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Throwback to Planting Trees with ONE TREE ONE MOUNTAIN

ONE TREE ONE MOUNTAIN organized a tree planting event joined by 210 people, planting 100 trees and dontaing 145 to the locals residents of Wufeng.

On Saturday 25 March, the CCIFT along with our members, Credit Agricole, Sanofi, Pernod Ricard, ID Logistics, M Interior and extra support from Da-Tung BMW, volunteers from the American School and the general public joined Wind Huang, the founder of One Tree One Mountain in planting 100 trees and donating 130 trees to the locals of Wufeng Village. 

 

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On Saturday 25 March, the CCIFT along with our members, Credit Agricole, Sanofi, Pernod Ricard Taiwan, ID Logistics, M Interior and extra support from Da-Tung BMW, volunteers from the American School and the general public joined Wind Huang, the founder of One Tree One Mountain in planting 100 trees and donating 130 trees to the locals of Wufeng Village.

32 trees were kindly donated by Pernod Ricard Taiwan in celebration of their 32nd year in Taiwan and 24 trees were donated by our Le Club Concord member ECOVIS.

Wind, named Leisha Dabasi in his tribal tongue, belongs to the indigenous Atayal group residing in the Hshinchu Central Mountain Ranges. In 2015, he returned to his village, Mkmatuy 馬胎部落, meaning the village of the mist and clouds, only to realise that many had sold their land and left the village.

Nearby, Smagus 司馬庫斯 and Miaoli were well known for Cherry Blossoms 櫻花 and Tung Blossoms 桐花 welcoming tourists from Taiwan and abroad. Wind hopes to recreate the clouds and bring back the villagers with Chinese Fringe trees 流蘇樹 which are original to Taiwan and blossom into seas of white tassel flowers in April.

With the vision to restore nature and bring back the villagers, Wind began his initiative of planting trees in 2015 and founded the ONE TREE ONE MOUNTAIN in 2019. We could now appreciate over 2000 trees dotting across New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Mioali.

According to the Forestry Bureau, A single tree could take in 5-10 kilos of carbon emission, and planting 112 trees could translate to a year of air conditioning.

There are many ways of contributing to our environment, reducing waste, and being cautious of our consumption, just to name a few. The CCIFT is proud to support ONE TREE ONE MOUNTAIN where in 10 years time we could appreciate the blooming tassel flowers.

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