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Queen's Brian May (beehaw.org)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Alt text: A picture of an older smiling white man with long curly white hair is holding his jacket open, revealing a vest, tie and a gold medal around his neck. The text reads: In 2013, Brian May of Queen bought 157 acres of land that was about to be developed into buildings. He planted trees with the help of volunteers and restored it into a thriving woodland. The area is called "May's Woodland" and has over 100,000 trees growing there.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I'm not sure planting forests instead of housing is always a win for the environment. If the land is in a place where people can take sustainable transportation to their jobs, you should put dense housing there. Or else people will have to drive around your suburban forest.

But in the Brain May case, I have no clue where the forest is

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Good question but it turns out it is not occupying the kind of location you suggested. Being a physicist he probably considered this Map

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm not stating whether he considered it or not, but Brian May being good at one thing (physics) doesn't mean he's good at other things.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At least two things tho, physics and music

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago
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