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    11 Surprising Facts About Trees

    11 Surprising Facts About Trees

    By Natalie Muller Trees soak up carbon from the atmosphere, provide a home to wildlife and even improve our mental well-being. But did you know they can also “talk” to each other, and send out distress signals when under attack? 1. ​60,000 Different Species There are around 3 trillion trees on Earth, according to a […]

    These 10 Golden Rules for Planting Trees Could Help Save the Planet

    These 10 Golden Rules for Planting Trees Could Help Save the Planet

    By Lynsey Grosfield Forests are not only complex ecosystems and habitats for wildlife, they are also central to the livelihoods of around 2 billion people. The critical role they have in sequestering carbon from the atmosphere has led to many international reforestation projects. To help this global effort we’ve listed 10 key ways to improve […]

    19 Organizations Celebrating the Role of Forests in the Food System

    19 Organizations Celebrating the Role of Forests in the Food System

    By Jared Kaufman Nearly one-third of the land on Earth is forested, but because of agriculture and infrastructure development, nearly 27 soccer fields’ worth of forest are destroyed every minute. Globally, forests are home to a significant majority of the world’s land biodiversity and absorb billions of tons of carbon dioxide every year. Over 1.5 […]

    Could Rubber From Dandelions Make Tires More Sustainable?

    Could Rubber From Dandelions Make Tires More Sustainable?

    By Jack McGovan In 1931, Soviet scientists were on the hunt for a natural source of rubber that would help the USSR become self-sufficient in key materials. They scoured the vast and various territories of the Soviet Union and tested over 1,000 different species looking for an alternative to the South American rubber tree, Hevea […]

    SZA Teams Up With TAZO and American Forests to Fight Environmental Racism

    SZA Teams Up With TAZO and American Forests to Fight Environmental Racism

    At the beginning of quarantine, the nine-time Grammy nominee, SZA, was releasing new songs because she was “bored” and “losing my mind,” she told BAZAAR.com. But new music wasn’t the only endeavor the singer-songwriter had underway. On Wednesday, SZA along with the nonprofit organization American Forests and the TAZO tea company announced their partnership to […]

    500+ Scientists Demand Stop to Tree Burning as Climate Solution

    500+ Scientists Demand Stop to Tree Burning as Climate Solution

    By Andrea Germanos A group of more than 500 international scientists on Thursday urged world leaders to end policies that prop up the burning of trees for energy because it poses “a double climate problem” that threatens forests’ biodiversity and efforts to stem the planet’s ecological emergency. The demand came in a letter addressed to […]