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Project Report | Sep 3, 2022
2000 trees by 2022 and 3000 more by 2023

By Alejandra Monge | Executive Director

Our environmental coordinator
Our environmental coordinator

 

 

2000 trees by 2022 (Español abajo)

We are planting trees; these are our babies, growing strong!

 

“You should have seen Helena!” Francisco exclaimed, “she was carrying a heavy backpack, her baby on her thigh, and the basket filled with trees as she walked up the hill!” 

Francisco, our program director, drove with our team to Osa to help with one of the reforestations. They came back to San Jose exhausted but inspired.

Helena, our environmental education coordinator, is one of our organization’s heroes. They say everybody should plant a tree, write a book, and have a child. Try doing two of those things at the same time, fuff. 

Our team is committed to meeting our goal to plant 2000 trees by the end of 2022. However, we have a small window; we can only plant deep into the rainy season. We have already planted 1379, so the last 600 trees will need to be planted at the beginning of September to get enough rain to survive the Costa Rican dry season.

Our team has been planting trees this last season like there is “no tomorrow.” Because we know that without trees there is no tomorrow. 5 groups of nine to forty people have been on the field working under the sun or the rain planting beautiful trees. People from Drake Bay, Spain, England, The US, and the world helped us plant these trees. In total, 120 people participated. Children and adults, everybody helped with excitement and, dare I say, the hope that planting a tree brings to our hearts. 

By the time you read this note, our team will have planted 1979 trees, but we will have 2000 by the end of the year. Three thousand more will come in 2023. These trees are grown to a point where they are big enough to survive and will also be cared for at least three more years. New ones will replace trees that die. We monitor them, check on the wildlife repopulating the place and see the change. Join us! There is no greater satisfaction than planting a tree. 

Also, we are working with farmers and helping them improve their efficiency by implementing regenerative cattle farming and vegetable garden. In addition, we are helping families create their regenerative farms. We hope this will reduce the need to keep cutting forests to produce food. In the following months, our team will reach out to the hotels in the area to create an inventory of demand that our regenerative/organic farmers could meet.

2000 árboles para 2022

Estamos plantando árboles; ¡Estos son nuestros bebés, creciendo fuertes!

¡Deberías haber visto a Helena! Me dijo Francisco: “¡Llevaba una mochila pesadísima, su bebé en el muslo y la canasta llena de árboles mientras subía la colina!” Francisco, nuestro director de programa, condujo con nuestro equipo a Osa para ayudar con la reforestación. Regresaron exhaustos, pero inesperados de la maravillosa experiencia.

Helena, nuestra coordinadora de educación ambiental, es una de las heroínas de nuestra organización. Dicen que todo el mundo debería plantar un árbol, escribir un libro y tener un hijo o hija. ¡Intentá hacer dos de esas cosas al mismo tiempo!  Fuf

Nuestro equipo está comprometido a cumplir nuestra meta de plantar 2000 árboles para fines de 2022. Sin embargo, tenemos una ventana pequeña; solo podemos sembrar en lo más fuerte de la temporada de lluvias. Ya hemos plantado 1379, por lo que los últimos 600 árboles deberán plantarse a principios de septiembre para obtener suficiente lluvia para sobrevivir a la estación seca de Costa Rica.

Nuestro equipo ha estado plantando árboles esta última temporada como si "no hubiera un mañana". Porque sabemos que sin árboles no va a ver mañana.  5 grupos de 9 a 40 personas han estado en el campo trabajando bajo el sol o la lluvia plantando hermosos árboles.  

Personas de Drake Bay, Costa Rica, España, Inglaterra, Estados Unidos y de todo el mundo nos ayudan a plantar estos árboles. En total participaron 120 personas. Niños, niñas y adultos, todos ayudaron con la emoción y, me atrevo a decir, la esperanza que nos trae plantar un árbol.

Para cuando hayas leído esta nota, nuestro equipo habrá plantado 1979 árboles, pero tendremos 2000 para fin de año. Tres mil más vendrán en 2023. Estos árboles se cultivan hasta el punto en que son lo suficientemente grandes para sobrevivir y también se cuidarán durante al menos tres años más. Nuevos árboles reemplazarán a los que mueren. Los monitoreamos, revisamos la vida silvestre repoblando el lugar y vemos el cambio. ¡Únite a nosotros! No hay mayor satisfacción que plantar un árbol.

Además, estamos trabajando con los agricultores y ayudándolos a mejorar su eficiencia mediante la implementación de ganadería y agricultura regenerativa. Estamos ayudando a las familias a crear sus granjas regenerativas. Esperamos que esto reduzca la necesidad de seguir talando bosques para producir alimentos. En los meses siguientes, nuestro equipo se comunicará con los hoteles de la zona para crear un inventario de la demanda que nuestros agricultores regenerativos/orgánicos podrían satisfacer.

Equipo sembrando arbolitos
Equipo sembrando arbolitos
dona Lili planting trees
dona Lili planting trees
Joselyn and Sira loving every minute of it!
Joselyn and Sira loving every minute of it!
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