Every year on April 22, we celebrate the anniversary of the moment the environmental movement changed: Earth Day! In honour of Earth Day this year, we have compiled a list of tree planting organizations. We encourage you to take some time to appreciate everything our planet has to offer –especially the beautiful trees! Here are a few ways you can help reduce our environmental impact:
- Trees.org has a wonderful program called The Forest Garden Program that not only plants more trees, but also helps out people in need. The Forest Garden Program involves planting specific trees and crops over a four year period. Your donation will provide a family with sustainable food sources, livestock feed, resources they can sell, and wood for fuel! There are also many other ways you can donate such as tools, a garden kit, or training. This year, you can get involved in a fundraiser campaign called 4 Million Trees for Earth Day. Each tree costs around 10 cents to plant, and their goal is to reach 400,000 in donations to help plant 4 million trees. You can participate here, or spread the word with the hashtag #LetsGetPlanting.
- We also love the web search engine Ecosia, which is focused on tree planting. Ecosia uses its search ad revenue to plant trees in Burkina Faso in Africa. Using Ecosia, you can bring water, plants and animals back to drought-ridden areas providing more jobs, healthier livestock and independent people. Their goal is to protect our planet, by planting trees around the world. You can help plant trees around the world by taking a few moments on Earth Day to add this search engine to your web browser. We encourage you and your family to take a look at their goal for 2020 as well, which includes their journey to one billion trees by 2020.
- Tree Canada is another amazing organization involved with tree planting and our environment. You can help keep our planet and the people in it health and happy with their 10,000 Tree Challenge. Their goal for Earth Day is to plant 10,000 trees across Canada. Whether you are an individual, business or group looking to celebrate earth day, Tree Canada has a lot of options for you to choose from! You can learn a little more about the benefits of trees and how trees play a vital role in protecting our planet on their website.
Together, let’s try to be a little friendlier to the place we call home. How are you planning to celebrate Earth Day this year? Share with us in the comments below!