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by Arushi Madan | 10-03-2015 04:01
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Saturday , 7th March was my parents' 19th wedding anniversary. So we were all sitting and they were planning for movie , outing and lunch out etc. They asked me "Arushi ,which movie would you like to see?". I advised them to plant 19 trees to commemorate their 19th anniversary and doing good to environment rather than movie outing. Initially they smiled but later they appreciated my idea and supported me. Saturday , being weekend, was an ideal day too for this tree plantation. We decided to plant Ghaf seeds as this is UAE's national tree and consumes minimum water. Let me tell you a bit about this unique Ghaf tree. During long, dry periods, when much of the ground vegetation is dormant, the Ghaf (Prosopis cineraria) spreads out its lush canopy often laden with flower and fruit.This tree is one great survivor! Fierce temperatures, searing winds, high rates of water loss....the Ghaf tolerates them all. A multipurpose tree of arid lands that is considered a solution to desertification, the Ghaf stabilizes dunes while it improves soil. What is more, it propagates itself by providing new shoots from parent root systems. It is a drought – tolerant, evergreen tree which is, possibly, the sturdiest plant of the harsh desert environment In the UAE. The presence of Ghaf in an area indicates that there is water underground. The tree taps water stored deep in the sand, its roots penetrating as deep as 30 meters to access it. Thus, Ghaf is able to withstand very low rainfall and still stay green. So we went to Greenworks Nursery at Al Berari Estate , Dubai where fortunately Saturday was a community /family tree plantation day. We bought 19 saplings. We were given black pouches and printed labels to put our names and then paste on black pouches. Then we were guided towards the sand heap to take sand and fill the pouches till brim. We , then, were given good seeds to put 1 in each of the 19 pouches full of sand. Seeds were to be put just inside the sand , not too deep to give space for seed to germinate. Finally these 19 seeds were planted . We were then taken around the nursery . We were shown how the beans are opened to take out seeds and then seeds are sorted to separate good seeds from bad seeds. Seeds which have hole are infected by bird etc and are considered bad so they are kept aside. Good seeds are further put in boiled water for about 30 seconds to give them nice glow and bigger size. Bad seeds and bean trash are all taken to separate area for art & craft. The incharge/Manager Ms Christy told us that they don't waste anything in the nursery. In art & craft area , they immerse bean trash and bad /discarded seeds in lukewarm water , mix and make a paste out of it. Then that paste is put in muslin cloth to squeeze out all it's dampness . This paste can be used to make hard material like coasters etc. We sat there and made nice coasters with star , heart , ship , circle shapes from this paste using cookie moulds. Then we kept them for drying. The coasters after drying were really hard enough to serve the purpose of coaster. This paste can make extremely strong material . Ms Christy informed us that due to the strength of the products from this paste , they are planning to approach some construction companies to use this as binding material. I gave my Tunza Eco Gen ambassador card to the staff in nursery and also to Ms Christy. She was impressed to see my card and curiously asked me "What is this Tunza Eco generation , what are you supposed to do as ambassador , what all you do ?". I informed her and the others present over there in detail about Tunza Eco Generation , it's benefits , ambassador program , our roles and responsibilities as ambassadors and the global impact of this forum . While we were all sitting and working for seed sorting and coaster making , we discussed on various climate issues world is facing today , problems /challenges (according to each of us ) which are worsening the situation globally and probable solutions or the ways by which we can make a difference. I told them about recycling , how and what all I recycle , waste segregation etc. They shared their experiences like what they do to protect environment. They learnt few things from me and of course I too learnt from their experiences. It was a good interactive session while sorting the seeds. In the morning when one of my aunt called my mother to wish her and asked her their plans for the day. My mother had told her about our plan of planting 19 trees, she was happy to hear that. When we reached nursery , we were surprised to see aunt and her 10 year old son as well. I was happy to hear from them that upon hearing our plan , their 10 year old son whose birthday was about a month ago (but he din't yet celebrate due to exams) told his parents that Arushi's idea is very good and even he wants to plant 10 trees as he turned 10 little while ago. Also in the evening , my father's sister called to wish him and she too asked the same "how you celebrated?" Upon hearing , even she liked it and assured that next time onwards they would also plant trees on their birthdays and anniversaries. I am happy that I could some way inspire few others. After all , we learn from each others' best practices. Trees are the lifelines of earth and tree plantation is the most efficient way of healing the ailing Mother Earth . |
         
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29 Comments
Hello arushi
I hope you are doing well
Very great action
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 30-05-2020 20:17
Planting Ghaf tree seeds is really helpful for UAE soil. This was Eco-friendly weeding Anniversary of your parents. Congrats to them.
