Sustainability
10,188 trees planted to date
Since June 2021, as part of our social responsibility to become more sustainable, the Project has teamed up with the Eden Reforestation Projects.
Each month, for every member of the Project, Leon Paul will plant a tree. For example, if the Project has 30 members in March, that’s 30 trees planted that month, if in May the membership grows to 37, that’s another 37 trees planted the following month.
On top of this, if a member of the Project travels abroad to represent their country in an international competition, we will plant an extra 10 trees. For example, if 5 Project fencers travel to Women’s Sabre FIE World Cup in Warsaw, that’s another 50 trees added to the monthly total.
Eden Reforestation Projects
Deforestation is a global phenomenon caused by a variety of factors. These factors range from large-scale slash and burn practices to unsustainable agriculture to daily community forest destruction.
The regions most impacted by deforestation are highly poverty-stricken and underdeveloped areas. With few options to support their families, often members of impoverished communities are forced to destroy their local environment to survive, such as cutting down trees for construction, fuel, heat, and agricultural purposes. While this solves a short-term problem, long-term consequences arise when forests are cut down and not restored. The impact of deforestation is dramatic because it causes severe flooding, erosion, and desertification. The long-term effects of deforestation lead to even worse environmental devastation.
The Eden Reforestation Projects hire and train local people to plant new tress which are native to that area. Since starting in 2005, Eden has planted more than 583 million trees around the world in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nepal, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Kenya & Central America.