As the Diamondbacks score, we plant trees

At SRP, we take the environment seriously. The Arizona Diamondbacks take scoring runs seriously. So we decided to get together and see what we could do to help each other.

All season, SRP, in sponsorship with Fox Sports Arizona, will plant 10 trees every time the Diamondbacks score one run. And from the looks of things, it's going to be a pretty productive season.

Totals so far

• April - 161 runs = 1,610 trees
• May - 117 runs = 1,170 trees
• June - 90 runs = 900 trees
• July - 119 runs = 1190 trees

Be a part of Trees for Change

It's all through Trees for Change, an SRP EarthWise program in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service.

Simply sign up with an additional $3 to your monthly bill. Then, SRP will match each dollar customers contribute up to $160,000, with 100% of the funds going to planting trees in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Overgaard. This is an area destroyed in the Rodeo-Chedeski fires of 2002 which burned across 7.2 million acres.

A $3 monthly contribution, plus the SRP match will plant 72 trees per year. During their lifetime, these trees will remove carbon dioxide from the air, store carbon in plant tissues, and produce oxygen, thereby helping to decrease the impacts of global warming. After 30 years, the 72 trees will have sequestered enough carbon dioxide to offset the annual electricity usage of 26 households.

To talk with someone about Trees for Change, you can call the SRP EarthWise hotline at (602) 236-4425.