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PLANT-IT 2020 OVERVIEW:
Tree Planting Programs
Plant-It 2020 performs two
types of tree planting programs:
- The 'dollar-per-tree' tree-planting
program
- The city tree planting program
The 'Dollar-Per-Tree' (Forest) Tree Planting
Program
Plant-It 2020 created the original
'dollar-per-tree' program where for every dollar we
receive for this program, we plant a tree.
Key Program Points:
- The trees are planted in
non-harvest locations on public land. Trees planted
by Plant-It 2020 are protected by contract from being
cut down. Unless a seedling program is 'protected
by contract from harvesting' you should assume that
it will be harvested no matter how many verbal assurances
you get to the contrary.
- The contributor chooses
the location as to where the trees get planted from
our list of locations across the United States and
in many countries worldwide. Plant-It 2020 offers
the largest number of locations for you to choose
from of any non-governmental organization (NGO).
- The seedlings being planted
were not obtained for free or at low-cost through
grants or other means. They are either purchased from
tree nurseries or they were grown from purchased seed
in seed beds until they have reached excellent height
and health for transplanting.
- Plant-It 2020 spends on
average $0.85 cents out of every dollar in this program
towards each tree. 'Dollar-per-tree' imitators do
not publish their expenditure for the purchase and
planting of the seedling, which suggests that they
spend little or nothing. This is a serious quality
concern as the more you spend towards each seedling,
the better it will be and survive.
- The trees are two-to-four
year old baby trees (called 'seedlings' or 'tree seedlings')
being planted and not simply 'tree seeds'. In equatorial
regions, fast growing tree species may be younger
when planted as they grow up to ten times faster than
those grown in Northern latitudes.
- The trees are indigenous
to the area, have a very high survival rate and if
a maintenance plan is needed, one is set in place
before the trees get planted.
- There are no extra costs,
fees, hidden charges, membership fees or so forth.
One US dollar equals one tree.
Different Benefits For Different Locations:
Nearly all of our reforestation
programs have a strong humanitarian focus. The 'dollar-per-tree'
programs provide different benefits depending upon such
things as geographical location, tree species and so
forth. Our programs usually provide one or more of the
following benefits:
- Reduce human starvation
by increasing crop production, and/or by providing
fruits and nuts.
- Help save an endangered
species such as the Monarch Butterfly.
- Reduce human thirst by raising
the water table; and protecting the health of aquifers
and rivers.
- Bring denuded forests back
to life
- Reduce malnutrition among
children by providing them with protein
- Stop desertification (the
encroachment of a desert)
- Reduce poverty as the fruits
nuts and dropped branches can be sold.
- Reduce killer landslides
as trees can anchor the soil.
- Reduce global warming by
planting fast growing trees of certain species that
are fast-growing, broad-leafed, large-boled and non-harvested
in equatorial regions. Soil conditions and sunlight
are also important.
Be Aware: Plant-It 2020
created the first 'dollar-per-tree' program. Certain
competitors have copied the 'dollar-per-tree' concept
as a money-making promotion without keeping the same
quality. One or more of the following are ways in which
contributors can be scammed: the trees go into harvest
locations (where they get cut down and profit timber
companies); the trees may be gotten for free through
grants and planted for free via volunteers; only a very
small percentage of each dollar may go towards the tree
- meaning that it may take twenty dollars to actually
have a tree planted; the dollars received may replace
funds already scheduled for reforestation which are
now directed towards administration; the seedlings get
planted in places or in ways where the survival rate
is low, and so on... Plant-It 2020 never has, does not
and never will perform any of these unethical actions.
The City Tree Planting Program
Plant-It 2020 has been coordinating
and organizing urban tree-planting events throughout
the United States and in other countries. A sponsor,
usually a business, comes to us and communicates that
they desire to fund one or more city tree-planting events.
We find out when and where they desire to have these
events take place. The next step is for us to contact
the City Forrester, Parks and Recreation Department
or City Arborist to determine what tree-planting events
are upcoming, their attributes and so forth. The proposal
is provided to the sponsor and they decide if any of
them should go forward.
The above is relatively easy
but where Plant-It 2020 stands-out is that we figure
out how to make this event far better. Part of what
we do is go the extra mile by getting a diverse group
of volunteers who normally never interact with each
other. A state Senator may be shoveling dirt next to
both a 'youth-at-risk' and a disabled child. Next to
them may be a local homeowner and her children. To the
right may be some members of various community service
organizations such as the Rotary and Lyons Club and
to the left may be members of the church down the street.
All of them just heard a talk by a certified Arborist
about how to properly plant the trees along with how
to maintain them and the benefits these trees will bring
to the community.
This is just one example of
what Plant-It 2020 does for our city tree-planting events;
we get community members to physically build community
together. There are many other unique things that we
do for these events that are shared with our sponsors.
Give us a call and see if your business would benefit
by 'giving back' in this way.
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