Here are 10 websites where you can pay to have a tree planted. They are ordered by the price per tree, from lowest to highest. For each, I provide details about the organization, its type, history, impact, and where they plant trees.
1. One Tree Planted
- Website: onetreeplanted.org
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 2014
- Trees Planted: Over 100 million trees
- Price per Tree: $1
- Description: One Tree Planted is a charity with a simple mission: make it easy for anyone to help the environment by planting trees. They focus on reforestation and aim to restore forests after fires and floods, create jobs, build communities, and protect habitat for biodiversity.
- Planting Locations: North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific.
2. Eden Reforestation Projects
- Website: edenprojects.org
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 2004
- Trees Planted: Over 1 billion trees
- Price per Tree: $0.15 – $0.33 (depending on location)
- Description: Eden Reforestation Projects works to alleviate extreme poverty and restore healthy forests by employing local villagers to plant millions of trees every year. They focus on providing employment and restoring ecosystems.
- Planting Locations: Nepal, Madagascar, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Kenya, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Philippines.
3. Trees for the Future
- Website: trees.org
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 1989
- Trees Planted: Over 275 million trees
- Price per Tree: $0.25 – $0.50 (in bulk)
- Description: Trees for the Future is dedicated to ending hunger and poverty by training farmers to regenerate their land. Their Forest Garden approach is a sustainable solution to improve livelihoods and regenerate the environment.
- Planting Locations: Sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda).
4. Tree-Nation
- Website: tree-nation.com
- Type: Social Business
- Founded: 2006
- Trees Planted: Over 30 million trees
- Price per Tree: Starts at $1
- Description: Tree-Nation is a platform that allows citizens and companies to plant trees all around the world and offset CO2 emissions. Their goal is to fight climate change by planting trees, supporting sustainable projects, and engaging the community.
- Planting Locations: Over 90 projects in 30 countries, including Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Thailand.
5. The Nature Conservancy
- Website: nature.org
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 1951
- Trees Planted: Over 60 million trees
- Price per Tree: $1 – $3 (depending on the project)
- Description: The Nature Conservancy focuses on conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Their Plant a Billion Trees campaign aims to restore degraded lands and help mitigate climate change.
- Planting Locations: United States, Brazil, and China.
6. Trees for the Future
- Website: trees.org
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 1989
- Trees Planted: Over 275 million trees
- Price per Tree: $1
- Description: Trees for the Future focuses on improving the livelihoods of impoverished farmers by revitalizing degraded lands. Their approach involves training farmers to plant trees and establish sustainable, productive farms.
- Planting Locations: Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda).
7. International Tree Foundation
- Website: internationaltreefoundation.org
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 1922
- Trees Planted: Millions of trees (exact number varies by year)
- Price per Tree: $1 – $5 (depending on project)
- Description: The International Tree Foundation works with communities in Africa and the UK to carry out sustainable community forestry and landscape restoration projects. Their focus is on forest conservation, environmental education, and sustainable livelihoods.
- Planting Locations: Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, and Tanzania) and the United Kingdom.
8. Reforest’Action
- Website: reforestaction.com
- Type: Social Business
- Founded: 2010
- Trees Planted: Over 10 million trees
- Price per Tree: $3 – $5
- Description: Reforest’Action focuses on reforestation and biodiversity conservation by enabling individuals and companies to participate in forest planting projects worldwide. Their goal is to restore degraded forests, promote biodiversity, and combat climate change.
- Planting Locations: France, Peru, Senegal, Haiti, India, and more.
9. Just One Tree
- Website: justonetree.life
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 2019
- Trees Planted: Over 3 million trees
- Price per Tree: £1 (approximately $1.30)
- Description: Just One Tree is focused on removing CO2 from the atmosphere through global reforestation projects and supporting the protection of existing forests. They aim to make it simple for individuals, schools, and businesses to contribute to climate action.
- Planting Locations: Madagascar, Kenya, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Nepal, and Zambia.
10. The Green Belt Movement
- Website: greenbeltmovement.org
- Type: Non-Profit (Charity)
- Founded: 1977
- Trees Planted: Over 51 million trees
- Price per Tree: $10
- Description: Founded by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, the Green Belt Movement promotes environmental conservation, women’s empowerment, and community development through tree planting. They focus on creating a sustainable environment and securing livelihoods.
- Planting Locations: Kenya.
Conclusion
These organizations vary in their approaches and objectives, ranging from large-scale reforestation efforts to community-driven projects. Prices per tree vary depending on the organization’s operational costs, the scale of their projects, and their impact goals. Each provides a unique contribution to global reforestation efforts, environmental conservation, and community development.
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