I talk to the trees - by email!

The City Council in Melbourne, Australia, came up with a plan to get citizen feedback about the condition of the more than 70,000 trees that grow in the city and immediate surrounds.

They thought that by creating an email address for each of the trees, people would be able to report any problems to the council more easily than by having to make a phone call or writing a letter to the council's Park Department.

Instead of feedback to the council, people are sending emails to the trees!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-12/people-are-emailing-trees/10468964

Tree-map:      http://melbourneurbanforestvisual.com.au/

I talk to the trees
But they don't listen to me
I talk to the stars
But they never hear me
The breeze hasn't time
To stop and hear what I say
I talk to them all in vain
 
[Chorus:]
But suddenly my words
Reach someone else's ears
Touch someone else's heartstrings, too
I tell you my dreams
And while you're listening to me
I suddenly see them come true.

(From Lerner and Loewe's musical, 'Paint Your Wagon')

Trees and people need each other.

it’s surprising, the numbers of correspondents from NYC.