True to our roots, for every order we plant a tree, now and always. It’s a direct and simple way for us to give back to the places that mean the most.
We also protect existing trees and soils. We’re Patrons of The Rainforest Trust, joining their Conservation Circle dedicated to protecting rainforests, wildlife and indigenous communities all over the world.
For every order, we plant a tree. Once we've received an order from you we make a donation to our charity partners. They're tree planting and conservation experts, so they pick which active initiatives will have the most impact at that time. They use our donation to support the chosen project by funding one newly planted tree.
We also protect existing trees and soils. We’re Patrons of The Rainforest Trust, joining their Conservation Circle dedicated to saving rainforests, wildlife and indigenous communities all over the world. We donate every month to this cause, protecting a minimum of 65 acres with each donation.
To have the greatest impact, we encourage our conservation partners to choose exactly where to plant, month-to-month, based on the needs and projects underway at the time. This could mean supporting urgent response projects like wildfire restoration or long-term habitat rewilding projects.
We believe that the trees on our doorstep are as valuable as a tree on the other side of the world. Our legendary customers have put roots in the ground on every continent.
TREES PLANTED
385,193
Rainforests Protected
2,204sqm
The short answer is; all over the world. The Rainforest Trust focuses on saving real acres of rainforest through land purchases and designations all over the world. Each of their projects has been identified as crucial to preserving critical habitat for endangered species. For more than 30 years, they have been safeguarding rainforests and protecting habitats.
Trees For The Future provides hands-on agroforestry training and resources to farming communities. By embracing sustainable land practices, farmers are reclaiming their agency, breaking the cycles of climate change and generational poverty, and rebuilding our food systems from the ground up.
We train farmers in our signature methodology: the Forest Garden Approach. Emphasising agroforestry and thoughtful land management, we give farmers the resources and knowledge they need to succeed.
Protect our planet: By diversifying production and protecting their soils, Forest Gardeners farm with nature, rather than against it, serving both people and planet.
Feed families and communities: On their own land, Forest Gardeners reliably grow a wide variety of food crops - enough for their family’s and their communities’ food security.
End poverty: Our approach ensures opportunity otherwise inaccessible to rural families, breaking generational cycles of poverty.
Every day, precious acres of rainforest are lost forever. Highly threatened species lose their habitat. Communities lose their forest livelihoods. Water sources and weather systems are disrupted. The planet is impacted when stored carbon is released by deforestation and degradation.
Logging, palm oil production and mining destroy forests and pollute water. Poachers traffic plants and animals out of intact habitat. Human expansion and settlement, clearing forests for homesteads and farms, can result in disease outbreaks.
But our conservation work makes a tangible difference.
It might be a swamp forest in the Amazon that protects rare parrots and a traditional way of life for Indigenous people, or a rainforest in Borneo that provides a vital migration corridor for Pygmy Elephants. We could be working to establish a network of new national parks across central Africa. Well-loved, charismatic species need our help. And so do those unknown, virtually invisible species hidden in a corner of the rainforest—the tiny, brown-spotted frog, slithering lizard and not-particularly colorful dragonfly. These species are as important to the fragile web of biodiversity on Earth as the elephants, tigers and chimpanzees.
Your gift to the Conservation Action Fund enables Rainforest Trust to take swift conservation action when and where it is needed most, to protect all forms of life on Earth from all the threats they face.
One Tree Planted work with partners across 47+ countries in North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific. Global projects help to restore forests after fires and floods, create jobs, build communities, and protect habitat for wildlife.
All projects are guided by the 6 pillars of reforestation: Air, Water, Biodiversity, Social Impact, Health, Climate.
Yes, it can be. We've been planting trees since day one and there weren’t many of us doing it back then. Putting roots in the ground is just one part of our responsibility initiatives, but it’s the part we are most known for.
It’s a simple, direct and real way for our community to give back with every purchase. Many other businesses now choose to plant trees too which we love, but no matter whether it’s popular or not, we’ll keep on planting trees today and tomorrow as we always have.
The simple act of being calm and still amongst the pines, soaking up the sights and sounds of nature around you is proven to reduce stress and anxiety, improve recovery time and help us feel restored and balanced.
Forests store carbon and prevent warming. Tropical forests alone hold more than 210 gigatons of carbon, seven times the amount emitted each year by humans. Protecting rainforests and planting for regrowth could mitigate up to 50% of net global emissions through 2050.
Through their leaves and bark, they absorb harmful pollutants and release clean oxygen. In urban environments, trees absorb pollutant gases like nitrogen oxides, ozone, carbon monoxide and sweep up particles like dust and smoke.
Trees purify soil and prevent flooding, erosion and landslides. They absorb Nitrogen, Phosphorus and other pollutants from nearby streams and water sources. They capture rainwater naturally and slow down water absorption which prevents natural disasters.
75% of land animals and plants live in forests. A single tree can be home to hundreds of species and a square kilometre of forest may be home to more than 1,000 diverse and vital kinds of life.
Fruit, nuts, berries and leaves are a direct and natural source of nutrition for both humans and animals. This empowers people to grow food in a sustainable way, creating skills, local jobs and independence from outside aid.
Responsible forestry creates skills, jobs and an economy. Sustainable tree farming provides timber to build homes and shelters, and wood to burn for cooking and heating. This slows climate migration and encourages tree planting rather than tree removal.
Rewilding is a great way to restore environments. Forest fires can significantly damage the soil, surrounding landscape and wildlife. Reforesting the land heals the damage caused, bringing back wildlife and the natural life cycle of the forest.
References:
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_trees_can_make_you_happier
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/science-study-outlines-30-percent-conservation-2030
https://edu.rsc.org/feature/how-do-trees-clean-our-air/4010864.article
https://www.fao.org/3/u5620e/u5620e05.htm
https://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/earths-biodiversity-depends-on-the-worlds-forests
https://trees.org/why-trees/
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.39
https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/fire-ecology-after-forest-fires