Plant a Tree!

How Does Tree Planting Halt Global Warming? Planting a tree can have so many positive affects it is nothing short of beautiful. From combating pollution to being a noise barrier, planting a tree has many beneficial ways of giving back to Mother Nature. Here listed below are some of the benefits of planting a tree to include being a great learning experience for children.

• In 50 years one tree recycles more than $37,000 worth of water, provides $31,000 worth of erosion control, $62,000 worth of air pollution control, and produces $37,000 worth of oxygen.
• Two mature trees provide enough oxygen for a family of four.
• Trees help reduce the "greenhouse effect" by absorbing CO2.
• Forest planting is one of the most cost-effective ways of reducing CO2. To remove 1 pound of CO2, planting trees costs less than 1 cent, developing more energy efficient appliances costs about 2 1/2 cents, and developing more fuel-efficient cars costs about 10 cents.
• By cooling the air and ground around them, the shade from trees helps cool the Earth's temperature.
• Trees are good noise barriers, making a city and neighborhood quieter.
• Trees help prevent city flooding by catching raindrops and offsetting runoff caused by buildings and parking lots.
• Hospital patients heal faster, require shorter stays and less painkillers if room windows face trees.
• A tree-line buffer between fields and streams helps remove farming pollutants before they reach the water.
• Well placed trees help cut energy costs and consumption by decreasing air conditioning costs 10-50% & reducing heating costs as much as 4-22%.
• Trees are the longest living and largest living organisms on Earth.
• People who plant trees become healthier, better looking, richer, and have more friends (well maybe that's stretching it a bit) - plant a tree and find out!
• In deserts, leaves absorb moisture from the dew and frost of the cool nights and release it to cool the air during the warm days.
• Trees enhance the aesthetics of our environment. Their grandeur, tenacity, and beauty are probably the most enjoyable aspect of trees.
• Tree bark and fruit have many medicinal properties, which are still being discovered.
• Birds and animals use trees for their homes and shelter and as a source of food.