You can’t escape the power of TV and the media, and there are many new things we learn about via the medium of ‘news’. There is one piece of news that you definitely can’t ignore at the moment, and that’s the introduction of artificial trees and the potential of a 100,000 strong forest full of them being deployed in the next 10-20 years. The result? Massively reduced carbon emissions.

Its no secret that cars and multiple other assets we own are big carbon polluters, and the situation is only going to get worse. Doing something about it though is a different matter and not everyone is willing to make a change or even discuss potentially feasible options in reducing the carbon emissions. Artificial trees could be the answer through as it means people don’t have to change the way they live. The only hard part is getting people to prefer plastic artificial trees to natural ones.

The question is though, would people buy artificial trees to put in their garden? Many homeowners will reject the idea because they feel it destroys the beauty and innocence of nature. On the other hand, there are some people that will love the idea of owning artificial trees as it means less garden maintenance, and we can all appreciate that. Lets not forget that we are all a part of the convenience culture and thus plastic artificial trees might be the perfect solution.

As a gardening enthusiast, I advocate the introduction of artificial trees and believe the new forest full of them could prove to be the best thing yet as a way to combat climate change. We’re not talking tacky, plastic and fake looking trees, as there are some very lifelike artificial trees out there and many people won’t even be able to tell the difference. Taking care of the environment is important and we need to make sure that little things like artificial trees are actually what we take into consideration.