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When a company pledges to ‘plant a tree,’ tell them you prefer they help ‘protect a forest.’
Walking amongst the redwoods in northern California.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
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@Hoodedman And old forests store carbon, support healthy soil structure & prevent erosion. #climatechange
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Priscilla Haring-Kuipers
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Priscilla Haring-Kuipers
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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 🌳
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The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨
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The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨
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Yes! This PBS Terra video is so good at explaining why. thekidshouldseethis.com/post/t…

Planting trees vs protecting old forests: Which stores more carbon right now? | The Kid Should See This

"For decades we’ve been planting trees in hopes of reducing carbon pollution. But when it comes to carbon sequestration, have we actually been getting it
Rion Nakaya (The Kid Should See This)
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Magnus Ahltorp
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Magnus Ahltorp
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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.
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Robin A
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Robin A
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YES!! 🌲🌲Take care of the trees and forests we already have.

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