Leading By Example: These People Are Planting Trees To Save The Environment & We Should Too!
Ethiopia planted more than 353 million trees in 12 hours on July 29. Turkey decides to have a National Tree Plantation Day. Engineering colleges in Rajasthan make planting one tree compulsory for all students. Philippines requires students to plant 10 trees in order to graduate.
The only way to tackle rapid deforestation is to plant more trees. Yet the meaning of something so simple is lost on so many of us.
But there are a few who--countries and individuals--who are taking matters in to their own hands and planting more and more trees. Deforestation, pollution, climate change and humans becoming careless are wreaking havoc on the environment and it's high time more and more people and governments took stock of things.
In the end, it's all about giving back to nature that has given humanity so much. So start here and learn from these people:
1. Ethiopia plants 35 crore trees in 12 hours. Read More
In what officials say is a world record, Ethiopia planted more than 353 million trees in 12 hours on July 29. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed aims to counter the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone area.
The activity was a part of the wider reforestation campaign called ¡®Green Legacy,¡¯ which was introduced in 1,000 sites across the country.
2. Turkey decides to have a National Tree Plantation Day. Read More
A Turkish citizen Enes ?ahin tweeted something that immediately garnered over half a lakh responses immediately. He just has 212 tweets in total on his Twitter account but his tweet which started with 'I have an idea' went viral. The tweet read, 'Let¡¯s set an example to the world, and hand down a green country to the upcoming generations.'
The tweet was even noticed by an official of the Turkish government who promised to establish a ¡®National Tree Planting Day.¡¯
3. Engineering colleges in Rajasthan make planting one tree compulsory for all students. Read More
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The Rajasthan government ordered a plantation drive under which every new student in state-run engineering colleges will have to plant a tree in the campus at the start of every academic session.
According to reports, the government of the state ordered that every new student taking admission in any state-run engineering college must plant at least one tree, revive depleting groundwater by digging ponds and dedicate every week to cleaning up their college campus.
4. Chennai woman's terrace garden is the wonderful result of her zero-waste lifestyle. Read More
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This woman in Chennai who resides in Thiruvottriyur, leads a zero-waste life. Pauline is 57 and she add all waste--vegetable, eggs, fish--in a compost pit. She does so on her terrace garden and uses it for her fruits and vegetable plants.
"One can just start composting in plastic buckets and grow bags (polythene bags), which cost Rs 50 apiece,¡± Pauline told New Indian Express when asked about the ease with which one can make a compost pit.
5. Philippines requires students to plant 10 trees in order to graduate. Read More
In a bid to fight the menace of global pollution, Philippines has passed a landmark law which requires all high school and college students to plant at least 10 trees if they want to graduate. The 'Graduation Legacy for the Environment Act' was passed on May 15 by Gay Alejano, the Magdalo Party representative.
6. Brazilian couple turns barren land into a forest. Read More
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Brazilian photographer Sebasti?o Salgado returned to his homeland in Minas Gerais only to see that what was once a green paradise had been reduced to an empty dryland. With the support of his wife, L¨¦lia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, he decided to make his hometown green again.
They managed to plant as many as four million saplings and the effects of it can be seen already. They turned the barren land into a lush green forest!
7. Bengaluru woman plants 73,000 saplings in memory of late husband. Read More
68-year-old Janet Yegneswaran from Bengaluru broke the record for planting 75,000 saplings single-handedly, and all this, to honour the memory of her late husband.
According to Bengaluru Mirror, Janet Yegneswaran started the initiative back in 2005 soon after her husband, RS Yegneswaran, passed away. This tragic loss coincided with the time when Bengaluru was going through large scale tree felling in the name of development. So it was then that she decided to turn things around!
