Wednesday, 09 June 2010 08:27

Rafael Santos, director of CEET publications, joined the ecological campaign. TIME and the Botanical Garden will plant 20,000 trees in Bogota. You can also join the campaign 'I am part of the solution, I took a tree. " Bear's Hand, Seven Leather, Walnut, Cedar and Palm andicola were the species that students attending schools in Bogotá and employees of Casa Editorial El Tiempo (CEET) planted last Friday.

To support the campaign 'I am part of the solution, I took a tree', the Botanical Garden José Celestino Mutis and CEET. "We made an agreement with the Botanical Garden to plant at least 20,000 trees in the city and recover from deforested areas," said Diana Cerón Otoya, Directorate of Social Responsibility CEET.

For two years, the Botanical Garden is urging the people of Bogotá to plant and adopt a tree, in order to raise awareness and promote a civic culture of care and protection of urban green grid.

This entity Bogotá Aqueduct and have developed an agreement to replant the water rounds of capital and thus combat environmental pollution. CEET will help drive the initiative. "The goal is to plant 57 000 native trees and thus recover the land deforested since colonial times," said Federico Gutiérrez Bull, deputy technical director of the Botanical Garden.

Those interested in adopting a tree can call 4377060, extension 323 and 220. You just have to commit to visit at least once a month to know in which state and report to the Botanical Gardens.

CEET employees and children planted their tree will receive an adoption certificate and can put a name to your plant. "It's an idea that we can leave them a safe environment for our children," said one person on the day.

According to the promoters of the campaign, this is built on the basis of civic culture, "a citizen who feels, thinks and acts on the need to sustain life, the right to a healthy environment and participation on decisions made in the territory, "the Office of Greening the Botanical Garden.