Plot twist: the intern who plants trees is now the CEO of 107 million of them.
A 9-Year-Old Asked About Climate Change. Now 104,800 Kids Plant Forests in 76 Countries.
In 2007, nine-year-old Felix Finkbeiner of Germany learned about Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai's campaign that planted 30 million trees across Africa and proposed every country plant one million trees. By 13 he raised the goal to one trillion at the UN General Assembly. Plant-for-the-Planet now trains over 104,800 children as Climate Justice Ambassadors in 76 countries, has planted 36 million trees directly, and has funded 107 million more through partners.
Source: A 9-Year-Old Asked About Climate Change. Now 104,800 Kids Plant Forests in 76 Countries. — Happy Eco News
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