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30 Blogs On Why We Should Plant Trees

As a lawn care service network, you can expect that we in general encourage people to plant trees for various reasons. Sometimes we are wanting to add curb appeal to the home and other times we are just encouraging them to replace the trees that were cut down/harvested in order to clear the land for their homes and to provide the requisite building materials. We think that it is always a good idea to try and be as aware as possible of environmental issues and how the things we can plant can truly make a difference. It’s a lot like voting in elections in the U.S., many people think that their one vote doesn’t matter, but in fact it can actually make a huge difference if everyone starts thinking that way. The same can be said of environmental issues and deforestation of our lands. YOU can make a difference and you can start by planting a tree or sponsoring a tree. Here are 30 blogs that will keep you informed and help you understand why we should plant trees:

1. Gardener’s Land
http://www.gardenersland.com/
This is a really well put together and current blog that offers several planting tips for trees including several uses for tree by-products (palm tree fibers and more).

2. Perry Barr Focus Team
http://perrybarrfocusteam.blogspot.com/
This is a good blog with articles on planting trees as well as green initiatives in general. It has a bit more of a political feel to it but I have found the articles to be well written and I like the fact that they have updated this blog frequently since 2006.

3. C’mon Let’s Plant a Tree
http://cmonletsplantatree.blogspot.com/
This blog is exactly on topic as it encourages people to plant trees to offset those which have been harvested. It also talks about how trees impact our environment and other impacts they can have on air quality.

4. Team Earth
http://blog.teamearth.com/tag/planting-trees/
This is the official blogsite of Team Earth. They have multiple articles on planting trees especially stressing the fact that they absorb carbon making them one of the keys to controlling climate change.

5. Tree Planting
http://www.treeplantingonline.com/
This blog is one of the older blogs on the list, but as you might have guessed from the title it has multiple articles on planting trees and some videos you can watch. I’d like to see more activity from this author again because this blog showed a lot of promise.

6. Switchboard
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/
This blog has a lot of great authors writing about a wide variety of environmental issues including planting trees. Here is a really fresh and good article regarding palm trees: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/revitalization_with_palm_trees.html.

7. Tree Hugger
http://www.treehugger.com/
This is the official website of the discovery company—Tree Hugger. It contains blog articles about planting trees and preserving the environment along with interviews of some of the most prestigious environmentalists in the world.

8. Plant Trees
http://arbordaynow.tumblr.com/
This blog is the web home of the Arbor Day Foundation. Its main goal is encourage people to take notice of the environment and it even invites readers to join the cause by planting a tree themselves.

9. For a Changing World
http://www.forachangingworld.com
This site is a hub for various contributors who want to share insightful essays in helping for the world’s development in terms of education, culture and of course environmental change.

10. TreeBanker’s Blog
http://www.treebanker.com
This blog tackles issues on the environment and forests preservation as a way of conserving Mother Nature.

11. Sanctuary Forest
http://sanctuaryforest.org/
Sanctuary Forest is a non-profit land trust located in Northern California which is committed to various forest preservation concerns. I would recommend you take advantage of their educational programs as well.

12. The Daily Green
http://www.thedailygreen.com/
This site is the consumer’s guide to the green revolution. It is very professional and contains a ton of great resources about the environment including lots of articles about trees (even why leaves change their color).

13. Eno Tree Planting Day 2010
http://www.enotreeday.net/
This site is the extension of the Environment Online (ENO), which aims to encourage people to engage in tree-planting.

14. Cleantech Blog
http://www.cleantechblog.com/2009/02/tree-planting-as-carbon-offsets-does.html
This blog focuses on insights and news about various issues regarding green technology, energy and climate change.

15. Plant a Tree USA
http://plantatreeusa.blogspot.com/
This blog space is the extension of Plant a Tree USA. It promotes sustainable ways of preserving Mother Nature especially by planting trees.

16. Kabissa
http://www.kabissa.org/blog/onura-tree-planting-project-0
This blog has the mission of uplifting the lives of people in Africa. Tree planting is one of the site’s activities intended to help people in Africa.

17. Sustainable Global Gardens
http://www.sustainableglobalgardens.org/2008/10/tree-planting-project-in-rombo-district-kilimanjaro-region-tanzania/
This is a great article on a good blog that covers planting trees along with several great photos as they go through the process of helping the environment in Kilimanjaro.

18. Climate Ark
http://www.climateark.org/
This is my favorite site in the list with a great name and more importantly a tremendous amount of current information about the environment and updates of people that need help as well as those that are doing their best to make a difference. If you only look at one blog in this list, make sure it is this one! Check out this article as a good example: http://forests.org/blog/2010/09/alert-urge-forest-stewardship.asp.

19. News, Resources, and Commentary on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability
http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/
If you are tired of people arguing over the legitimacy of global warming, point them to this site so they can get better informed. It also covers various forest conservation news, articles, and events.

20. Wood Lands
http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/
This blog aims to empower and inform people about preserving woodlands in the UK.

21. Merritt Permaculture Class
http://merrittlandhort.com/permaculture/wordpress/
This is a class blog for students of the Merritt permaculture class to help them keep track of their projects and share their efforts with others which also has some great pictures of forest areas.

22. NJ Urban Forest Blog
http://njurbanforest.com/
The purpose of NJ Urban Forest Blog is to raise awareness for the environment especially in your backyard. It has topics regarding tree-planting and animal preservation.

23. The Environmental Blog
http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/
This blog comes to us from Portland, Oregon and does a great job of being a proponent of planting trees at the same time it raises the overall awareness level of the need to do something to preserve our forests and woods.

24. Austin Tree Expert
http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/
The author passionately believes that trees have a huge impact on our quality of life and this passion is very visible by the articles and information on his site, it is simply great!

25. Greening the economy: read and react
http://greeneconomy.blogactiv.eu/
Readers are informed about environmental issues regarding green ecology, tree-planting, and sustainable consumption. Readers are also encouraged strongly to participate in the discussions on this site they are very lively.

26. City Fruit
http://cityfruit.org/blog/
City Fruit is a blog that aids tree growers to acquire useful information regarding fruit-bearing trees and related stuff.

27. Forest Protection Blog
http://forests.org/blog/
This blog has started in 1995 and has been continuously running. It aims to provide knowledge about preserving forests and planting trees in general.

28. Save the Trees
http://www.saveingrahamtrees.info/
This blog has purpose of saving trees from redundant clearing. Additional information on various urban forest landscapes is also included in the blog.

29. CIFOR’s Blog
http://ciforblog.wordpress.com/
This organization’s web extension hopes to uplift human well-being and nature preservation. CIFOR, actually is among the 15 centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

30. Save our figs and other trees in Newcastle
http://saveourfigs.wordpress.com/
This blog promotes the activities of Newcastle’s council in saving fig and other trees in the region.