Spekboom is alive and well , and growing…
I came across a new initiative dedicated to promoting the planting of Spekboom trees. The Spekboom Carbon and Poverty Alleviation Project aims to:
1. Green the urban landscape
2. Create jobs, alleviate poverty & improve quality of life
3. Reduce the impact of global warming: Spekboom trees sequestrate carbon dioxide at the astonishing rate of 3-5 TONS per hectare per annum – which is higher than that of tropical rainforest
4. Reuse discarded plastic containers in which to grow and sell Spekboom treelings
5. Educate – we are running a number of initiatives with schools and universities on planting trees, entrepreneurship, global warming, environmentalism etc.
6. Propagate Spekboom by encouraging everyone to take cuttings from existing trees and planting them
Wow! Cool project …
Our neighbour ripped out a huge spekboom, and we rescued it, cut it up, and planted hedges, as seen at Addo. BTW did a blogpost about Elephant food http://elephantseyegarden.blogspot.com/2010/03/spekboom-jade-plant.html