Lets Plant a Tree
Start date: Dec 1, 2010,
Trees - they are all around us. They are part of our community, of our yard, of our life.Trees alter the environment in which we live by moderating climate, improving air quality,conserving water, and harboring wildlife. Climate control is obtained by moderating theeffects of sun, wind, and rain. Radiant energy from the sun is absorbed or deflected byleaves on deciduous trees in the summer and is only filtered by branches of deciduoustrees in winter. We are cooler when we stand in the shade of trees and are not exposed todirect sunlight. Trees have a big effect in our lives. Do we know their role? What will be lifewithout trees? Why the old people usually say - plant a tree - plant your future? These arethe questions that we will raise during the Youth exchange - "Lets Plant a Tree". Youthexchange "Lets Plant a tree" will happen in Macedonia, FYR in the period between the 01stand *1 of March 2011. 30 participants from Macedonia, FYR, Serbia, Romania, France,Bosnia and Bulgaria will discover the meaning of trees in our lives and later decide to planta tree for their future. For 8 days this youngsters will work on discovering the importance oftrees, trees that Europe as a continent share, discovering diversity in trees and diversity inEurope, developing intercultural understanding and dialogue and at the same time plantingtheir future. Final results of the project will be a local action for planting trees in the localcommunity and local promotion on how important is planting trees for us; published booklet- explaining what the youngsters have learned during the exchange, easy and enjoyable toread; film that will speak about the exchange itself.