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US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis | Trees and forests (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by abobla@lemm.ee to c/climate

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[+] BobKerman3999@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. I used to use Ecosia instead of Google for my internet searches, thinking that their planting trees would be a good endeavour. They do plant trees, but they can't guarantee them to actually grow to be "useful" trees. So ultimately, while I did contribute to a bunch of "trees" being planted, it probably didn't make too much of a difference after all.

[–] Mysteriarch 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We also can't plant enough trees to mitigate climate change.

[–] silence7 2 points 1 year ago

We can't do enough to do the whole job. No one thing is going to suffice. We can do enough to be a small piece of the solution.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

0.0002% of one years worth of GDP. Glad to see we’re taking this seriously.

[–] SpaghettiYeti@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

We can afford to spend way more money on this and really make a difference, just like the peace corps did in the 1930s. We still see the effects of that across our state parks nationwide...