Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Establish a national tree-planting scheme for graduating students
Closed
202 signatures
What the petition asks
It is vitally important to protect our environment, and tree planting is one way of helping to do so. Planting your own tree is very rewarding and has the potential to inspire and encourage local communities to protect and look after their own patches of nature.
In the Philippines, it is a legal requirement for all graduating students from elementary school to college, to plant 10 trees each. The bill, "Graduation Legacy For the Environment Act," is estimated to plant 525 billion trees over the course of one generation. Our environment is at a tipping point, and we urgently need innovative solutions like this to not only combat the crisis, but also to encourage local communities to care and protect for their own patches of local nature.
Timeline
| 20 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Apr 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
202
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
20 Oct 2020
Closed
20 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.