Because we care deeply for the environment, our company (Radish) volunteers our time with Trees4Schools as a way of carbon offsetting the materials we use in our stunning kitchen accessories and cookware whilst sharing the love and giving something back to the local community
Trees4schools is a charity organization with a mission to plant fruit-bearing trees in disadvantaged schools in Cape Town and teach children how to grow their own food, helping the environment and kids.
The first time we helped out Helder, my wife Itziar and I joined Pascale and Ian from ‘Trees4Schools’ at the I’Themba Primary School in Capricorn on the Southern Peninsula. Our mission was to help out with planting some fig and other fruit trees and a vegetable garden for the kids at the school to learn from and enjoy.
We had an amazing morning mucking in with the kids and staff of the I’Themba school and other trees4schools volunteers. We now volunteer regularly, for our small company it is such a privilege to be able to offset our carbon emissions by actually planting trees ourselves, it not only makes a difference for the environment but it also makes a big difference for us too, it is so rewarding.
Furthermore interacting with the local community and helping ‘Trees4Schools’ to plant the seeds of hope in some of the most disadvantaged areas in Cape Town is a truly humbling experience that we are extremely grateful for.
Trees4Schools Mission:
- To create a mode to plant trees and veggies in as many of our local schools as possible
- To increase the awareness of our youth and future leaders regarding re-greening, reducing our country’s carbon footprint, the devastating effects of global warming and their ability to grow their own food
- To encourage Miko Coffee’s customers and other nice people to match or better Miko Coffee’s pledges
- To encourage like-minded individuals to work together towards these common goals
Michael Dale. Creator@ Radish ‘Love Your Kitchen’
You can find out more about our efforts on our social responsibility blog www.radishlyk.wordpress.com
radishlyk@live.com
