Trees for Survival is an environmental education programme which involves young people growing and planting native trees to restore natural habitats by helping landowners revegetate erosion prone land, improve stream flow and water quality and increase biodiversity. The Trees for Survival programme creates community partnerships by engaging schools, their community, local businesses and Councils all working together to restore our natural heritage. (TfS)
The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay has partnered with Trees for Survival for very many years working with generations of students from Mellons Bay and Bucklands Beach Primary schools, on sites in the Clevedon Valley and on the Southern Shores of the Manukau Harbour. Our recent planting in the Brookby was inspiring, 30 young students bursting to get involved, an engaged and helpful land owner and several Club members descended on a bare hillside, toiled, had fun, learnt and left tired and satisfied having planted around 200 trees. Every one dug deep!
After 25 years, Trees for Survival has planted well over 1.5 million trees and is active in 133 New Zealand schools, with the involvement of 5000 pupils and planting around 70 000 trees per annum. A very worthy enterprise!
