Greener Earth

Most of us wish for a greener and cooler place to live in. Who would not want that? Who among us would just like to stay in a close building for a week without sunshine and without fresh air to breathe? Or who would like to go out in the streets in the crowded and polluted downtown?

Maybe some of us are in the habit of opening the windows every morning to meet the sunshine and smell the freshness of the early morning dew. For the last 20 years or so, you must have noticed the significant change in the climate. It is now warmer, and the surroundings seem to have lost the luster it once had.

Plant More Trees: See Them Grow

Trees helped in the reduction of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Some groups even initiated projects geared towards tree planting. I have been to countless tree-planting activities but it seems that these were all done for publicity. One time I returned to the actual place where we planted trees but I could no longer see those that we planted. And here we are planting trees again.

Where have all those trees gone? Isn’t it just a waste of money and effort? Maybe the fault lies in the government agency and the community who were supposed to take care of those trees. If we plant trees, let’s go back to that same place and see that tree grow. Or else, we will become one of those posers. And if we have vacant lots in the city, let’s plant some trees in there.

~ by coolm34 on May 13, 2008.