We must each do our part to clean up the atmosphere. Make a commitment to reduce our energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by planting and caring for trees. Because trees grow by using the carbon from the atmosphere. The larger trees grow, the more carbon they remove. In one year, a single tree can absorb as much carbon as a car will produce when driven 26,000 miles.
Trees contribute to a clean, healthy environment in other ways as well.
As they grow, taking in carbon dioxide from the air, trees also produce life-giving oxygen. Additionally, a tree provides shade and cooling, which lessens energy demands and pollution. Caring for trees that already exist is something each of us can do. Many trees die in their first eight years of life. Protect them during this critical stage to ensure their survival.