Avocado Tree Harvest Data To Create An Etching Print & Guerilla Gardening

On my last day on Earth, I'd like to plant a tree. -W. S. Merwin

Here is an etching of data from 2 illegally planted Avocado Trees I planted across the street from my home 16 years ago.
Position of the trees:
Latitude:37°45'46.4"N
Longitude:122°24'41.9"W
I regularly plant trees and plants in abandoned spots in San Francisco. This is guerrilla gardening.
I hacked a sensor to harvest data from each tree.
This data was sonified and processed to two etching robots to scribe on a plate.
The etching is being produced by Maeght Editions in Paris, France. , https://www.maeght.com/editions/

Tree #1. Is named Cassandra. I clipped two alligator clips to a leaf and a tiny branch and recorded data signals, They were sent as sound waves to a subwoofer with a scribe attached to the subwoofer speaker cone to create a sort of seismographic document of the trees life onto the plate.
There are two lines of marks on the plate from two separate data harvests. These are lines 1. & 3.

Tree #2. Is named Helenus. I placed a sensor at the roots and at a leaf to record signals from this tree. The data signals from Helenus are translated via a sound sensor triggering a robotic arm with a scribe attached to it.
There are two lines of circular marks on the plate from two separate data harvests.
These are lines 2. & 4.

As California burns and the ice caps melt I think, what I can do beyond cutting down on my own footprint on the planet. Many years ago I started planting trees and plants anywhere I can.
Maybe the true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

MORE HERE:
https://kaltek.wordpress.com/2022/01/24/on-my-last-day-on-earth-id-like-to-plant-a-tree-w-s-merwin/

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