Trees

One of my favorite things the AHF does is plant trees. Deforestation in the region due to timber harvesting, the cutting of fuel wood by trekkers and mountaineers, intensive grazing by livestock and agricultural expansion threatens the local ecology and habitat. Conservation efforts are underway to preserve the remaining forests, but AHF has also planted over two million trees -- so far!

So here in tribute, three of my favorite tree quotes...

“The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort,
are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief,
for when the light comes,
the heart of the people is always right.”
~John Muir

If only I could share it:
The soft sound of snow
Falling late at night
From the trees
At this old temple.
~Hakuin (1686-1768)

Plant trees.
They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival:
oxygen and books.
~A. Whitney Brown