Arbor Day: Time For Trees Initiative

Humankind is facing a crisis: our ability to survive and thrive is at risk. Air and water pollution is rampant. Weather patterns are shifting at an alarming rate. Poverty is widespread. The entire globe is battling poor health for a number of reasons. And society as a whole is becoming more and more fractured.

We must do something before it’s too late.

The Arbor Day Foundation is committed to addressing these problems … through trees. Trees are an important part of the solution to many critical issues facing the planet and humankind.

The Arbor Day Foundation goals are big. By 2022 — the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day — they plan to:

Plant 100 million trees in forests and communities around the globe.

Inspire 5 million tree planters to help carry the mission forward.

Over their lifespan, 100 million trees are estimated to:

• Absorb 8 million tons of carbon, the equivalent of taking 6.2 million cars off the road for one year.

• Filter 15,850 tons of microscopic airborne particulate matter out of the air — that would fill nine Olympic-sized swimming pools.

• Provide $32.9 Billion in total environmental benefits, the equivalent of the operating budget for the entire city of Chicago for about 10 years.

• Intercept and filter 7.1 billion cubic meters of water runoff, enough water to fill the water bottle of every person on Earth every day for five years.

• Remove 578,000 tons of chemical air pollution from our atmosphere, enough gaseous pollution to fill 70,000 Goodyear® blimps.

All info from: https://timefortrees.org/