The Environmental Club (Enviro Club) at Scottburgh High School (SHS) is celebrating the earth by planting indigenous trees as a practical and symbolic gesture of sustainable environmental management.
The club campaigns to sensitise the local community about the need to conserve, protect and plant trees for environmental and human-related ideals.
The school believes that planting trees is important because it is everyone’s best partner in the fight against climate change.
Trees help reduce soil erosion, increase fertility and help obtain soil moisture in agriculture. Fallen leaves lower soil temperature that prevents the soil from losing too much moisture. Trees give off oxygen that we need to breathe. Many species of wildlife depend on trees for habitat providing homes for many birds and mammals.
The school is grateful to Mary McKenzie, chairperson of the Pennington Conservancy, for recently donating eight saplings to SHS and assisting with their education of environmental awareness.
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