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50 Million Trees and Counting: Trees for the Future

Craig Mackintosh July 31, 2011

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Here’s some great weekend inspiration to encourage you into a more productive new week. I think you’ll enjoy this one.

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class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/07/31/50-million-trees-and-counting-trees-for-the-future/#comment-157557"><time datetime="2011-07-31T04:02:58+10:00">July 31, 2011 at 4:02 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks, that’s more than enough motivation for a thousand weeks :D</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-157557' data-commentid="157557" data-postid="6052" data-belowelement="div-comment-157557" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to StrongArmzz" aria-label='Reply to StrongArmzz'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-157617" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 has-avatar"> <article id="div-comment-157617" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/22b11036d471f18af8fb458213a0fccf?s=70&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/22b11036d471f18af8fb458213a0fccf?s=140&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy'/> <b class="fn">gerald anderson</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/07/31/50-million-trees-and-counting-trees-for-the-future/#comment-157617"><time datetime="2011-07-31T07:29:08+10:00">July 31, 2011 at 7:29 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Back in the early 80’s I planted over 4 million trees, around 3 million seedlings by hand with a hoe dad or earp tool and dibble bar and a million more by machine. Young athletes can plant trees we had fellows planting 10,000 seedlings per day with little drop in quality from those planting a thousand a day.It was a sport,yes I think educated foresters and paper company inspectors were jealous over the possibility our four month earnings could equal their yearly salary. Sad thing is most have no doubt been harvested for paper.<br /> lesson learned is to question who and for what purpose are we planting.<br /> I think if we dropped our speed limit to 55 and if young people could plant a thousand trees per day for a few months of the year we would save the world.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-157617' data-commentid="157617" data-postid="6052" data-belowelement="div-comment-157617" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to gerald anderson" aria-label='Reply to gerald anderson'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-157692" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 has-avatar"> <article id="div-comment-157692" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4ff2e8a128ea68c65600dbcd7e923bd4?s=70&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4ff2e8a128ea68c65600dbcd7e923bd4?s=140&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy'/> <b class="fn">Jason Gerhardt</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/07/31/50-million-trees-and-counting-trees-for-the-future/#comment-157692"><time datetime="2011-07-31T11:47:41+10:00">July 31, 2011 at 11:47 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I’ve been supporting and following the work of Trees for the Future for at least 10 years and have to say they are the most impressive tree planting organization out there. They yield serious results through community empowerment and education. This organization is what turned me on to permaculture in the first place, and they embody much of what permaculture does. If your looking for a carbon offset or a place to redistribute some cash, TREES is a responsible and effective route to take.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-157692' data-commentid="157692" data-postid="6052" data-belowelement="div-comment-157692" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jason Gerhardt" aria-label='Reply to Jason Gerhardt'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-157884" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 has-avatar"> <article id="div-comment-157884" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b184a3eca0e2faa60d3d5f7209538ce7?s=70&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b184a3eca0e2faa60d3d5f7209538ce7?s=140&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy'/> <b class="fn">kim</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/07/31/50-million-trees-and-counting-trees-for-the-future/#comment-157884"><time datetime="2011-08-01T01:07:42+10:00">August 1, 2011 at 1:07 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>How AWESOME! There is hope for humanity!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-157884' data-commentid="157884" data-postid="6052" data-belowelement="div-comment-157884" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to kim" aria-label='Reply to kim'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-160973" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 has-avatar"> <article id="div-comment-160973" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae6ced697e3371ad51f680795a8a0431?s=70&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae6ced697e3371ad51f680795a8a0431?s=140&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy'/> <b class="fn">Darren Craddock</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/07/31/50-million-trees-and-counting-trees-for-the-future/#comment-160973"><time datetime="2011-08-07T08:35:49+10:00">August 7, 2011 at 8:35 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Believe it or not, watching this video brings tears to my eyes at the simplicity of how nature can provide for us and herself if we work with her and use a few well observed permaculture principles to help her along.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-160973' data-commentid="160973" data-postid="6052" data-belowelement="div-comment-160973" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Darren Craddock" aria-label='Reply to Darren Craddock'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ol> </div> <div id="add-comment-block" class="container-wrapper"> <div id="respond" class="comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title the-global-title">Leave a Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/2011/07/31/50-million-trees-and-counting-trees-for-the-future/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://www.permaculturenews.org/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form" novalidate><p class="comment-notes"><span id="email-notes">Your email address will not be published.</span> Required fields are marked <span class="required">*</span></p><p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment">Comment</label> <textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="65525" required="required"></textarea></p><p class="comment-form-author"><label for="author">Name <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="245" required='required' /></p> <p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">Email <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="email" name="email" type="email" value="" size="30" maxlength="100" aria-describedby="email-notes" required='required' /></p> <p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">Website</label> <input id="url" name="url" type="url" value="" size="30" maxlength="200" /></p> <div class="gglcptch gglcptch_v2"><div id="gglcptch_recaptcha_868242040" class="gglcptch_recaptcha"></div> <noscript> <div style="width: 302px;"> <div style="width: 302px; height: 422px; position: relative;"> <div style="width: 302px; height: 422px; position: absolute;"> <iframe src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/fallback?k=6LcCawoUAAAAAHWXT9dkkLv_EVjpgAn1NoklcxRE" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="width: 302px; height:422px; border-style: none;">

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