wonder about priority. Obviously only one juggernaut could cross at a time so if two meet, who goes first?

Hello all!

Am having a tidy up of general and have provisionally moved this thread to 'earth matters', as I wasn't sure where else it could go.

I have left a shadow marker in general to show where it's gone, but let me know if you think it should be put elsewhere.

Cheers,

Ab

Absolutely magic

I,ve spent a lifetime working with timber, and it never ceases to amaze me how these sentient giants interact with mother earth, and humans when we want to get in touch with nature. Beautiful.

Reminds me of the Japanese soldier Hiroo Odona and how he used nature to survive for decades, humans are indeed very adaptable and would survive without government, of course the governments know this and become a false nature with false money which nature can survive without indefinately.

Great thread indy... they are indeed very beautiful.

And ironically enough, that place is VERY similiar to an area just up the road from me

On a side note, I know for a fact that I can be very resourceful when I have to be which may come as a surprise to most given my board persona
But I can... and if we're ever in a situation where we have to get from A to B with limited resources, I can guarantee I'll be full of ideas... regardless of whether they're actually good ideas or not

Just putting it out there...

Coco wrote:
Never.
Working with nature instead of against it should always be our aim.
This can be done with or without modern tech imho.
It is the profit motive which destroys our planet not technology.

andyh wrote:
There's a whole new thread in that one sentence

psketti wrote:
Cost directs what materials we use, cost directs how well its planned, cost directs how its implemented and cost directs how it is maintained and/or disposed of afterwards.

Theres a whole cycle of f***ed up thinking involved from the get go.

Its never about what is most practical in terms of use,enjoyment and whats best for the environment because we quite simply don't think of resources instead of bank notes.

Native low tech people in remote areas are an example of the few people left who DO think in those terms instead of banknotes.

andyh wrote:
No we don't.

If we did, Hemp would play a massive part in every aspect of our lives the world over.

In medieval period the very best cloth was made from nettles the lower classes had to make do with coarser flax and cottons, I have a couple of hemp work shirts that the misses made from hemp braid and they are far nicer than cotton and when they get past their best they go intl the compost bin where they dissapear the year after I am eating my shirt, makes a good joke when times is right.

In his early days shortly after he split from the green party this speach drew the mind towards the actual truth and the rest is or will be history.

www.google.co.uk/url?q=https://www.youtub...-Ph0dHbNaO5f-Ks8UNVg

Aww! I remember the old thread on that other forum!

These are so beautiful and otherworldly...... or perhaps its just the modern architecture we see all around us today is otherworldly, lol.

This is human and nature kinship in one of its most truest forms and a responsibility I would love to participate in as it is more important than typical modern day mundane living. I admire those folks for their loyalty and connection to the Earth. The bridges themselves display that bond, just have to look at them

Nice to see you here mountain!