{"id":1870,"date":"2024-03-26T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ljo.zhc.mybluehost.me\/?post_type=news&p=1870"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T19:16:24","slug":"curc-seniors-to-pioneer-first-ever-national-forest-with-gfoundation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/news\/curc-seniors-to-pioneer-first-ever-national-forest-with-gfoundation\/","title":{"rendered":"CURC Seniors To Pioneer First-Ever National Forest With GFoundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CURC Seniors To Pioneer First-Ever National Forest With GFoundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Congress of Union Retirees of Canada (CURC<\/a>) has radically redefined the boundaries of a tree grove for seniors created a few years ago in Alberta by the Global Foundation for Social Harmony & Sustainable Development (GF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CURC will be inviting its members across the country to join GFoundation\u2019s annual tree planting from wherever they live in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project will begin the week of June 04, 2023 to coincide with World Environment Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will ask our members or any senior & their family in Canada to plant at least one tree early next June, wherever they call home,\u201d said CURC President Michael MacIsaac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeniors in Canada are fed up with the slow pace of change to deal with climate change and the loss of biodiversity. Our newly planted trees will join global and local efforts to fix CO2 in plants and soil\u201d.<\/p>CURC President Michael MacIsaac<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He said he will ask his members to plant a tree on property they own (back yard or farm) or on a friend\u2019s property, or family member, organisation, business or government authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can plant your tree anywhere, with permission of the owner to become part of the program,\u201d said MacIssac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfterwards, CURC tree planters will be asked to click a Global Foundation link for questions about the planting of their tree, thereby enrolling it into our new national forest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GF President Winston Gereluk said a map of the new CURC national forest will eventually be produced each year, in time for October 1st UN International Day for Seniors, to demonstrate the difference trees can make to climate change, globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gereluk welcomed the new engagement with CURC, calling it an exciting pathway for effective tree planting approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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World Environment Day & Week<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, June 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CURC seniors will be planting trees throughout Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GFoundation will plant trees at or near its headquarters located near Tofield & Camrose, Alberta<\/p>\n\n\n\n