@Hoodedman And old forests store carbon, support healthy soil structure & prevent erosion. #climatechange

so do you have any tips on where to send money to help protect old forests?

also yes there is a huge amount of greenwashing and paying someone to plant a tree does not give you a free pass to continue as you are - but this also smells like a false dichotomy, can't we do both? at the rate we have/are losing forests we also need to plant new trees, I think 🌳

that looks like the Henry Cowell Redwoods, one of my favorite places on Earth 🥰

Yes! This PBS Terra video is so good at explaining why. https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/trees-carbon-storage-forest-conservation-climate-beverly-law-video

we try and do a bit of both (and more) at Mossy Earth 😀

where I work does both by working with the UK Woodland Trust (and yes it’s real trees that people have visted - https://forest.biologists.com).

Right. Plant, grow and protect them.

Protecting forests is great, but one greenwashing strategy is to sell the protection of the same forest over and over again. I don’t know how we distinguish that from real protection efforts.

@shaundon I taught Science and Math in a girls' Harambee school in Kenya 1984-86. One side project was I helped organize and plant 3000 Eucalyptus trees to combat deforestation and soil erosion. It is possible to do both protect and plant new trees. Moreover, built a 20 loaf wood fired oven and taught how to bake bread. EVERYTHING has a #lifecycle