Within the "Baby Boom" project, which is part of the Climate Plan, the municipality of Brussels announced almost a year ago, in May 2018, its intention to plant a tree for every baby born, to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to mitigate climate change.
It will be only from the year 2020 when it is launched. For each birth declared in the municipal registry, parents will receive a card informing them that a tree will be planted in the name of the children. But the tree will not be planted in Brussels, but in Senegal.
The city of Brussels has committed to plant a tree for each of the approximately 3,000 babies born in the city every year, and the budget to be allocated will be 25,000 euros.
"We wanted to make it clear that the climate problem knows no borders," said Benoît Hellings, city councilman of the city of Brussels. "Carbon dioxide emissions have an impact worldwide."
In Babies and more Climate change could negatively affect babies' hearts in the coming decadesThe project has mainly two objectives:
Participate in the reforestation of the countries of South Africa.
Contribute to reduce the carbon footprint of the European capital.
To this end, the plan includes measures to make municipal vehicles greener, encourage residents to buy cheaper energy and replace lighting outside municipal buildings with LEDs.
They also want to provide residents with permits for reforestation projects, such as the construction of new rooftop gardens, plots and trees on the facades of the buildings.
A good project that aims to alleviate global pollution, something very necessary for our children grow up in a more sustainable world.
With this measure, when planting a tree for every child born in Brussels, the reduction of the carbon footprint could be up to 13 tons in one year.
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