Take care of trees, Trees will take care of us
- An average size tree produces enough oxygen in one year to keep a family of four breathing.
- Three trees planted in the right place around buildings can cut air-conditioning costs up to 50 percent.
- Trees increase the value of property. Houses surrounded by trees sell for 18-25 percent higher than houses with no trees.
- Trees generate jobs and contribute raw materials for buildings, newspapers, books and more than 15,000 other forest products. Trees are renewable, biodegradable and recyclable. Wood by-products become such products as vitamins, plastics, vanilla flavoring, photographic film, toothpaste and medicines.
- By planting 20 million trees, the earth and its people will be provided with 260 million more tons of oxygen. Those same 20 million trees will remove 10 million tons of CO2.
- Trees provide shelter and food for wildlife such as birds, squirrels, and bugs. Groves of trees provide food and cover for larger mammals, such as raccoons and deer.
- Trees make people feel good. Workers are more productive when they see trees along their commute routes and from their office windows.
- Hospital patients who have a view of trees heal faster, use fewer pain medications, and leave the hospital sooner than patients with a view of a brick wall. Patients with a view of trees spend 8 percent fewer days in the hospital.
- Consumers are willing to spend more money in shopping districts with trees. They are willing to pay more for products purchased in a shopping district with trees. Those same shoppers also say they are willing to stay longer and rate the products and stores as higher quality in a shopping district with the trees.
- Trees in the landscape relax us, lower heart rates, and reduce stress.
How to Save Trees
- Recycle in a smart way.
- Throw paper and card board in a bag separately from cans glass and plastics.
- Look for tips on recycling so you know that your efforts will be rewarded with recycled material.
- Cut down on and share magazines, return unwanted catalogs to the sender.
- Ask yourself: do I need to print this?
- Try to use both sides of your papers. Use a printer that prints on both sides automatically e.g. HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g Series or a similar printer of other make. Make a draft box (if you are in your office). Put in this box all the papers that have been printed on one side and use them as draft papers.
- Make sure any paper you buy (toilet rolls, tissue papers, writing paper) comes from recycled sources.
- Re-use paper bags or compost receipts and torn-up bank statements.
- Re-use envelopes and make your own cards.
- Ask your boss to buy recycled paper for your workplace.
- Try to use non "glossy" newspapers, as they are difficult to recycle due to their topped coat of clay.
- Stop cutting trees Remember to plant trees.
- Re-cycle wrapping paper. Wrapping paper is hard to re-cycle.
- Give a small tree. Small trees make beautiful gifts when going to a dinner or to a neighbor's house. Just wrap the pot in a nice gift paper. You can also use a pot holder, if the tree is small enough.
- Avoiding any human activity that may cause forest fires
- Avoiding indiscriminate disposal of plastic products (especially thin plastic pick up bags) so as to allow rain water to percolate into ground and prevent erosion of soil to save the root system of trees
- Providing alternate fuel to rural poor for cooking (e.g.bio gas) so as to reduce cutting of trees for fuel wood
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