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The Importance of
Growing Trees
Dave K Murahwi
Motive
• Environmental degradation
• Sustainable use of natural resources
• Good stewardship
Why is it important?
Tree benefits
• Oxygen and food
• Shelter, medicine, tools
• Timber, paper, firewood,
• Aesthetic value
• Economic value
• Pollution control
• Shade
• Energy collector
Pollution Buffer
• Air filter
• Soil filter
• Noise filter
• Water filter
• Visual pollution
• Light pollution
Protector
Protector
Protector
Contribution to Medicine
Contribution to the Ecosystem
Contribution to the Ecosystem
Biblical reference
• Stewardship Genesis 1v11
• The 4 principles of good stewardship
Psalms 24; Colossians 3v23-24; Matthew
25v21
• Aesthetic value Isaiah 60v13
• Use of trees Genesis 2v9; 2Chronicles 2v10;
Matthew 3v10
• Shelter/ Shade 1Kings 19v5; Genesis 18v4
• Axing trees Deuteronomy 20v19
• Symbolism Revelation 22v14; Proverbs 3v18;
Proverbs 11v30
References
• https://tifwe.org/four-principles-of-biblical-
stewardship/
• 56 Bible verses about Trees
• http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Trees
“CUT
SMOKING,
NOT TREES”
Do no harm
Do good
Stay in love with God
Thank You

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The Importance of Growing Trees

Hinweis der Redaktion

  1. Decline of trees leading to greenhouse gas build up subsequently global warming
  2. Reference point Relating to beauty
  3. A thing that prevents incompatible or antagonistic things from coming into contact with or harming each other.
  4. Changes in landscape replacing land and vegetation with impermeable dry surfaces leading to warmer temperatures compared to their rural surroundings
  5. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment