Not a day goes by without a news article on wildfires and extreme temperatures.
And while it will not completely solve the problem, there is a solution that can help…TREES!
Granted some of the fires are killing the forests; but that is even more of a reason to plant new ones.
Cities have become concrete jungles with no trees in sight and no shade from the searing summer heat.
Years ago, a close friend died and I had a tree planted in his honour. It wasn’t much but every little bit helps.
Just imagine how many trees could be planted if we all had just one tree planted in honour of a special person who is no longer with us or maybe to celebrate the birth of a new baby!
There is a Greek Proverb that says: a society grows when men plant trees they know they will never see.
Sometimes I think that the powers that be in my town hate trees because they are always chopping them down.
Humans need oxygen to breathe. We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide (CO2); but trees – along with grass and all plants – thrive on CO2 and “exhale” oxygen – the lifeblood of humanity. A great symbiotic relationship.
Trees offer shade from the sun
Some trees provide food
others provide beauty in the form of flowers and they all provide that beauty in the autumn when they change colours.
Maybe to some, planting a single tree doesn’t sound much like a life changing event, but there are some eight billion people living on Earth at last count and if only a tiny fraction of them planted a single tree, our air would be cleaner and more plentiful and there would be some shady places to get a bit of relief from the summer sun…and depending on the tree…maybe a little food.