In the beginning of 2020 the Zimbabwean Professional Guides Association (Z.P.G.A.) initiated a project whereby we encouraged schools around the Country to have their first year students plant trees. A new decade and a new era in global environmental awareness, little did we know COVID19 would shut all the schools down!! Most, if not all our schools have now reopened, however, the Association would like to roll out this initiative to all significant influencers to drive the tree planting challenge and hence our appeal to you.
For consideration, a solar panel that is installed at water holes or on free standing frames requires that all vegetation is removed from around the site, enabling full sunlight to penetrate the panels. But, this involves the removal of any saplings growing in or around the solar panel……understandably. By adopting an alternative site, one can replant the saplings removed, thus replacing the denuded carbon foot print.
The Z.P.G.A. in 2018 embarked on an associated project where we named and tagged trees in seven schools across the country which has been a huge success and of benefit to the participating schools. To start off, and as a pilot project, the Grade One class of Victoria Falls Primary planted a tree for each pupil. The idea being that each Grade One pupil plants and nurtures that tree, for the next seven years (Grade One to Grade Seven). By then the tree should be big enough to take care of itself.
