Planting TreesThis week, I planted trees. Trees produce oxygen, improve air quality, conserve water, reduce erosion, provide shade, lower temperatures, provide food and habitat, mitigate climate change, increase biodiversity, and much more.
April 22nd is Earth Day, so I went to Lowe's Hardware store and bought a native flowering dogwood tree. Dogwood trees grow in the Eastern United States, and the dogwood flower is the North Carolina state flower. Dogwood flowers provide nectar for pollinators, and the berries are a food source for many birds and other animals such as chipmunks, foxes, skunks, rabbits, deer, squirrels, and bears. The dogwood tree is a host plant for 111 species of butterflies and moths. I donated a total of $35 to 3 different tree-planting organizations. Ecosia, the Arbor Day Foundation, and One Tree Planted. Ecosia is an online search engine that uses ad revenue to plant trees where they're needed most. Ecosia supports over 20 tree-planting projects in 15 different countries, and has planted over 150 million trees since 2009. Roughly 1 tree is planted for every 45 searches made. -ecosia.org I donated $15 to Ecosia, which will plant 5 trees. Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit conservation and education organization dedicated to planting trees. The Arbor Day Foundation has planted over 500 million trees in over 50 countries since 1972, and $1 = 1 tree. -arborday.org I donated $10 to Arbor Day Foundation, which will plant 10 trees. One Tree Planted is a nonprofit tree planting charity that has planted over 92 million trees across 80+ countries worldwide since 2014, and $1 = 1 tree. -onetreeplanted.org I donated $10 to One Tree Planted, which will plant 10 trees. I also planted 3 trees this week by simply walking. I have the app Treecard, which plants 1 tree for every 10,000 steps you take. The app connects to your health app to track your daily steps. Once you have walked 10,000 steps, you click "claim tree" and a real life tree gets planted through Ecosia, which partners with Treecard. Treecard is also a wooden debit card that plants trees as you spend money.
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