GO AHEAD, PLANT A TREE!
Make a donation to "Tree Canada"
Your donation will be assigned to a Tree Canada program of your choice: education, planting greens around school yards, tree planting and maintenance, "my street, my trees" or special projects.www.treecanada.ca
To learn more about the advantages of wood as an eco-friendly construction material, visit the following websites:
Western Red Cedar Lumber Association
www.wrcla.org
Canadian Wood Council
www.cwc.ca
Coalition BOIS Québec
www.coalitionbois.org
Statistics:
- 3 trees are used for the construction of a medium sized deck.
- 30 years old is the average age of a tree used as a material for the construction of a deck or a fence.
- 25 to 30 years is the average lifespan of a deck or fence made out of cedar.
- 10 kg/year is the amount of CO2 absorbed by a medium tree.
- $12 is the average cost to plant 3 trees anywhere in Canada.
(sources : www.treecanada.ca, www.wrcla.org)
- 3 trees are used for the construction of a medium sized deck.
- 30 years old is the average age of a tree used as a material for the construction of a deck or a fence.
- 25 to 30 years is the average lifespan of a deck or fence made out of cedar.
- 10 kg/year is the amount of CO2 absorbed by a medium tree.
- $12 is the average cost to plant 3 trees anywhere in Canada.
(sources : www.treecanada.ca, www.wrcla.org)
