In 2017/18 RI President Ian Riseley asked us to plant 1.2 million trees (or shrubs). We not only met the challenge, we crushed it by planting over 4 million!
In 2017/18 RI President Ian Riseley asked us to plant 1.2 million trees (or shrubs). We not only met the challenge, we crushed it by planting over 4 million! Since then, RI presidents have asked us to continue planting, not only from an earth stewardship point of view, but because our six areas of focus all depend on fresh air, clean water, and stable soil which trees and shrubs help provide. Next time you take a nice deep breath (go on, take one now) remember that oxygen may have come from a tree or shrub planted by a fellow Rotarian!
Check out Ian Riseley’s presentation at Zone 26/27 Institute this September.
Please contact a Rotary 5400 Earth Stewardship Advisory Board near you, and tell them what your club’s planting project will be this year:
- East Idaho: Irasema Jeffers, Preston, irasemajeffers@gmail.com
- Central Idaho: Ryan Redman, Hailey, ryan@flourishfoundation.org
- West Idaho: Sam Vetter, Emmett, lisavetteridaho@gmail.com; or
- Tyra Benoit, Eagle/Garden City, tyrabenoit@gmail.com