PEPPS learners on the importance of planting trees

PEPPS learners celebrated Arbor Day by planting trees around the school.

POLOKWANE – Gr 8 and Gr 10 learners from PEPPS recently celebtrated Arbor Day by planting various trees around the school to create a more eco-friendly environment.

National Arbor Week encourages South Africans of all ages to celebrate the beauty and importance of trees.

Communities are urged to get involved by planting indigenous trees as a practical and symbolic gesture of sustainable environmental management.

The Polokwane Review asked several learners what they understand Arbor Week to be and why it is important.

Kgaogelo Mantsie (Gr 8): Arbour Week is important because when we plant trees around the school, it promotes and creates a better life for all of us because we’re here most of the time.

Kholofelo Thema (Gr 8): Arbour Day is marked by the planting of trees and it emphasises the aftercare of them to sustainably protect our planet’s natural resources.

Mohau Molotja (Gr 8): The National Arbor Month campaign is aimed at sensitising South Africans about the need to conserve, protect and plant trees for environmental and human related ideals.
Bokang Manthata (Gr 8): Arbour Week gives us better knowledge of trees and how they affect our day-to-day lives.
Takalani Nematswerani (Gr 8): Trees contribute to the environment by providing oxygen which improves air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil and supporting wildlife.
Kopano Mothiba (Gr 8): During the process of photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen we breathe, so it’s important that we plant trees around or outside the school so that we have an eco-friendly city. It’s also nice to get active outdoors at school every now and then.
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