1000 Flowers for the Planet - #296 Plant a Tree
Where I live used to be a densely planted area with a huge number of
trees, both native and European. We couldn’t even see into our neighbours
property for trees and vegetation. Twenty years on and the trees are mostly
gone as development takes over, with house blocks now consisting of three or
four townhouses where once there was a single home. As population grows, new
housing developments are popping up everywhere, with all the vegetation
bulldozed to make way for concrete jungles with not a tree in site. Brazil and
Indonesia are countries with high profiles for chopping down their rainforests
to make way for industry, particularly the palm oil industry, which we all use in one way or another. These are
to name only a few examples. None of us are guiltless in the destruction of
forests worldwide – we all use products that come from that destruction.
Let’s counteract our destructive behaviour by planting a tree. Plant one
tree for every person in your household. In Australia that would be 23 million
trees – there would be so many more in other countries worldwide. If you don’t
have your own property on which to plant a tree, or enough space, join a tree
planting project in your area. Search the Internet for projects in which you
can participate. If you simply cannot physically plant a tree yourself, donate
to a tree planting project such as Carbon Neutral at http://www.carbonneutral.com.au/individuals/plant-a-tree.html
or The Nature Conservancy at http://www.plantabillion.org/.
Get your relatives and friends involved and if you have aged parents who cannot
participate, plant a tree on their behalf.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, so don’t delay –
plant one today.
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