The Last Tree, Gives Hope on How We Can Save the Environment

The Last Tree by Gutch Gutierrez

Award-winning author and commercial voice actor Gutch Gutierrez highlights the importance of caring for the enviornment in his latest picture book, The Last Tree. Published by Hiyas, OMF Literature’s imprint for children’s books, this post apocalyptic story uses catchy  rhymes and striking illustrations to list the many roles of trees.

As a bonus, the book also features a fun infographic that suggests simple ways to be a good steward of God’s creation. The infographic is doodled by Gutch’s wife, Rory Gutierrez, and list  seven simple ways children (and event adults) can be good steward of creation.

Here are some tips listed in the infographics:

Plant a tree once a year.  As the book shows,  a world with no trees is a desolate place. Asde from teaching kids the importance of trees, adults must also encourage children to plant them. This way, kids will le/ran how to be responsible for the enviornment at an early age. Not only that, planting trees can be a great bonding activity between parents and their children too.

Save water.  It may sound obvious to many people, but some often take this tip for granted. Simple acts, like closing The faucet after using it, could help save clean water for the use of future generations.

Shop secondhand.  Not only buyinh pre-loved items save you money, you also help reduce the need for raw materials to make pro products. This means less need to cut down trees, or mine for coal, or produce harmful chemicals that hurt the planet.

The Last Tree is one of the exciting new offers of Hiyas, OMF Literature’s imprint for children’s books, this 2019. It is available at National Bookstore , OMF Lit Bookshop, Passages and other leading bookstores nationwide for P120.00. The books can also be ordered online through omflit.com.

365 thousand trees planted In 365 days via GCash Forest

Filipinos who want to contribute to environmental preservation can now conveniently use an innovative mobile phone app to help plant trees and increase the Philippines’ forest cover.

According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Forest Management Bureau (FMB), the Philippines is losing 47,000 hectares of forest cover every year. The FMB also reported the need to rehabilitate 1.2 million hectares of forest lands by 2022 to prevent landslides, ensure water availability, and preserve biodiversity.

Leading mobile wallet, GCash, Is introducing an exciting ”green” feature” on the app called GCash Forest, which lets subscribers plant virtual trees that will have real-Iife counterparts. By the end of 365 days, GCash Forest aims to plant 365 thousand trees with the help of GCash subscribers.

GCash Forest launched their campaign this week at Green Sun, Makati.

To implement its tree-planting initiatives, GCash Forest partnered with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN). The DENR will provide land resources in lpo Watershed, an essential component of the Angat-Umiray-Ipo watersheds system supplying 98 percent of Metro Manila’s water. WWF will be providing trees and manpower while BIOFIN will provide expertise on monitoring.

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