{"id":4911,"date":"2021-02-23T18:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?page_id=4911"},"modified":"2021-02-24T20:26:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:26:39","slug":"trees-for-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/programme-action-report-2018-19\/trees-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SI NEWCASTLE\u00a0UPON TYNE:\u00a0\u2018TREES FOR LIFE\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SI Newcastle upon Tyne\u00a0<\/strong>have launched their \u2018Trees for Life\u2019 Project which in\u00a0<strong>Phase 1<\/strong>\u00a0will provide global benefits, and these benefits will be for women.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Treesisters\u2019 is a UK based organisation founded by women and now forming a global network of women who donate money to fund a\u00a0<strong>\u2018Reforestation Revolution\u2019<\/strong>.\u00a0 This revolution is to restore our tropical forests by \u201cwomen seeding change\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/treesisters.org\/\">https:\/\/treesisters.org<\/a>)\u00a0 in Brazil, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Nepal, Madagascar and Amazonia, because tropical forests are\u201d the lungs of the world, rain creators, weather stabilisers, air cleansers and the conditioners of the planet\u201d. (Treesisters.org).\u00a0 Together this network of empowered women across the globe aim to plant one million to one billion trees a year.\u00a0 Their current total so far is 2.2 million trees which women have planted and nurtured, and from which they grow more trees to sell or plant for food, materials and medicines.\u00a0 This puts women in the driving seat of change and makes them economically active.\u00a0 They are ensuring these trees survive and thrive by engaging with local schools, students and others in their 20yr tree nurture plans.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Reforestation Revolution<\/strong>\u00a0is focused on tropical forests and jungles because tropical trees sequester (i.e., store on a long term basis carbon dioxide and other forms of carbon to slow the accumulation of atmospheric and marine greenhouse gases released by the burning of fossil fuels) store three times more carbon than trees in temperate regions.<\/p>\n<p>Through \u2018Treesisters\u2019 the trees can be purchased and planted for 33p per sapling!\u00a0\u00a0<strong>SI Newcastle upon Tyne<\/strong>have no target \u2013 we and our planet need all the trees we can get.\u00a0\u00a0 Our \u2018Trees for Life\u2019 Clock started counting with the project launch at our Annual Charter Lunch on the 16 November 2019.\u00a0 Through the generosity of all the Club, our Northern England Region and other Soroptimists together with their family and friends the funds were raised for women across the globe working in partnership with Treesisters.org to plant a staggering\u00a0<strong>1,199 trees<\/strong>\u00a0across a range of tropical forests.\u00a0 Now named\u00a0<strong>SI Newcastle upon Tyne\u2019s \u201cWOR FOREST\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(a true Geordie name!)\u00a0 \u2013 supporting our planet, women internationally and their communities.<\/p>\n<p>No.1a photograph is at the Charter Lunch in November 2019 when the funds for 1,999 trees through the <a href=\"http:\/\/treesisters.org\/\">Treesisters.org<\/a>\u00a0was raised. Note the \u2019tree\u2019 table decorations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/trees-for-life-1-si-lunch-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4912\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/trees-for-life-1-si-lunch-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photograph 1b shows our President Chris declaring the club&#8217;s support for Treesisters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/Tree-sister-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4920\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/Tree-sister-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/Tree-sister-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/Tree-sister-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Phase 2\u00a0<\/strong>of the Project was launched in the UK with the planting of a Silver Birch tree (Betula Snow Queen) in partnership with Dobbies Garden Centre at their Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne premises on International Women\u2019s Day on 8 March 2020.\u00a0 This was an exciting occasion followed by coffee and cake with plans to partner with a range of Newcastle schools and educational organisations during the year.\u00a0 Unfortunately, despite having raised a considerable sum of money, thanks to a very successful summer event in 2019 hosted by a Club Member, Phase 2 has been postponed due to the Covid 19 pandemic which began with its first lockdown on the 23 March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 photograph is the planting of a Silver Birch at Dobbies Garden Centre on International Women\u2019s Day 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/trees-for-life-dobbies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4913\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/02\/trees-for-life-dobbies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a>However,\u00a0<strong>SI Newcastle upon Tyne\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>\u2019Trees for Life\u2019 Phase 2 will take place \u2013 watch this space!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI NEWCASTLE\u00a0UPON TYNE:\u00a0\u2018TREES FOR LIFE\u2019 SI Newcastle upon Tyne\u00a0have launched their \u2018Trees for Life\u2019 Project&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":4913,"parent":853,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4911","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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