A green approach to that Christmas tree
December 8, 2009 by Tom GuayPosted in: Green Office, Latest News & Views, News
With all the “Ho Ho Ho” of the holiday season upon us, here’s a simple way to do something green instead of killing a pine tree for Christmas.
The green way is to rent a live Christmas tree for the holidays and then have the tree returned to the environment, alive.
And, the glory of this approach is that you don’t have to do any of the work, you just order the tree and it arrives potted.
After the holidays, the company picks up the tree and bingo, a green Christmas. Your company joins the ranks of those adopting a green office strategy.
Two companies, Evergrow Christmas Trees Co. and Carbonsync Christmas offer the live-tree rental service for about $100 a tree. The trees are returned to nurseries until needed next year. Normally, a tree that takes six to twelve years to grow into a Christmas tree is turned into mulch after a single season.
By renting a live tree and returning it to the nursery, the trees continue to soak up carbon dioxide, so the rental service is yet another way to minimize emissions that create climate change.
In other green Christmas developments, how about running the lights on your tree in a carbon-free manner?
In Copenhagen, home of the big international greenhouse gas emission conference, the city’s Christmas tree lights are powered by pedal power — a team of stationary bicyclists power the tree’s lights.
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December 10th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
That is a great idea, but in these time (which are hard) a $100.00 dollar is a lot of money to ask to rent a tree.
December 10th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
This is to most contrived thing I have ever heard of. It HAS to be right out of Al Gore’s play book. Is he an investor in this too?
December 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I’m surprised the author allowed the word Christmas in the article.
Change we can believe in – indeed.
December 11th, 2009 at 8:56 am
I have never killed a Pine Tree to use for a Christmas tree. I only use Spruce Trees.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:20 am
What next! Let me see, the pine tree is cut, enjoyed, turned to mulch and reused in someones yard, a copy of what mother nature does with trees. New trees are then planted starting the cyle over again, more oxygen from the newer trees than in older trees. what is not green about this.
Real stewards of the land are the farmers and the greenies need to stay out of other peoples business
December 17th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
How much fuel’s being used to harvest the tree, deliver it, pick it up again and replant it? Just plant some more trees! Who’s the wacko that’s going to “rent” a tree? What a gimmick!
December 17th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I am buying a potted Christmas tree for my home. Hopefully I can keep it alive outside during the year and I will have a bigger better tree every year!
December 17th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I think the price is a little steep but I think it’s a good idea. However, using and real tree and then turning it into mulch is really green too.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
What a terrific idea! Maybe next year as the website says they’re all sold out!
December 24th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
$100 dollars to rent-a-tree??? INSANE! There are many other ways to celebrate Christmas without harming a tree (rented or otherwise). I’ll make a tree out of lights on my window(LED of course).