In commemoration of EARTH’s twentieth Anniversary, EARTH University and its graduates, with the support of the Costa Rica Tourist Board (ICT), CNN and Cummins are organizing a simultaneous global tree planting on June 5, World Environment Day, called EARTH Plants the Future. Tree plantings have been organized by EARTH alumni in over 26 countries, and planting commitments exceed 650,000 trees as of today. EARTH Plants the Future is both a symbolic and practical action to address climate change, as it represents both the hope for the future and a concrete act to mitigate current emissions of greenhouse gases. On the EARTH campus alone, there will be over 1500 participants planting 16,500 trees. All over Latin America, countries where our graduates are working have organized tree plantings, such as Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia and El Salvador. “Initiatives such as these have propelled Costa Rica’s goal to obtain environmental sustainability,” said Carlos Ricardo Benavides, Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica. “We are excited to be supporting this important global initiative and we urge the international community to become advocates and unite in this endeavor on World Environment Day,” added Benavides.
Read More
