Trees and Oxygen
- A mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year.
- A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 pounds per year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support two human beings.
- One acre of trees annually consumes the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that produced by driving an average car for 26,000 miles. That same acre of trees also produces enough oxygen for 18 people to breathe for a year.
Rising global temperature
The essence of this form of development is a stable relationship between human activities and the natural world, which does not diminish the prospects for future generations to enjoy a quality of life at least as good as our own. The idea of environmentally sustainable economic growth is not new. Many cultures over the course of human history have recognized the need for harmony between the environment, society and economy. The ‘environmentally sustainable economic growth’ is synonym to the prevalent concept of ‘Sustainable Development’. The goal of which is to achieve balance/harmony between environment sustainability, economic sustainability and socio-political sustainability. India, on an average, has approximately 28 trees per person residing.