Planting Seven Million Trees in Israel
Posted March 17th, 2008 by aaron
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Seven million trees are to be planted in Israel in 2008. The promise was made to over 800 mayors, governors and parliamentary officials by the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Foundation (KKL-JNF) at the International Conference of Sister Cities and Municipal Organizations held in Jerusalem in September last year.
The initiative to offset carbon emissions is timely, given the likely effect of global warming on Israel and its neighbors.
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The Man Who Planted Trees
The Man Who Planted Trees (French title L'homme qui plantait des arbres), also known as The Story of Elzéard Bouffier, The Most Extraordinary Character I Ever Met, and The Man Who Planted Hope and Reaped Happiness, is an allegorical tale by French author Jean Giono, published in 1953. It tells the story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the Alps near Provence throughout the first half of the 20th century. The tale is quite short—only about 4000 words long. rugs "I will have 10 trees planted to offset my total carbon dioxide emissions for 2005 but only if 99 other people will do the same." My wife and I estimate our total CO2 emissions at 6.5 tonnes, which could be cancelled out by 10 trees. carpet Various organizations can help with this. For example, the Woodland Trust charge GBP 50 for planting 10 trees in a British wood of your choice, see http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/plantat... . area rugs (I would be happy to provide more information about CO2 emission calculations and tree planting.)