Plant a tree

Nayana sent me an interesting email today, which shows how the amount of water consumed in Mumbai in one day on Holi would be sufficient for the irrigation of Rajasthan for 1 year. Wow! 

This made me question the environomics of celebrations of all kinds. Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Chinese New Year!

Gifts, eating out, firecrackers. Each of these carry a rather large environmental footprint that is hard to reverse. Here is an idea to start a reverse trend...(this is not a new idea, but i thought of it while on the throne, hence it deserves to be blogged about)

Everytime you want to give a gift to someone, plant a tree. If they have a garden, plant it in their garden. If not, plant it somewhere else. Or fund someone who will plant a tree. 

Dont give them flowers, give them a tree. Trees are awesome! (must thank Nicolas for teaching me the power of this phrase ;)

If there are still some folks asking why is planting a tree a good thing. Let me explain, as simply as i possibly can.

Trees consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. You, me and cars consume oxygen and produce carbon dioxide. Lots of carbon dioxide will kill you and me. Now, go plant a tree. Also, feel free to pee on your neighbors trees and blame Al Gore.