Thursday, May 9, 2024

TATAKalikasan Lesson: "Hug a Tree Campaign" May 15, 2024* (Special Feature: DENR-EMB-I “Tree Hugging Campaign” La Union Centennial Tree)

Lesson on TATAKalikasan Ateneo de Manila University
87.9 FM Radyo Katipunan, 11 to 12 a,m, Thursday

"Hug a Tree Campaign" May 15, 2024*
Everyday is Arbor Day  

When you hug a tree you release a hormone called oxytocin – known as the hormone of love, trust, & all the warm & fuzzy feels.
                                                             Dr Abe V Rotor

A WORLD OF THE TREES (30"x48") AVRotor 2022
Convergence and interdependence are the elements of biodiversity 
and dynamic balance or homeostasis that make a unique world 
among the trees.

Details of painting showing diversity and unity of parts that create 
a unique habitat of organisms in a woodland or in a forest.

Arbor Day is celebrated worldwide at different dates and on different occasions.  Here are some examples 
  • Arbor Day in the US is in April. (On April 15, 1907, President Roosevelt issued "Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States"
  • It is March 21 (Spring Equinox) in Belgium celebrated in Flanders (WWI  Memorial).
  •  July 28 is National Tree Planting Day for schools throughout Australia and 30 July is National Tree Planting Day for the rest of the Nation.
  • Philippine Arbor Day is held every 25th day of the month of June (PHOTO).
  • Bulgaria’s National Forest Day is celebrated during the first week of April.
  • In Canada, Maple Leaf Day falls on the last Wednesday in September
  • In China, Arbor Day is a public holiday celebrated on March 12. The date was chosen to commemorate the passing of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, known as the father of modern China, in 1925.
  • Germans celebrate Arbor Day (Tag des Baumes) on April 25
  • Holland celebrated the 50th Dutch National Tree Festival on March 22, 2006. 
  • National tree planting day of Algeria is on October 27 
    (LOWER PHOTO)
  • In Brazil, Arbor Day (Dia da Arvore) is celebrated on September 21; Barbados. on September 22 (both on Spring Equinox)
Other holidays repose upon the past;
Arbor Day proposes for the future.”
J. Sterling Morton.

Origin of Arbor Day

First Arbor Day - The Spanish village of Mondoñedo held the first documented arbor plantation festival in the world organized by its mayor in 1594

While Napoleon was ravaging Europe with his ambition in this village in the Sierra de Gata lived a priest, Don Juan Abern Samtrés, which, according to the chronicles, "convinced of the importance of trees for health, hygiene, decoration, nature, environment and customs, decides to plant trees and give a festive air. The festival began on Carnival Tuesday with the ringing of two bells of the church, and the Middle and the Big. After the Mass, and even coated with church ornaments, don Juan, accompanied by clergies, teachers and a large number of neighbors, planted the first tree, a poplar, in the place known as Valley of the Ejido. Tree plantations continued by Arroyada and Fuente de la Mora. Afterwards, there was a feast, and did not miss the dance. The party and plantations lasted three days. He drafted a manifesto in defence of the trees that was sent to surrounding towns to spread the love and respect for nature, and also he advised to make tree plantations in their localities.(Internet)
— Miguel Herrero Uceda, Arbor Day ~
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* Tree Hugging - When you hug a tree you release a hormone called oxytocin. Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary. Present in animals since early stages of evolution, in humans it plays roles in behavior that include social bonding, love, reproduction, childbirth, and the period after childbirth. Wikipedia


Philippine Standard Time:
Thursday, May 09, 2024, 7:29:13 AM, Internet
Acknowledgement with Gratitude - avr

DENR-EMB-I joins “Tree Hugging Campaign” featuring the La Union Centennial Tree at Carcarmay Elementary School, Bacnotan, La Union

The Environmental Management Bureau-Region I (EMB-I) joined the “Tree Hugging Campaign” spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Region I on February 12, 2024 at Carcarmay Elementary School, Bacnotan, La Union, where the La Union Centennial (Acacia) Tree is located, as part of the awareness raising efforts on the importance of nurturing forests and the benefits of tree-hugging to a person’s well-being.

The “Tree Hugging Campaign” launched by the DENR-Forest Management Bureau (FMB) aims to promote the social/health benefits that we can derive from nurturing trees/forests, raise awareness about the importance of tree hugging movement, and introduce an alternative way of celebrating Valentines Day by showing and expressing the love and care for the environment through tree hugging.

EMB Region I staff, Information Officer II, Alberto P. Sotelo Jr.; Environmental Monitoring Officers, Engr. Gideon Q. Nuesca Jr., Engr. Neil Arvin L. Recaido, Engr. Raul E. Uchayan, Mr. Mark Chris O. Orine and Ms. Aloha May S. Renion hugged the La Union Centennial Tree to express support to the country’s regreening efforts and to raise awareness of the benefits of trees to communities and the environment.

The activity was led by DENR-I Assistant Regional Director for Management Services (ARD-MS), Engr. Raymundo C. Gayo and it was also participated by the DENR-I National Greening Program (NGP), Regional Strategic and Communications Initiative Group (RSCIG) and Mines & Geo-Sciences Bureau – I (MGB-I) employees. Carcarmay Elementary School Principal, Ms. Myna N. Cardinez, together with her faculty members and staff and Barangay Captain Rogelio C. Carbonell also took part in the awareness raising activity.

The La Union Centennial Tree was proclaimed as one of the 13 Philippine Centennial Trees under the DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 98-25 on 03 June 1998. This DAO also proclaims these centennial trees as Protected Trees and mandates a multi-sectoral effort in protecting these trees.

 
  
The La Union Centennial Tree was also called as the silent witness of peace, war and development in the locality. In 1896, the late Innocencio Mendioro, a Grade 3 pupil of the then nipa hut primary school, planted this acacia tree. During the World War II, the shade of the Centennial Tree had been a sanctuary of the Japanese soldiers and their Filipino friends from the heat of the day. (DENR)

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” “To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.” “He that plants trees, loves others besides himself.” “If we lose the forests, we lose our only teachers.” - onetreeplanted.org

Hug a Tree Campaign Photos

  
 

"If you want to have peace on this planet full of stress and turmoil, go to a tree, and hug it. Go to them as if, you are visiting a temple or church. Walk barefoot and touch them in reverence with both your hands." – Goodreads

The Ancient Wisdom of Tree Hugging. Many believed that trees possessed a unique energy, a life force that could be transferred to humans through physical contact. In Native American cultures, for instance, the act of hugging trees was seen as a way to connect with the wisdom of nature and to heal both body and soul. - wordforest.org


(Quotes from the Internet, acknowledgement with gratitude - avr)

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