burning trees

Master of Decarbonisation: 400+ tonnes of carbon per hectare, that's how much a young forest with mixed native species can sequester (bind?) in branches, trunks, leaves, roots and soil.

Protector of Water and Soil: Mature trees improve water quality and enrich our soils with nutrients.

Guardian of Biodiversity: From roots to crown, thousands of species live on a single tree: animals, plants, bacteria and fungi. Trees provide them with habitat, food and shelter. Trees are an ecosystem of their own.

Shade Giver: Trees provide local cooling by evaporation through their leaves and by providing shade. Trees can cool the air in cities by 2 to 8 degrees Celsius

Air Purifier: A fully grown tree can supply 18 people with oxygen every year. But trees do not only supply oxygen. They also clean the air. Their leaves filter fine dust, odours and harmful gases such as nitrogen oxides, ozone, ammonia and sulphur dioxide.

Water reservoir: Tree roots hold rainwater in the soil. Up to 200 litres of water can accumulate under one square metre of forest soil. This is how trees can reduce floods and overflows

Restorer of health: Trees have a positive influence on our psyche and health, which increases our resilience. Shinrin Yoku - "Consciously spending time in the forest to promote health" leads to a strengthening of our immune system. Stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline are lowered, as are high blood pressure and elevated insulin levels.

Witness to the past: Trees tell stories, at least to me. Have you ever sat down by an old tree, looked out into the landscape and imagined what this tree has already seen and experienced? Try it out and let this tree tell you all its wonderful stories!