By The Iracambi Foresters | The Team that Gets it Done
Dear donors and partners,
We hope you are well, and for those of you currently experiencing heat waves, we send cooling breezes from the forest.
As we continue our work of seed collection, nursery expansion and caring for the crop of seedlings that we are readying for the planting season in October/November, parts of the world are suffering from record heatwaves. The Pacific Northwest of the US has been experiencing temperatures 20C higher than normal. Pavement is buckling, trolley car cables are melting, wildfires are breaking out, snows are melting. Temperatures this week hit record highs across Europe and even into the Arctic Circle.
The climate won't wait! Which is why we are redoubling our efforts to scale up our planting. Do more and better. Hire a new forestry coordinator. Keep spreading the word through our education courses.
Planting trees by itself won't solve the climate crisis. Global citizens need to come together to curb emissions, modify our consumption and spending habits, and start the great clean up– employing nature based solutions while there is still time.
Nature based solutions. What are they and how do they affect the climate?
Sustainably managing and restoring damaged ecosystems. So, whether its food security, climate change, water security, human health, disaster risk or economic development, nature can help us find a way.
The most cost-effective, most efficient, most scalable way of cleaning up carbon from our atmosphere is through planting trees. And growing numbers of people across the world are getting the message.
Here at Iracambi, and thanks to your amazing support, we´re on the case. And as you can see, we've spent the past couple of weeks on intensive seed collection in the forest. As you know, this is only the beginning of the tree journey - collecting, identifying, sorting, cleaning and then germinating and planting.
A nature-based solution. And we´re doing it together. Thank you!
with love from Alfredo, Deivid, Averaldo and the Iracambi Tree Planters.
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