Planting Trees: The Ultimate Act Of Thinking Globally & Acting Locally

Every year, we celebrate Earth Month the best way we know how: by working together with our amazing planting partners + brand partners to empower thousands of volunteers around the world to improve their local communities. They're planting trees, pulling invasive species, cleaning up litter, establishing community gardens and more. And like a fine wine (or a planted tree seedling 😉), our Earth Month celebrations get better and better every year!

This year, an estimated 8,700 volunteers got their hands in the dirt and planted over 30,000 trees, 5,000 plants and 2,000 shrubs at 110+ events in 25 countries around the world to celebrate Earth Day and Earth Month!

Special thanks to our amazing reforestation partners, and to our Earth Month sponsors alexa, Planet Oat, outer, Kyndryl and Match Group. Our Earth Month events wouldn't have been possible without you!

The One Tree Planted Team Got Our Hands In The Dirt

Never one to miss out on the fun, the One Tree Planted team gathered together for the first time in a few years to celebrate in the best way possible: by getting our hands in the dirt at San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Park! Together with 100 volunteers (including some of our awesome partners), we restored 4 acres of land by planting 75 trees, 50 shrubs and 25 plants, cleaning up trash, removing invasive species, and more. The tree species planted included Camillas, Cyprus, Queagrs, Prucar, Quercus Agrifolia, Shishi Gashira, Yuletide and Nuccios Bella Rossa.

The plantings took place in four sections of Golden Gate Park, including Stow Lake, the area around Skatin Place (newly renovated skating park), Conservatory Valley, and the John McLaren Rhododendron Dell. It's always a joy to break a sweat and get our hands in the dirt for Mother Nature, but this year felt extra special!

While in the bay area, we also paid a visit to a reforestation site at the beautiful Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, where our partners planted trees for forest fire recovery!

Here's Where We Planted Trees This Earth Month!

From California to Indonesia, Thailand to Rwanda, in forest reserves, community parks and watersheds big and small — everywhere we looked, we found affirmation of why we do the work we do. Volunteers from all walks of life picked up planting shovels and worked together to restore their local environments, one tree at a time. In a changing climate, much is uncertain but some things never change, like the dedication showed by volunteers, the satisfaction of planting trees, and the shared drive to leave this planet a little better than we found it.

And Our Fleet Grew!

That's right! We're proud to grow our fleet with a Mobile Seed Bank generously donated by Terraformation, and two all-electric ioniq5's generously donated by Hyundai.

Our new Mobile Seed Bank will be deployed in California to help our on the ground reforestation partners address supply issues by increasing their seed collection and processing capabilities. This will increase the number of native plants and tree seed that they can collect, which will in turn help ensure the long-term survival of rare plants. The Mobile Seed Bank will also offer an interactive, hands-on experience for our partners and volunteers, as well as providing training for youth who are interested in working in the nursery or seed collection space!

Our two Hyundai ioniq5's, fondly named Maple and Douglas, will be strategically located on the east and west coast and will allow us to travel to reforestation sites, meet with partners and more! Equipped with an 800-volt battery system for ultra-fast charging, this ground-breaking electric CUV (crossover utility vehicle) is built on a cutting-edge new platform that marks a major technological milestone in EV expansion. 

We're so grateful to both Hyundai and Terraformation for their generous donations, which will help us jump the curve on reforestation for the benefit of nature and communities across North America!

Oh, and We Helped Break a World Record!

Alongside other groups and organizations, the One Tree Planted team and a handful of our partners woke up at 4:30 am to help achieve a Guinness World Record for the most consecutive plants watered on Earth Day. We called in from San Francisco, and were featured on NBC's @todayshow as part of the initiative, which succeeded in watering 799 plants!! 🙌🌏🌿