Exploring the line this week was very different than it had been in the past. Instead of just collecting random data and things I found interesting I looked at the line through the eye of the word generous.
Using this word as a lens helped me analyze the line from a different perspective that I wouldn’t have thought before. As I walked the line I saw a generous amount of trees, leaves, living creatures, rocks, grass, bricks, dirt, roots, water, and cars. Thinking about things being generous as an amount led me to start thinking about how those things were generous to us. A lot of those items are generous to us bit after a lot of thought trees appeared to be the most generous to human beings.
There are many ways that trees are generous to the human race. Using my own knowledge I recorded some ways that trees are generous to us. First they provide us with wood to build fires and keep ourselves warm. They Are also used to make furniture, paper, pencils and thousands of other everyday products. Another reason trees are generous is by providing us with millions and millions of fresh fruit such as cherries, pears, oranges, apples, and peaches. They also provide us with a variety of nuts. After a little research I found out that trees are way more generous than I thought. They give and help way more than they take. Trees release oxygen which we need to live, and they take on what we let out, carbon dioxide. Trees also clean the soil by storing or changing the pollutants they come across. Trees reduce green house gases by absorbing and locking carbon dioxide in the wood, roots, and leaves. Trees can greatly cut down air conditioning costs by absorbing and blocking heat. Trees are one of the most generous things on this planet with over 400 billion of them living on planet earth.
