UNEXPECTED TREE BENEFIT

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In 2020, it was reported that a pine tree planted by Epimaco Amancio 35 years earlier in Brgy Obo, Dalaguete, Cebu, Philippines, played a crucial role in preventing a bus from falling off a cliff.

The bus was negotiating a downward curve when its brakes failed and it headed toward the 30-metre cliff. The tree’s presence helped stop the bus, saving 37 people, mostly students, from potential harm.

This incident is often highlighted to emphasise the importance of protecting and caring for the environment. Trees can save lives in a most unexpected way.

The picture below shows the happy tree-planter – his one little action yielded big results for others.

– edited excerpts from Mathea’s Garden