Posted 15-03-2015 19:23
@Aness : Thanks.
If not the Ghaf tree , you can go for some other tree suited to Kenya's conditions.
Posted 13-03-2015 16:11
Thanks , Sara ,for appreciating and adopting the idea in your own way(they plant for you as gift :-) LOL. But even then a tree will be planted whether they plant for you or you plant. objective is to plant more and more trees.
Posted 13-03-2015 16:10
That was an amazing way to celebrate an anniversary Arushi! It's inspired me to find out more about the tree and whether it can be transplanted in my country Kenya which has a lot of arid and semi arid areas. Thank you for the article!
And congratulations to your parents as well :)
Posted 13-03-2015 14:51
Great idea Arushi ! I will ask poeple in my anniversarry to plantt a tree for me as a gift :D
Posted 13-03-2015 05:05
Thanks Kalimbo.
Swasamon : Thanks for appreciating and joining me . Imagine if each of us work on this and plant trees on our special days , we will have greenest ever Earth.
Posted 12-03-2015 01:17
This is very nice family activity. I am going to plant one on my Birthday too. Thank for sharing, Arushi. : )
Posted 11-03-2015 23:09
Firstly, happy belated anniversary to your beloved parents.
secondly, it was a good idea to celebrate an event while planting new trees. It helps to solve deforestation. Trees are life.
Posted 11-03-2015 21:13
Great work, Arushi!
What a beautiful way to celebrate the wedding anniversary :)
Oh, there was another Christy haha I was surprised.
Posted 11-03-2015 11:27
@Rin : Thanks fo our encouragement and appreciation.
Of course you can do the same , it's not copying , it's learning from each others' best practices. That's the beauty of this forum.
Posted 11-03-2015 03:09
Thanks Unmesh.
Posted 11-03-2015 03:07
woh, what a way to celebrate!! great idea indeed..
Posted 11-03-2015 02:13
Dear Arushi, I'm so impressed with your idea!! It is so unique.. hahahahahaha May I copy it?? Hahahahaha.. Thanks to you for telling what ghaf is! Anyway, happy wedding anniversary for your parents. I wish the best for your family :D :D
Posted 10-03-2015 23:56
@Rahul : Thanks. Yes it is indeed one of the most noble and satisfying deed to plant trees.
Posted 10-03-2015 22:59
@Manav : Thanks for appreciating.
Posted 10-03-2015 22:58
Thanks Bindu , for your encouraging words.
Posted 10-03-2015 22:58
Kudos to your work Arushi. Tree planting is one of the must noble deeds. Celebrating anniversay to tree plantation. Your dad and mom must be proud of you.
And yes its always so much fun to share about tunza Eco generation to other. Especilly while giving them the business card and other poromotional goods.
Posted 10-03-2015 21:02
Wonderful initiative and very innovative. Planting trees on such an important Day - very inspiring Arushi.
Posted 10-03-2015 20:53
Wow, planting trees on special occassion of 19th anniversary of parents. Hats off to your idea Arushi :)
I am glad to know that a 10 years boy was impressed and followed your idea as well.
Belated Happy anniversary to your parents as well and thanks to them for supporting your idea :)
Posted 10-03-2015 19:51
Thanks Noah
Thanks Mohit.
Posted 10-03-2015 15:41
@Ni Putu : Thanks for your kind words and encouragement.
Posted 10-03-2015 15:40
Yes Eco Generation, That's what is the need of the hour that we all think of planet first before taking any actions. Thanks for appreciating.
Posted 10-03-2015 15:40
@Alina :Thanks , yes our small efforts can together make a big difference.
Posted 10-03-2015 15:39
Great Arushi!Congratulations to Uncle and Auntie and the way they decided to celebrate their anniversary is really awesome.I think many will get inspiration to celebrate their special days from your report.I think one of the best way of increasing the green lungs is by tree plantation.
Posted 10-03-2015 15:33
Awesome! That is very good of you.
Posted 10-03-2015 15:07
Well done Arushi. My first time seeing people celebrated anniversaries by planting tree. Your unique idea really represent you as a youth with green life style. And I agree with you that trees are the lifeline of earth
Posted 10-03-2015 10:09
What a lovely idea to celebrate Anniversaries!! We can see you're always thinking our planet first! :D Thank you for sharing your celebration and hope that every other members can be motivated by this post.
Posted 10-03-2015 08:51
Wow!!
Great way of celebraion Arushi.
Our small effort like planting trees on special occasion like this makes a great difference.
thanks for inspiring!!
And happy belated anniversary to your parents. :)
Posted 10-03-2015 08:39