Tree Planting

Because there is deforestation to an alarming extent, the extent of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere has considerably increased. Therefore, the remedy for this situation is intensive afforestation, growing more trees everywhere and protecting the existing trees without destroying them for other purposes. Thus, the relationship between people, nature, and the divine is very intimate...
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba, January 21, 1993

Trees teach us many lessons; they capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and are critical to sustaining human life. We have over a hundred US Sri Sathya Sai Centers,  with members committed to planting tens of thousands of trees, shrubs, or other plants to commemorate Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s 100th birthday. Each individual, family, center, and region are encouraged to participate in one of many ways, including identifying suitable spaces for planting such as their own yard, indoor space, schools, places of worship or public parks, and more.

 

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A society grows great when people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
- Greek Proverb