US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis | Trees and forests
US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis | Trees and forests
Federal effort will focus on marginalized areas in all parts of country and aims to reduce extreme heat and benefit health
Yeah planting trees is trivial. Let's see how many thrive and grow, otherwise it's just more greenwashing
Exactly. I used to use Ecosia instead of Google for my internet searches, thinking that their planting trees would be a good endeavour. They do plant trees, but they can't guarantee them to actually grow to be "useful" trees. So ultimately, while I did contribute to a bunch of "trees" being planted, it probably didn't make too much of a difference after all.
We also can't plant enough trees to mitigate climate change.
We can't do enough to do the whole job. No one thing is going to suffice. We can do enough to be a small piece of the solution.
0.0002% of one years worth of GDP. Glad to see we’re taking this seriously.
We can afford to spend way more money on this and really make a difference, just like the peace corps did in the 1930s. We still see the effects of that across our state parks nationwide...