(Janet Yegneswaran, India)
Good evening everybody!
First, may I request you all to close your eyes for a few moments and think.
Just think of the sight of tree leaves dancing in the wind.
Think of lying down under the cool shade of tree, full of birds.
Think of children climbing a tree and plucking fruits.
Think of a little girl playing on a swing tied to a tree.
Think of little boys playing cricket with stumps drawn on a tree trunk.
Think of a little boy chasing an old tyre down the road with a broken tree branch.
Think of all the wooden toys made from trees.
I’m sure most of these things you just thought of brought peace to you.
That’s the beauty of trees. The very thought of them is pleasing to the mind.
It’s very rare that trees are associated with hatred, war and bloodshed.
If you actually think about it, most wars are fought over natural resources like oil, water and food.
First, let’s take oil.
Trees provide oil in the form of biodiesel and biofuel all their lives without the need for expensive machinery and manpower. In fact, scientists claim that the oil from just the Honge tree lone is enough to meet the fuel demands of our country. Unlike oil from the ground oil from trees is an inexhaustible resource.
Trees provide oil in the form of biodiesel and biofuel all their lives without the need for expensive machinery and manpower. In fact, scientists claim that the oil from just the Honge tree lone is enough to meet the fuel demands of our country. Unlike oil from the ground oil from trees is an inexhaustible resource.
Then let’s take water.
We all know that without trees, there’s no rain. And hence, no water. And the more trees there are, the more rain there is. And hence, more water. It’s no co incidence that the shape of trees resembles rain bearing clouds. Not only do trees bring rain, they also carry the rainwater deep into the soil and recharge the ground water supply.
We all know that without trees, there’s no rain. And hence, no water. And the more trees there are, the more rain there is. And hence, more water. It’s no co incidence that the shape of trees resembles rain bearing clouds. Not only do trees bring rain, they also carry the rainwater deep into the soil and recharge the ground water supply.
Then of course, trees provide fruits, nutritious green leaves that provide us with all the nutrition we need.
They also provide biofertilizers and biopesticides required to grow other crops for our food. These are a safe substitute to the chemical fertilizers and insecticides that poison our food and our water.
They also provide biofertilizers and biopesticides required to grow other crops for our food. These are a safe substitute to the chemical fertilizers and insecticides that poison our food and our water.
Basically, trees provide us with everything that we fight over. That too for free.
Although it seems a bit ideal, I think that if we all planted enough trees instead of depending on other sources, we could all be self sufficient and have nothing to fight for. Peace would prevail.
Have you noticed how the word ‘trees’ rhymes with the word ‘peace’.
Trees, peace, trees, peace, trees, peace…I don’t think it’s a coincidence.
Let there be trees. Let there be peace.
Thank you.
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One year in two minutes
A true timelapse made from more than 3500 high resolution images shot from the same spot during all of 2010.
Music by Magnus Gangstad (http://thephilterlounge.com/).
Download the video and learn how it was made here: http://eirikso.com/2011/01/05/one-year-in-2-minutes/
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What about the forests?
Music by Carbon Based Lifeforms
