Story on NPR -
Ethiopia planting 300,000,000 trees a day.
Now if you google this story, it shows up in multiple sources. They usually have a picture of a smiling man uprighting a small transplanted tree.
Sounds great. I've planted a bunch of trees myself.
But, I think they may be yanking our chain a bit.
Do the math.
First - define " planting a tree". If you are talking even a two year old seedling - it's not realistic. A million people all planting 300 trees a day?
If you define it as sticking a seed in the ground - it's doable - if you have trained manpower or the equipment. Considering Ethiopia has a history of starvation - you got to question their farming skills and infrastructure.
Call me skeptical.
Ethiopia planting 300,000,000 trees a day.
Now if you google this story, it shows up in multiple sources. They usually have a picture of a smiling man uprighting a small transplanted tree.
Sounds great. I've planted a bunch of trees myself.
But, I think they may be yanking our chain a bit.
Do the math.
First - define " planting a tree". If you are talking even a two year old seedling - it's not realistic. A million people all planting 300 trees a day?
If you define it as sticking a seed in the ground - it's doable - if you have trained manpower or the equipment. Considering Ethiopia has a history of starvation - you got to question their farming skills and infrastructure.
Call me skeptical.
