Earth Day 2016 – Trees for the Earth

Earth Day 2016 – Trees for the Earth

Join Dillon Transportation, LLC in participating in Earth Day 2016 – Trees for the Earth.

Earth Day’s 50th anniversary will be coming up in the year 2021. The goal is to plant 7.8 billion trees worldwide over the next 5 years.

Dillon Transportation, LLC will be planting a tree this year and each Earth Day over the next 5 years to help reach this world wide goal.

Please make your contribution by planting a tree at your home, business, or community garden. Every tree planted will make a difference each day in 2016 and every year there after.

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Trees for the Earth

Earth Day’s Global 2016 Theme: Trees For The Earth.

Over the next five years, as Earth Day moves closer to its 50th anniversary, we’re calling on you to help us achieve one of our most ambitious goals yet — we’re planting 7.8 billion trees and we’re starting now.

Our planet is currently losing over 15 Billion trees each year (equivalent to 48 football fields every minute). In honor of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary in 2020, Earth Day Network announced Trees for the Earth, a plan to plant 7.8 Billion trees by Earth Day 2020: one tree for every person on the planet.

Trees will be the first of five major goals we are undertaking in honor of the five-year countdown to our 50th anniversary. On their own and together, these initiatives will make a significant and measurable impact on the Earth and will serve as the foundation of a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable planet for all.

In planting 7.8 Billion trees, we will contribute to three major goals:

Mitigating Climate Change and Pollution
Planting trees absorb excess and harmful CO2 from our atmosphere. In a single year, it takes roughly 96 trees to absorb the amount of CO2 produced by one person. Trees also absorb odors and pollutant gases like nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and ozone, as well as filter particulates out of the air by trapping them on their leaves and bark.

Protecting Biodiversity
By planting the right trees, we can help counteract the loss of species, as well as provide increased habitat connectivity between regional forest patches.

Supporting Communities and their Livelihoods
Planting trees help communities achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability and provide food, energy and income. Studies have shown that schools with tree cover have reduced asthma and lung disease rates and help students with ADHD concentrate for longer periods. Tree planting has a direct correlation to reduced crime rates, increased property values, reduced litter, higher social cohesion, and a number of other social and psychological benefits.

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