Servants of the Earth, Not Rulers

The Namibian joins the rest of the country in celebrating Arbour Day under the theme ‘Towards One Million Trees by 2030: Plant Today, Breathe Tomorrow’.

The day is a timely reminder of the role trees play in sustaining life. We hope it amounts to more than a photograph and a seedling in the ground.

This plea also goes to property developers to prioritise nature.

Too often developers clear every tree on a plot and leave the neighbourhood bare and dry. Perhaps local authorities should make tree planting a condition for approving new housing developments, and we expect our leaders and the private sector to keep backing green initiatives.

Where households have planted food gardens in urban backyards, whether to stretch a tight budget or by choice, the turn towards homegrown food is welcome.

As the Belgian designer and art dealer Axel Vervoordt put it, “we are servants of the earth, not at all its rulers”.

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