So, if you can, adopt a tree yourself. At the rate commom-sense is flowing today it won't be long before trees are something of the past. And if they go, we'll go as well.
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| 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, for her incredible work to protect and conserve the environment, for democracy and peace. | ||||||||||
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This "Kigelia pinnata DC," locally known as "Funkosi," is a tree I have adopted. It's located in Maputo, Mozambique, in front of a rebuilt fort at the "Praça 25 de Junho," ex-"Praça 7 de Março" ("June 25 Square," ex-"March 7 Square"). According to the experts, it's well over 100 years old and if we believe the historians, it is under this tree that the first custom-office functionned in the early 1870s in Maputo, then known as Lourenço Marques or Delagoa Bay. A few friends in Maputo keep me posted on how my adopted tree is doing. This one practically saw the entire evolution of the city. And it did so, patiently and quietly. So, if you can, adopt a tree yourself. At the rate commom-sense is flowing today it won't be long before trees are something of the past. And if they go, we'll go as well. |
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