West Java, Indonesia Law Requires Newlyweds Plant And Care For Trees (VIDEO)

In this clip from Reuters, Tara Cleary reports from Indonesia's West Java province, where a new law to fight deforestation is making newlyweds go green.

The program, "Couples Caring For The Environment", requires newly married couples to plant and care for five trees. The seedlings are generally brought by the bridegroom as a dowry for the bride. The initiative is an effort to help repopulate native greenery in Indonesia, much of which has been destroyed to make room for agriculture.

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[MJinCanada]

09:58 AM on 08/03/2010

You know, planting a tree to nurture together sounds like a lovely new wedding "tradition."

I have mixed feelings about making it into a law, but I still think it would benefit the couples because they can take their child to see it and it helps people get connected to the environment. So many people have no connection to nature other than watering and mowing the lawn, if that. How many people these days actually just go lie on the grass in a natural setting and watch a spider weave a web or try to keep still enough that birds or squirrels come almost close enough to touch?

[Devi Lewis]

01:58 AM on 08/03/2010

We need more trees to help combat global warming and beyond. I think that the newlywed couple plan is a great idea in order to help save our ecosystem.

[vegaspauli]

12:11 PM on 08/05/2010

Me too.

[skylover]

01:24 AM on 08/03/2010

I love this! Wonderful idea!

[genrel1248]

10:59 PM on 08/02/2010

And on Wednesday all citizens will wear their underwear on the outside.

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

10:16 PM on 08/02/2010

Okay BP,tell us how small the spill is and how everything's back to normal.

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

10:17 PM on 08/02/2010

Oops,wrong thread?

[Kenz300]

09:40 PM on 08/02/2010

What a great idea! People working together to solve national problems.

We could learn a lot about problem solving from this.

[Nativesons]

09:40 PM on 08/02/2010

Excellent, now if they only have one child, it will have even more of an impact.

[HLL]

10:23 PM on 08/02/2010

How right you are. Population is one issue people don't seem to want to discuss, and yet, it's likely the single biggest threat to the planet ☮

[MJinCanada]

10:01 AM on 08/03/2010

The good news is that in a number of third world countries as well as in the more modernized nations, there has been a significant reduction in the birth rate. The trick is that infant mortality has declined even more significantly, but there is hope for a balance soon.

Except for the fanatical religions who are too busy keeping score to care about the future of the world.

[edva]

09:25 PM on 08/02/2010

What a great idea.

[seehowtheyrun]

08:41 PM on 08/02/2010

Excellent.

[socraticsarah]

04:33 PM on 08/02/2010

So bizarre, but really cool.

[HLL]

03:12 PM on 08/02/2010

What a beautiful law. Wish the USA would get on board with the environment in such a charming and urgent way ☮