To­day is World En­vi­ron­ment Day, the Unit­ed Na­tions' prin­ci­pal ve­hi­cle for en­cour­ag­ing world­wide aware­ness and ac­tion for the en­vi­ron­ment.

In To­ba­go, which was re­cent­ly called the "eco-tourism cap­i­tal of the Caribbean" by USA To­day, the day will be cel­e­brat­ed with the plant­i­ng of 50 poui trees at the Buc­coo Cliff where the Grow­ing Lead­ers Foun­da­tion and the Heal­ing with Hors­es Foun­da­tion will be re-forest­ing the land with chil­dren from the com­mu­ni­ty.

The chil­dren will bury their hopes and dreams on pa­per in the roots of the plants, which will be known as the Grow­ing Lead­ers Poui Trees, said a re­lease from Grow­ing Lead­ers.

The Heal­ing with Hors­es Foun­da­tion has au­tho­ri­sa­tion from the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly to use the land to keep its hors­es and pro­grammes in the re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion and de­vel­op­ment of spe­cial needs, at risk and oth­er youth in the com­mu­ni­ty.

The Grow­ing Lead­ers Foun­da­tion is the re­cip­i­ent of a US$50,000 grant from The Glob­al En­vi­ron­men­tal Fa­cil­i­ty Small Grants Pro­gramme, im­ple­ment­ed by UNDP in T&T. The grant has been used to im­ple­ment Fi­nan­cial IQ train­ing pro­grammes in 12 pri­ma­ry schools by start­ing ver­ti­cal bot­tle gar­dens, re­for­esta­tion ini­tia­tives and plant­i­ng of lead­er­ship trees all over the coun­try.

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