Ten Thousand Trees and Counting

A nursery becomes a livelihood

In the river valleys where our Green Earth teams work, deforestation once meant longer droughts and thinner harvests. Today, community nurseries raise over forty native species — and the families who tend them earn a steady wage doing it. Seedlings leave the nursery in woven baskets; three years later, survival checks show 87% still standing.

Why native trees win

Fast-growing exotics promise quick cover but drain wells and starve wildlife. Native figs, cedars, and fruit trees do the opposite: they hold water through dry seasons, feed pollinators, and give families honey, fruit, and shade-grown crops. Restoration here is slow forestry, not a photo opportunity.

What your gift grows

Twenty-five dollars plants and protects a native tree for five years — nursery, planting crew, and satellite monitoring included. Donors receive the GPS coordinates of their grove and a photo report each year as the canopy closes. Forests return one seedling at a time, and every one of them has a planter's name on it.

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