Reforestation

Saturday 5th December 2009 saw a world record attempt organised by BBC Breathing Places

The world record for trees planted in 1 hour by 100 people or less was wiped out at Gransha Park, along the River Foyle in Northern Ireland.

A committed few, planted 26422 trees in 1 hour with pop star Nadine Coyle helping out. That’s an average of 264 trees each person in one hour!

BBC Breathing Places Treeoclock world record & Northern Ireland World record BBC report

At that rate with collective effort:

If half of the American military planted trees for 1 hour 192 million trees would get planted

If half of the Chinese military planted trees for 1 hour 454 million trees would get planted

If half of the UK population planted trees for one hour 8 billion trees would get planted

If half of the USA population planted trees for one hour 40 billion trees would get planted

If half of the Indian population planted trees for one hour 155 billion trees would get planted

If half of the Chinese population planted trees for one hour 176 billion trees would get planted

If half of the world’s population planted trees for 1 hour 883 billion trees would get planted

Here in Sidmouth, East Devon we did manage a leisurely 100 tree saplings being planted by the local Transition town group for Sidmouth, vision group volunteers and members of the Sidmouth in bloom committee at the beautiful local Harcombe hill Living Woods as reported by the Sidmouth Herald

Download a PDF copy of the article in the local Sid Vale newspaper here.

A recent collection during this year’s national tree week 25th November until 6th December, organised by Kaieteur in aid of the Sid Valley Trees for Schools Campaign saw £356.60 collected to distribute tree sapling to local schools. Thanks to everyone that donated, this varied from 1p to £100.

3 big donors were East Devon District Council Carbon management team, Sidmouth in bloom committee and the Sidmouth vision group. We will be distributing the trees after the Christmas break.

Please donate here towards our next tree planting campaign ‘trees for the byes’ to help keep The byes in Sidmouth green.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said “The creation of a thousand forests are in one acorn”

Professor Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and HSH Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco are overseeing the United Nations Billion tree campaign with 9 billion trees pledged to be planted.

Professor Wangari Maathai really is the queen of tree planting as she shows in the amazing documentary: Taking Root which highlights much of her work with the Green Belt Movement

To buy your own tree sapling as a beautiful gift or to plant out yourself click here.
Posted by Michael Horsnell

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