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REVIEW:
The Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign is the worldwide tree planting campaign of the United Nations Environment Programme asking people, communities, business and industry, civil society organizations, and others to make pledges to plant trees during 2007. What a great way to start the New Year and get students involved in an environmental project that combats climate change! Individual classes or schools can find all the information they need to join the campaign and promote it in their own community. Pledges at the site can be anything from a single tree to 10 million trees with an emphasis on planting indigenous trees and trees that are appropriate to the local environment. Visitors to the site can find such sections as Facts and Figures, containing basic information that tells where forests are found and how much of the world is forested. Trees and Humanity, another section, discusses the role of trees in our lives. There is also a section called How to Plant a Tree, with step by step instructions. |
January 2007
