At Treeflights we plant trees to withdraw carbon from the atmosphere. We mostly plant for people who fly but we are also happy to put trees in the ground for anyone engaged in a carbon-intensive activity or to replace consumed resources.
Trees
and flights.
When
we travel in an aeroplane we use loads of aviation
fuel. In a few hours we each burn up hundreds of litres
of a non-renewable resource that it took the earth
(and the sun) millions of years to make. On top of
this we are producing a lot of CO2 which we all know
is the main culprit for global warming.
There’s
no way of avoiding it, flying is inherently environmentally
destructive and we shouldn’t do any more of it
than we have to. Planting
a tree, on the other hand, is an ecologically constructive
thing to do. Trees use the sun’s energy to absorb
CO2, taking it out of the atmosphere (where it’s
really harmful) and turning it into this wonderful,
renewable material that we call wood. Trees encourage
biodiversity and are also fantastic air purifiers.
The
only problem with trees is that they take ages to grow.
You have to understand, when you order a Treeflight
that this is not a quick-fix and your flight will not
suddenly become ‘carbon neutral’.
But the tree we plant for you will make a significant and positive
difference, over time, to our atmosphere. |
