Friday, July 8, 2011

Save Our Environment By Planting A Tree

By Kenneth Abramson


Did you know that throughout the world, 3 to 6 billion trees are cut down yearly. There is so much that is made from trees and this means there is a huge need in the marketplace. For instance, paper is needed both in the home and workplace and timber is used in the building of homes. We all should take responsibility in saving our forests even if there are items we have to use that are made from trees.

Even though we have Arbor Day, and everyone should plant a tree every Arbor Day, that is only taking care of a small part of the problem. This is because almost all folks don't go out and plant a tree. If they did, we would be all ready to go.

There may be seven billion people in the world now. Naturally, you can never be certain of the exact count for this. However, we could replace the trees that are chopped down every year if each one of those folks did actually plant a tree on Arbor day. The chance of this happening is small.

Thus, the solution is for those of you who care about our planet and want oxygen so you can live, plant a tree. When it comes to planting a tree, I would not suggest you just do this on a specific day every year. Planting a tree monthly is a good goal or why not every week? We have to try to make up for those individuals who don't plant trees even though they keep on using the earth's valuable resources.

Would you believe that on Arbor Day, only approximately 8 and 15 million trees are planted? Based on those estimates, we nonetheless need to take that figure up by a further 5 billion. And yearly, it only keeps getting worse.

A complete answer is required that still encourages men and women to plant trees but I would also propose the following. If a law could be passed that each time a tree is chopped down by logging companies, they then had to plant two new ones, this could truly make a big difference.

We are going to have to continue to deal with this problem ourselves until there is the political willpower to make these changes. In reality, restoring the amount of trees required is absolutely attainable. If each and every month, approximately 10% of people in the world could plant a tree, that would compensate for the numbers being cut down every year. On average, that would be just over 7 billion trees being planted each year. For the number of trees we need to return to, an effective net gain of 1 billion trees will be the means to attain this goal.

Planting a tree is a way we can all make a contribution to the planet. Once again, it merely takes 10% of our population to start making a difference. You decide if you want to help out.




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