When it gets too hot in summer, like now, we all use the most common ways to cool down. But whatever we do, be it having ice cream or staying in an air-conditioned room, the cooling effect is only temporary and limited to us or those around us. These steps do not lower the atmospheric temperature or provide long-term solutions because they do nothing to help the earth cool down.
So the surest, most effective, low-cost and long-term way to bring down the temperature in summer is by planting more trees. Yes, it’s something we all know and hear a lot about, but it’s also something that very few of us do.
Tell me, how many of you, my dear readers, have planted a tree? Or let’s put it this way, how many people you know have planted trees?
Well, I have, and some of you must have too, but the number is not as many as the trees that need to be planted to combat the problem of global warming and climate change we are facing like never before. Frankly, there is no magic number that we know of — but you know what, with almost eight billion people in the world, and with each person planting a tree at least once in their lifetime, we can be sure that eight billion trees will do their magic.
Rather than going deeply into the science of why we need to plant trees and what trees do for the environment — which I am sure, all you smart kids reading this already know and it will need a separate, detailed discussion — I want to talk about the practical aspects involved in planting a tree and how you all can easily do it. And, trust me, once you have planted a tree, seen it grow all tall and shady, you would never want to stop planting trees. The pleasure is similar to what a parent........