On October 24th, people in 128 countries came together to take action to reduce their carbon footprints. In Charleston, E’s Trees partnered with Sea Island and East Cooper Habitat for Humanity to plant more than 50 trees in Habitat neighborhoods.Sea Island Habitat hosted a tree planting at Brownswood Place which included the installation of 33 mature live oaks, the planting of 30+ oak seedlings, and interactive educational activities for youth and adults. East Cooper Habitat conducted a planting of 6 mature native trees at the same time in their McAdams Court site.
E’s Trees (http://myestrees.org/) is a national organization that plants native hardwood trees to provide shade, habitat, and reduce carbon in the atmosphere in communities. B&L Landscaping professionally planted the 33 live oaks and Carolina Hydrologic donated RootGel to reduce irrigation needs for the Sea Island Habitat site.
The day of international action was part of the 350.org movement created by Bill McKibben to increase awareness about climate change. "If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed, and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm," said Dr. James Hansen. There were more than 1,602 events that took place around the world, with three events in Charleston. Visit http://www.350.org/ for more information.
E’s Trees (http://myestrees.org/) is a national organization that plants native hardwood trees to provide shade, habitat, and reduce carbon in the atmosphere in communities. B&L Landscaping professionally planted the 33 live oaks and Carolina Hydrologic donated RootGel to reduce irrigation needs for the Sea Island Habitat site.
The day of international action was part of the 350.org movement created by Bill McKibben to increase awareness about climate change. "If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed, and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm," said Dr. James Hansen. There were more than 1,602 events that took place around the world, with three events in Charleston. Visit http://www.350.org/ for more information.For pictures from Sea Island's tree planting, please clickhttp://picasaweb.google.com/seaislandhabitat/BrownswoodPlaceTreePlanting#
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