The Evoke Building Group don’t just build houses. Their dream is to build people a home. A home that is highly energy efficient and low maintenance with a focus on environmentally friendly building solutions. As they state on their website We only get one planet people! We don’t want our kids picking up the bill!
We were delighted when Evoke contacted us asking if we could plant 105 trees on their behalf (15 trees for every vehicle in the fleet). Of course we could … and did! The trees were planted at a favourite location of ours – Westgate Park. This is the park you see when you drive over the Westgate Bridge into and out of Melbourne. It is a 40 hectare reserve that is slowly but surely being brought back to what it once was; a thriving river ecosystem with masses of native wildlife, and in particular birdlife.
Tree planting day.
Volunteers of Westgate Biodiversity planted out the trees. This amazing group meet up regularly, to not only plant, but to remove the introduced weeds, mulch and water the new trees (shrubs and grasses) and general maintenance work. As you can imagine, this maintenance can be massive over the 40 hectare park. Thank you to Tony Flude and his team for their tieless work.
And thank you Evoke for your contribution. We don’t have to be perfect as we move towards living more sustainably, we just have to move in the right direction.
Sláinte – Colleen
Colleen Filippa is the Founder and Director of Fifteen Trees. This year, Fifteen Trees celebrates 10 years. To be part of the movement of companies looking to make a tangible contribution to our community groups and our native environment, contact Colleen at <[email protected]> or on 0400 040 659.
‘Sometimes there are really simple things everyone can do to reduce their carbon footprint. When staying at a hotel, choosing to skip the room cleaning and having a tree planted instead, is one of those things’. Hugo from Hotels for Trees.
‘We’re thrilled to team up with Fifteen Trees in this crucial effort. Koalas are an iconic Australian species, and with increasing threats to their natural environment, it’s never been more important to ensure they have access to suitable habitats.Planting these trees is just the beginning of a broader initiative to safeguard their future’. Ballarat Wildlife Park
According to Sustainability Victoria, the average Australian lifestyle produces 15,000kg of carbon per year. If that sounds like a lot, it is! Over its lifetime, a tree can collect and store 268kg. This means, we each need to plant 58 trees per year to bring our individual carbon production down to zero. A little tricky for most of us to do in our own backyards, and this is where ‘A Subscription for the Planet’ comes in.
We were delighted when Evoke contacted us asking if we could plant 105 trees on their behalf (15 trees for every vehicle in the fleet). Of course we could … and did! The trees were planted at a favourite location of ours – Westgate Park. This is the park you see when you drive over the Westgate Bridge into and out of Melbourne. It is a 40 hectare reserve that is slowly but surely being brought back to what it once was; a thriving river ecosystem with masses of native wildlife, and in particular birdlife.
