Sentences with phrase «planting trees in»

He's had a love of the wilderness since he was a child, but became an avowed environmentalist after a couple of summers planting trees in Alberta's oil sands.

«By planting trees in coffee farms,» explains Jérôme Perez, head of sustainability at Nespresso, «you are protecting the coffee bushes from heavy rain, and we know that adverse weather events impact a lot on the production of Arabica coffee in the last few years in Colombia.

In earlier studies, planting trees in the boreal forest regions (found mostly in the upper half of the Northern Hemisphere) caused a warming of surface temperatures.

These new findings suggest that reforestation programs should focus on planting trees in the tropics and not in temperate or boreal regions.

Planting trees in temperate regions could actually contribute to global warming.

Not to be outdone, Gene DeSantis has been busily planting trees in the Baltimore area for the last three decades, and he's tallied an incredible 13,849 saplings planted in that time.

If developed nations were given credit for planting trees in these countries, perhaps everyone would benefit.

For example, planting trees in urban areas sequesters carbon dioxide emissions while simultaneously reducing air pollution, beautifying the area, reducing energy use, and stifling noise, among other benefits.

Planting trees in green areas help to limit the UHI effect, by providing shade, deflecting the sun's radiation and releasing moisture back into the atmosphere.

The whole discussion is utterly dishonest — it starts from an assumption based on nothing at all but pulling it out of his arse and proceeds dishonestly to waffling about dredging and planting trees in windbreaks.

Like Prime Minister Modi said, planting trees in India has not only become a new source of income for India's citizens, but it can save India from deforestation and timber importation costs.

Negative emission schemes: Could Planting Trees in the Desert Mitigate Climate Change?

Mitigation refers to an action that will reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions, such as planting trees in order to absorb more CO2.

The context of this quote in Chapter 5 is that «many climate disruption memes are wrong,» but L&D didn't bother to point out that planting trees in other places would reduce climate disruption.

Adaptive measures that may prove particularly effective include rainwater harvesting, conservation tillage, maintaining vegetation cover, planting trees in steeply - sloping fields, mini-terracing for soil and moisture conservation, improved pasture management, water re-use, desalination, and more efficient soil and irrigation - water management.

Dejair dos Santos, 66, is planting trees in the Morra da Formiga slum and tells the story of children who set fire to a local trail.

After all, as far as I know, no one has even done the experiment of planting trees in carefully controlled conditions to see whether the ringwidths somehow approximate to global temperatures.

Wangari Maathai planting trees in the degraded Aberdare Forest, Kenya.

These particular simulations suggest that planting trees in tropical regions is considerably more climatically beneficial than doing so elsewhere, reinforcing the need to maintain and improve existing efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in these areas.

Other Qteros employees are planting trees in their backyards, at daycare centers and at schools.

Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement continues to forge its own path, trying to bring planting to dry regions, creating revolving loans for livestock that are paid back with seedlings instead of money, and planting trees in the national forests.

By supporting our programme not only are you planting trees in your region of the UK you will also be helping to:

And I have to say, it was a blast.We started the day by shoveling a mound of compost to nourish three aging trees, and then moved on to planting trees in an area that was lacking in young growth.

Unfortunately, we were met by torrential rains but that did not stop us from planting those trees in the mountain.

From planting trees in Texas, to using only wind - powered energy to make our foods, we like to think that every day is Earth Day at Freshpet Read More»

From planting trees in Texas, to using only wind - powered energy to make our foods, we like to think that every day is Earth Day at Freshpet.

Planting trees in a garden can be difficult with a dog for this reason, which is why you should use a barrier or chicken wire to protect new plants.

If planting trees in the schoolyard, make sure the trees are planted in a place where they will get adequate sun and moisture, and where they will not be disturbed.

Bowers's students spent a morning planting trees in a city park, and they made and distributed several hundred bookmarks that list steps even children can take to protect the environment — things like turning off the lights or taking the school bus instead of getting a ride from Mom or Dad.

Disney has further managed to intertwine business and responsibility by vocally donating a portion of opening week ticket sales to a relevant cause; planting trees in Brazil for Earth and preserving coral reef in the Bahamas for Oceans.

If you are considering planting trees in your yard, please choose other options.

Once federal approval is granted, scientists hope to begin planting these trees in the forest, with the goal of restoring American chestnuts to the ecosystems in which they once thrived.

The US government has proposed planting trees in the tropics to suck up carbon, thus offsetting emissions at home.

First, climatologist Richard Betts of the British Meteorological Office found that planting trees in snowy regions could actually raise temperatures.

Over the years he has volunteered at the Park District in other ways, too, such as planting trees in new parks, helping plan picnics and driving seniors to the nutrition site.

You can donate to CarbonFund.org and select from a menu of certified carbon offset projects that include planting trees in severely fire - damanaged forests and innovative project that converts cow manure into methane that then generates the electricity to run a war desalination plant.

I also mentioned that we donate a portion of our proceeds to a nonprofit that plants trees in Brazil.

A society grows great when men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit, and companies grow great when the leadership looks unselfishly towards the future.

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association planted the tree in January Wabash Memorial Park on Saturday and by Sunday, the tree was found slashed in half and the memorial stone gone.

Seacrets employs a 150 - ton crane to plant the trees in early to mid-May.

The Arlington Heights Park District and Village of Arlington Heights will plant a tree in celebration of Arbor Day.

100 % of their cards and envelopes are printed on post-consumer recycled paper and they plant a tree in your honor with every order.

«The idea [is] that you bury the placenta on your property near your house, and you plant a tree in that place that will carry the attributes that you want your child to have,» she tells E! News exclusively.

«We plant trees in the town and bungalows in the country,» complained the architect Clough Williams - Ellis, «thus averaging England out into a dull uneventfulness whereby one place becomes much the same as any other - all incentive to exploration being thus removed as the great network of smoothed - out concrete roads is completed.»

By planting a tree in their constituency, MPs, led by Speaker John Bercow and including Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Philip Hammond, John McDonnell, and Diane Abbott will help to demonstrate that the Commonwealth and projects such as the QCC are a force for good.

In the interim, many airlines are offering ways to offset the greenhouse gas emissions associated with air travel, such as U.S. - based Delta Air Line's program with The Conservation Fund to plant trees in return for $ 5.50 that passengers are given the option of adding to the price of a domestic round - trip ticket or $ 11 for international round - trip flights.

Every time someone joins beYogi Insurance Plus, we plant a tree in their honor.

About One Tree Planted The non profit organization based in Vermont works with reforestation organizations around the world who plant trees in North America, South America, Asia, and Africa.

For every tee purchased, Amour Vert promises to plant a tree in return.

We also wanted to make sure it was okay to plant a tree in 100 degree weather in the middle of the summer.