Meet Lucky. He’s the third little scraggly thing from the
left…yes, the one bearing a large resemblance to the tree from “A Charlie Brown
Christmas.”
Lucky was one of the 2,001 saplings I helped plant in the
Platbos Forest outside of Hermanus last weekend at Greenpop’s ‘Reforestation
Fest.’ Chris, Dara and I met up with the campus’ environmentalist group,
EcoMaties, for a weekend of camping, music, dancing, delicious food and of
course, planting trees.
"Platbos", an Afrikaans name, translates as
"flat forest or bush", a perfectly descriptive name for the forest. The
goal was to continue reforestation efforts begun the year before and starting
early Saturday morning, 230 nature enthusiasts emerged from their tents (a bit
of a rough night after literally sleeping on tree roots), grabbed shovels and
hiked up the mountain. After warming up with yoga in the trees, we dug right in
–literally!
We enjoyed ‘mild’ curry (a bit of an oxymoron, if you as me)
around a roaring campfire and looked for shooting stars, while listening to
great music by local musicians.
Check out my favorite- Jeremy Loop!
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