TeamTrees

After generations of deforestation and land use change, this region of Turkey is facing a real need for forest restoration. Red pines are being planted in an effort to return the land to its natural state ensuring cleaner air, cleaner water, carbon storage, better flood prevention, and habitat for area wildlife. The devastating fires in Australia h... ave become part of an important global conversation. As Arbor Day Foundation partners work to combat the raging fires in Australia, the Foundation is in contact with them to develop a responsible but ambitious timeline for recovery. Rest assured, we will be working alongside our partners to bring tree recovery efforts to Australias affected forests and communities. How did #TeamTrees® get started? #TeamTrees started in May 2019 when the internet challenged MrBeast to plant 20 million trees to celebrate hitting the 20M subscriber milestone on YouTube. At his audiences suggestion, MrBeast teamed up with fellow YouTuber Mark Rober, and for 5 months they developed the campaign and organized their influencer friends and colleagues in order to have a fighting chance at achieving their insane goal: 20 million trees by 2020. #TeamTrees launched publicly on October 25th, announcing itself with a wave of #TeamTrees videos. Whether you donated to plant one tree, or one million trees, or simply helped to spread the word, you became part of #TeamTrees. With more than 800,000 unique donors, #TeamTrees raised more than $21M before January 1, 2020. Support hasnt stopped either and #TeamTrees keeps growing. Why not plant a tree right now? Who exactly is the Arbor Day Foundation and why did you choose them over other tree planting NGOs? We quickly realized that to plant trees in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way we would need to partner with the professionals. After speaking with a number of people in the environmental space, the Arbor Day Foundation stood out as being the best. They are one of the largest and longest-running tree planting NGOs, with nearly 50 years of ...Read More