Arbor Day Foundation Announces Initial Planting Locations for 20 Million #TeamTrees Trees

The Arbor Day Foundation is launching domestic and international planting projects to fulfill its commitment to plant more than 21.5 million trees funded by #TeamTrees, a viral crowdfunding campaign driven by YouTubers MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and Mark Rober in late 2019. As early as January 2020, trees will be planted in high-need public and private forests recovering from fire, storms, deforestation, and other threats. The Impact of 20 Million Trees “MrBeast, Mark, and hundreds of other YouTube creators shared our vision of building a better world through tree planting. They…

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#TeamTrees Takes Over Social Media, Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 20 Million Trees

What started as a social media callout has quickly turned into an environmental force for reforestation — driven by a new audience of tree planters. #TeamTrees — a collective effort to use YouTube creators to inspire support for tree planting around the globe — is the latest viral fundraising effort to take social media by storm. The project began with YouTube influencers MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and Mark Rober accepting a challenge to plant 20 million trees in honor of MrBeast’s 20 millionth subscriber. They recruited hundreds of other YouTube content…

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