Trees are Cool - They are The Best - Plant a Tree!
Our trees and forests are a
wonderful free resource, even a short
time being surrounded by trees
is good for morale and raises spirits.
There
are many benefits to having forests and trees; First that is where much
of the air we breathe gets its oxgen content. Pretty important, I would
say. Also our
planet urgently needs to reduce levels of Carbon
Dioxide and increasing tree cover can
help. Every
day in the life of a tree it will be consuming carbon, in
it's lifetime a good-sized tree will have extracted over a ton of
CO2.
Large
scale planting of trees
will help to slow rising air
and sea temperatures. Rising sea levels too, need to be halted. An
inland forest can stop and even reverse the loss of fertile land to
encroaching
deserts, Trees planted upstream of land affected by flooding can be
less seriously affected. The severity and frequency of forest fires
is a
function of global heating which can be mitigated by growing more
trees.
We all need to do our bit to
ensure that the next generation of earthdwellers still have trees and
forests (and as a result
air to
breathe).
So we all should plant a tree, we should get our
friends and family to plant a tree. Plant ten trees, plant a thousand
trees, plant
a million trees, a billion? why not let's plant the two
trillion trees plus that the planet needs.
It is a duty that we inform our
children just how critically important are the trees and the benefits
of
restoring woodland everywhere.
Action
is an Imperative.
I
need Oxygen, you need Oxygen,
we all need Oxygen. In addition to supplying the oxygen to keep us
alive, a mature tree will 'soak up' something we have far too much of;
carbon dioxide, believe it or not, trees can help fix this as well. Lets increase the
number of trees on our planet. Planting an additional two trillion
would be a good
starting point. Planting trees and
protecting and
restoring forests,
along with other measures, can
halt and reverse Global Warming - How is
this to be done? - Can You help? - Let's all set aside some time
to
join
with others in restoring forests and woodland Our survival could depend
on learning to cherish our trees.
We can all do some or all of the following:-
Along
with other measures we can halt and reverse Global Heating by planting treas and creating forests!
- Plant a tree in your garden, or somewhere where it
is
likely to survive to maturity
- Join a group of volunteers working to protect trees
and forests.
- Remove
or replace invasive species
and aggressive weeds on the forest floor, also damaging vines and
excess ivy.
- Purchase Offsets that result
in tree planting.
Do Something
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