{"id":1678,"date":"2008-12-26T06:52:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T06:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2011-09-28T06:09:12","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T05:09:12","slug":"make-it-a-araucaria-heterophylla-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/2008\/12\/26\/make-it-a-araucaria-heterophylla-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Make It An Araucaria heterophylla Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s never too early to plan for next Christmas, so here is my insightful and environmentally friendly recommendation for next year’s christmas tree.<\/p>\n

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Araucaria heterophylla. Photo: WikiCommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Without calculating\u00a0 the detailed carbon footprint of that temporarily living\u00a0 piney off-cut standing beglittered in your lounge, or the plastic alternative you picked up for \u00a320 at Woolies’ terminal sale, it’s probably safe to say both are more environmentally harmful, more expensive, and probably less attractive than the alternative – a living christmas tree.<\/p>\n

From my experience this Christmas, I can happily recommend the arboreal company of a Norfolk Island Pine, a handsome 7ft tall in its pot, and supporting all the lights and trimmings you could want.\u00a0 Cometh twelfth night, this tree can, unlike its temporary cousins, be returned to the garden until next year.\u00a0\u00a0 Or, if you don’t enjoy the favourable climate of Southern California, just keep it indoors like a regular potted plant.\u00a0 Either way – low maintenance, low hassle.<\/p>\n

Starting next year, make one part of your<\/em> family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s never too early to plan for next Christmas, so here is my insightful and environmentally friendly recommendation for next year’s christmas tree. Without calculating\u00a0 the detailed carbon footprint of that temporarily living\u00a0 piney off-cut standing beglittered in your lounge, or the plastic alternative you picked up for \u00a320 at Woolies’ terminal sale, it’s probably … Continue reading Make It An Araucaria heterophylla Christmas<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[446,30,80,9],"tags":[448,447],"class_list":["post-1678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botany","category-conservation","category-environment","category-nature","tag-araucaria-heterophylla","tag-christmas-tree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkpOr-r4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11624,"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions\/11624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicatescience.com\/zoonomian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}