Pardon another sky shot but the sky especially at dawn, dusk and night is one of the most beautiful and amazing things around here. This picture was taken at 5:50 on Thursday the 15th, as I was leaving my house and heading down to meet the 11 other volunteers to plant saplings.
Here is a before shot of the area where we 12 of use planted 112 trees in just a little over three hours. We were motivated to work fast because we were told that by nine AM the sun would be baring down upon us. I have mentioned/showed photographs of this area in previous blog entries. We were doing our part to try and slow down with the ultimate goal of eventually stopping the erosion in this area.
“Ja” clearing grass in the foreground with a hoe to make a spot for trees to be planted with Andreas behind here doing the same thing.
Joanna, Lucy and Rosa Virginia (from left to right) planting saplings in the wholes that Carole and Alana in one team and Hannah and I in another were digging.
The pieces of bamboo stuck in the ground are to mark the spots where we had already dug holes and placed saplings.
A more or less after shot with a few bamboo markers visible. I will go back in a few months and photograph the area again to see how much growth has taken place. We hope that our work has a kind of ripple effect on the area that our trees help to hold the ground while also motivating others to replant/reforest.
Members of our tired crew resting after three plus hours of hard labor clearing, digging, planting, etc.
Our Swedish, Catalonian, US American, Brasilian, British and Venezuelan crew of Iracambistas in a celebratory pose after planting 112 saplings in just over three hours.
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