As a kid I always had a fascination for trees, as they provided a whole new dimension to imagination. As soon as my feet were airborne, my mind entered their worlds, in which I could climb steep mountain summits or defend the walls of a foreign legion fortress in the desert of Sahara.
As it is, each tree presents a small world in itself, an ecosystem that gives life and nourishes the earth. They are a clear example of the meaning of sustainability. They use the sun as an energy source to create nutrients and give shelter to hundreds of different species of animals, birds and microorganisms. They produce oxygen, process CO2, filter water and prevent erosion.

Nothing is lost, everything is accounted for and utilized to generate and maintain life. There is no scrap, no waste. Under their shadow, and from their fruits, the cycle of life continues for other species as well as their own.

Recently and thanks to the effort of Greenpeace, more 1,500,000 people committed to get the attention of the Government in focusing on a law against the depredation of native forests.

The country took conscience of the situation of our trees: In Argentina the annual deforestation is close to 600,000 acres, probably in line with the worldwide expansion of agriculture that has cut down 80% of all native forests and keeps a pace of 2,000 trees per minute in the Amazon.

It seems that the old bequest of planting a tree, having a child and writing a book no longer suffices.  Preserving a tree has become an important necessity in order for our children to create their “own worlds” and enjoy our current one.