Tree-planting projects are also breathing new life into communities, providing employment (and therefore income) for people, in turn allowing parents to afford to send their children to school, as well as buy medicine and even build homes. Planting trees can also tackle existing health conditions, helping to prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of asthma and other acute respiratory symptoms. Planting trees is the best natural solution to fighting climate change, as trees trap carbon dioxide, which is heating our atmosphere and thus raising sea levels, and causing dangerously extreme weather conditions. Nobody is saying that planting trees will completely ward off dangerous climate change, but it will certainly help the earth restore some balance.Īnd there are many schemes involving many millions of trees being planted. We’ll look at both here… Why do we need to plant trees? It has become a trendy marketing tool for eco-conscious brands to ‘buy one, get one tree.’ You buy something of theirs, they’ll promise to plant a tree to contribute towards the fight against global warming.īut there are other ways to ‘do your bit’ without spending anything. Saving the planet sounds a very noble cause, but it takes effort, doesn’t it? Well, not always. Thankfully, many of us are keen to do our little bit to make the situation better.īut there’s a lot of apathy out there. This is the second time I've received a call that appears to be about stealing personal information.Most of us recognise that the human race is destroying the natural world and heating our climate to dangerous levels.
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