Why plant trees?
Planting trees is not just about offsetting carbon emissions. Yes, trees help clean the air we breathe, but that’s not all. Trees also filter the water we drink, reduce the risks of soil erosion, protect groundwater supplies, create shade and shelter for crops and livestock, and provide habitat to over 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.
Why plant trees?
Planting trees is not just about offsetting carbon emissions. Yes, trees help clean the air we breathe, but that’s not all. Trees also filter the water we drink, reduce the risks of soil erosion, protect groundwater supplies, create shade and shelter for crops and livestock, and provide habitat to over 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.
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With every tree you plant with us, you support Europe’s fastest-growing tree planting project. Your help enables us to scale our impact together for a better future.
Plant trees & support the project
With every tree you plant with us, you support Europe’s fastest-growing tree planting project. Your help enables us to scale our impact together for a better future.
THE MATH
This package assumes that an average person will own 20 smartphones in his lifetime. Based on the Thestartproject article, the average mobile creates 55 kg of carbon emissions in manufacture.
The most common tree species that we plant are Pines Patula, Griveria Robusta, Croton Microstrachas, Rauvolfia Caffra, Albizia Schimperiana, and Markhamea Lutea. On average these Tree species offset 300kg of Co2 in their lifetime. Lifetime CO2 offset represents the total estimated amount of CO2 the tree will accumulate throughout its lifetime. To keep a simple estimation model, this period corresponds to the most significant years of the tree’s volume growth.
20 phones x 55 kg of Co2 = 1100 kg of Co2
1100 kg Co2 / 300kg Co2 offset per tree = 3,66 trees
To keep it simple, we round it to 4 trees.
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