For the past 12 years, retired teacher and principal Kim Fulton, 74, has dressed as the infamous Dr. Seuss character, The Lorax, to teach students in the northern Okanagan town of Spallumcheen, B.C., about the environment.
Every year on Earth Day, Fulton says he helps hand out free seedling trees to students to teach them the importance of caring for nature.
“I haven’t counted, but I’m going to say [I’ve helped plant] 30,000 trees [in the last 20 years],” he told Radio West host Sarah Penton.
Fulton says his project, Tress For Hope, helps educate about climate change and advocate for a better future.
He adds the project takes inspiration from a line in The Lorax: “Unless someone like you
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