Politician Swaps Billboard Exposure to Spare a Little Tree

During election periods, politicians often perform tasks such as visiting senior citizens and planting trees, with the intention for the news media to catch the event and generating positive publicity. How excellent and rare is it when a politician displays these unselfish acts away from the media spotlight. Our online research did not find any publicity regarding the billboard vs pine tree when preparing the feature.

Driving through Northern Portugal, we notice a political campaign banner supporting Pedro Lobo, running for town president. The politician could have quickly and effortlessly given orders to cut down the small pine tree, which obstructed his campaign billboard. Still, he chose to allow this nature’s superhero to live.

We don’t know the politician’s politics, but we know that a individuals’ dignity and worth are in what they do when no one is watching.

Here is The Superhero Part

A tree’s leaves absorb carbon dioxide and water and use the sun’s energy to convert them into chemical compounds such as sugars that feed the tree. On the other hand, the tree produces and releases oxygen as a byproduct of that chemical reaction.

Trees further store carbon dioxide in their fibers, which helps clean the air and reduces the adverse effects that CO2 could have on our surroundings.

“According to the Arbor Day Foundation, in one year a mature tree will absorb more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen in exchange,” source USDA. “So next time you take a deep breath of air, give credit to a tree or hug a tree in thanks for what it gives us – the very air we breathe.”

For more info about the power of one tree visit: https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2015/03/17/power-one-tree-very-air-we-breathe