US MOINUDDIN CREATING A GREEN REVOLUTION WITH ONE TREE BY ONE PERSON

Bangalore: One Tree by One Person, a revolutionary movement to make India greener was introduced by environmentalist US Moinuddin almost a decade ago. The agenda of this movement is to encourage tree planting and educate the masses about the role of trees in our ecosystem.

Everybody loves trees, but most of them do not make an effort to plant them as they get engrossed in their day-to-day activities. To make tree planting more realistic and easier, US Moinuddin began to promote the idea of One Tree by One person, according to which a person is required to plant at least one sapling during their lifetime and take care of it. As of 2012 the population of Bangalore is 85 lakhs, if every person takes an initiative of planting one sapling, then the city will have 85 lakh trees in addition to the trees that already exist. If every Indian takes an initiative of planting a sapling each, then there would be 122 crore trees in addition to the ones that exist.

In an overcrowded city like Bangalore, how does one plant so many trees? That is the usual question asked by many. “Where there is more space you can plant Rain trees, Matti, Gulmohar and other big trees, where there is less space you can plant Silver Oak, Honge and other small and medium size trees.” Moinuddin answers.

This movement is attracting people of all age groups. He even holds rallies and also distributes saplings for free.   Students across school and colleges, office employees, housewives, factory workers and others have already sworn to plant trees and make our environment healthy and beautiful. US Moinuddin has been constantly meeting people and encouraging them to support this campaign where one can witness a Greener India and a Greener Earth. To create awareness about the cause, he had directed a drama that took place on trees during the 2011 world environment day.

One Tree by One Person is also inspiring people in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nigeria. With this movement the deserts can become green, the barren lands can become productive, the temperature in the cities will decrease, and the trees will attract rain replenishing the decreasing water table. This is one campaign that will truly make the Earth a greener place to live in.