More trees for the area

As President of Rotary International between 2017-18, Ian Riseley wanted 1.2 million trees planted during his year in office – one for every Rotarian in the world.

That challenge continues to be met by Rotarians across Great Britain & Ireland, under the umbrella of the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG).

Only last year, scientists from the Swiss university ETH Zürich suggested that planting billions of trees across the world would be a neat way of taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide emissions which are driving global heating.

New research estimates that a worldwide planting programme could remove two-thirds of all the emissions from human activities which remain in the atmosphere today.

Members of the three Barrow Rotary clubs have planted hundreds of trees over the years.