Growing 3.6 billion plus trees in 60 countries is the commitment of 30 international companies. The loss of nature costs the world about $44 trillion. Along with these 30 companies, all other international stakeholders have set their target to grow, conserve, and restore 1 trillion trees by 2030, named 1t.org.
1t.org is playing its significant role in nature-based solutions (NBS) of sustainability. It is a necessity of time to combat climate change and the rising global temperature. Achieving this target might be difficult, but it has longer-term effects. The implementation may take longer than expected, but once done successfully, it may contribute positively in the universe. It reducing global temperature, control climate change, protect biodiversity, puts fruitful effects on human life, and reduces cost bearded by economies due to catastrophic events. But the question is, who will do it?
Who’s responsibility?
It is neither the state’s responsibility nor the corporate and small business but households should also take their part to make this program successful and timely. For example, take the example at the corporate level, Nestle has committed to plant 200 million trees in and around farm through its company sources. AstraZeneca is committed to planting 50 million trees globally by 2025. 1t.org US Chapter has set a sequence of plantation activities to plant over 50 billion trees under 70 organizations, NGOs, states, and cities. China does not remain behind in this race. It aims to plant and conserve 70 billion trees by 2030.
Me as a household in NBS
I am Dr. Umar Suffian Ahmad, Ph.D. in Economics. I am fond of greenery and green cover. I like tree plantation in urban areas, named urban forestry. For the years I was doing this practice at my home. Then I thought to expand my hobby at the city level. I started urban forestation with my family and friends. At that time, I (as a household) was one of contributor in nature-based solutions (NBS) of sustainability. People start appraising me and start demanding to gift us plants. I was encouraged by the people.
I never decided to make it an organization or society, but one day sitting with my family, I got suggestion to give this a name. Then I start thinking what the name should be. We just have the idea of urban forestation having the first capital word ‘U’. No other idea, I was silent for weeks, having no other name in mind. After three and a half month I got another idea, why not work for biodiversity (like birds rehabilitation etc). Then I got another first capital letter ‘B’. So I have only two words, ‘U’ & ‘B’. I was silent again for the organization name, but my urban forestation was going on.
When collecting two words, U & B, I was looking for other words, and then finally reached the decision to make it HUB. What HUB? Then I made it HUB Initiative. But I felt it was incomplete, so after some time, I gave it the name Green HUB Initiative.
The Green HUB Initiative also participating…
Green HUB Initiative in the earlier stage has a mission statement: ‘Turn our homes and cities into a jungle’. In the pursuit of this mission, we used to arrange events in institutes, parks, sidewalks of highway and secure places. We involve communities when planting trees. The GLFX forum is most suitable for us to ensure our mission runs more smoothly and effectively. The aim of 1t.org is to protect the planet and make it green.
The change I would like to bring is that the area we belongs has a harsh and tough environment. The temperature in peak season, June-August remain 48 C’ average. We are struggling and will try our best to create an environment resilient forestation with the help of the local community. So, making it more concerned, the value addition through the Green HUB forum will be environmentally resilient forestation and involving local communities to conserve the forests.
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