Planting 7 Billion Trees
June 4, 2009
We have arbor day when planting a tree has been a rite since 1872 and proclaimed a National holiday since 1970, but did you know that the United Nations has launched a program to plant 7 billion trees by the end of 2009?
As I was researching World Environment Day (WED), I came across this tree planting program. Under the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign, people, communities, business and industry, service organizations and governments are encouraged to enter tree planting pledges online with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide each year. http://www.unep.org/
World Environment Day was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Since that date much has been published concerning our need to care for our planet. Commemorated yearly on June 5 (tomorrow) the United Nations goals are: to empower people to become the agents of sustainable and equitable development; to give a human face to environmental issues; to promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and to advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and people enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.
The web site has suggestions for how each individual can help in protecting our planet. You can find 80 ways to celebrate on the www.unep.org/wed/2009/english/content/tips.asp
I know I am going to give my pledge to plant a tree. In 1995 I was part of a group that planted one in Switzerland. Now, somewhere else on our planet one more tree will be planted.
We have arbor day when planting a tree has been a rite since 1872 and proclaimed a National holiday since 1970, but did you know that the United Nations has launched a program to plant 7 billion trees by the end of 2009?
As I was researching World Environment Day (WED), I came across this tree planting program. Under the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign, people, communities, business and industry, service organizations and governments are encouraged to enter tree planting pledges online with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide each year. http://www.unep.org/
World Environment Day was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Since that date much has been published concerning our need to care for our planet. Commemorated yearly on June 5 (tomorrow) the United Nations goals are: to empower people to become the agents of sustainable and equitable development; to give a human face to environmental issues; to promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and to advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and people enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.
The web site has suggestions for how each individual can help in protecting our planet. You can find 80 ways to celebrate on the www.unep.org/wed/2009/english/content/tips.asp
I know I am going to give my pledge to plant a tree. In 1995 I was part of a group that planted one in Switzerland. Now, somewhere else on our planet one more tree will be planted.
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