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Re-connect with nature through tree planting, says Mukuni

Re-connect with nature through tree planting, says Mukuni
By Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone
Sat 07 July 2012, 13:22 CAT

CHIEF Mukuni of Kazungula district says there is need to re-connect people with nature by promoting tree planting.

Speaking during a tree-planting exercise in Songwe Village by Greenpop, a social enterprise dedicated to tree planting, chief Mukuni said there was need to uplift the lives of the underprivileged by planting trees in deforested areas.

"We need to encourage the Greenpop initiative which is dedicated to tree planting and setting up creative ways of sustaining trees. We need to also re-connect people with nature and highlight some of the challenges of climate change and inspire a greener future," he said.

Chief Mukuni said he was delighted that the Greenpop which started in 2010 has since planted 17,000 trees in over 170 schools, community centres, orphanages and deforested areas.

Labels: CHIEF MUKUNI, TREES

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