Consciously or unconsciously, all of us have been using our Earth’s resources to an extent that today we have become the main exploiters of the Earth’s eco system. Development has a role, a positive one too, but we have lost the energy of our planet through deforestation, mining, burning fossil fuels and so on. This fact was perceived by Dr Jannie Tay twelve years ago. She started the EnergyGreen movement which works towards reenergizing the planet by reforestation and Tissue Culture plantation for faster growing cultivars.

It is a proven fact that about 25 to 30 percent of the greenhouse gases  released into the atmosphere each year – 1.6 billion tonnes – is due to deforestation. This will result at an estimated 87 to 130 billion tonnes of carbon emissions by 2100. This fact simply does not deter Dr Jannie Tay. She has already planted 1.2 million trees across Asia and is accelerating with a relentless determination to grow one billion trees.

Dr Jannie Tay believes that trees are indispensable for not only our grandchildren and the generations thereafter but also for us today. She lives the fact that reducing deforestation rates by 50 percent over the next century will save an average of about half a billion metric tons of carbon emission every year. This is enough to account for as much as 12% of the total reductions required to meet the IPCC  target of 450 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by the year 2100.

She smiles with confidence. She is already a forerunner in this fight against Global Warming  through sustainable reforestation and believes that we will combat it successfully.