The morning was looking very nice when we arrived at Verger St-François, in Saint-Pie, in the Saint-Hyacinthe region, on May 30. Participating in the planting of 300 trees is great, but when we do it for a cause, it's even better! So I was very proud to be a volunteer helping to plant no less than 300 trees that day! There were about fifteen of us from Saint-Pie, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe to participate in this activity organized by Arbres.eco.
Arbres.eco is an organization whose primary mission is to plant trees purchased by eco-responsible companies and committed citizens, then planted by volunteers. The organization's president, Jacques Tétreault from Maskoutain, was on site that Sunday to see the progress of the planting. What is very interesting is to see the great complicity that exists between the Arbres.eco organization and its main sponsor, the 100% Quebec ecological mattress manufacturer, Bleu.eco.
So we set about planting 150 red pines and 150 spruces, thus creating a windbreak hedge for the Verger St-François, an important environmental action. Because we have to protect those apples! Yum!! Okay, enough of the greed, it is especially important to mention that the planting of these 300 trees represents the sale of 100 Bleu.eco mattresses since for each mattress sold, 3 trees are planted through Arbres.eco. Wow! What a great idea!
This is also a gesture that is particularly close to the hearts of Bleu.eco shareholders who put the environment at the forefront in all areas of their business. Bleu.eco is carbon neutral, in addition to using raw materials from natural and organic resources, for the most part, in the manufacture of its 100% Quebec mattresses. It really makes you want to fall asleep on one of their products!
I went back home, towards the beginning of the afternoon, realizing that there are really lots of small gestures accessible to everyone to enrich the biodiversity of the planet and reduce our environmental footprint… Everyone can do their part… even by buying a mattress!