We let the future grow
The project
In order to protect the climate, we have some of the most powerful allies living on this planet: trees. But our helpers need help themselves: our help. We are limiting their space for living further and further. In Germany only 2% of the forests currently have a protected status, but even there wood can be harvested. Most of all trees serve as raw material supply and are cut down after reaching an age of 60 to 120 years. However, if only we let them, trees could become up to 1,000 years old or even older. The oldest tree on earth is a spruce. It has been living in Scandinavia for around 10,000 years already.
We create tomorrow’s ancient forests!
The German writer and poet Erich Kästner knew: „Es gibt nichts Gutes – außer man tut es“: Nothing good happens unless we do it. So, let’s become active and start by planting a tree. Or lots of them. Because our trees are allowed to grow until the end of their natural lives. It is an easy calculation: A tree can absorb roughly 3 tons of CO2 in the course of an average human life. This is about the same amount of CO2 that every one of us emits in three months’ time. Planting four trees each year will therefore compensate for our personal carbon footprint on average. This is why trees are one of the easiest and most effective tools against climate change. The prerequisite, however, is that these trees are allowed to grow without being disturbed to reach their natural age.
This is our mission! We acquire suitable land where we plant trees that won’t serve any primary economic purpose. They are allowed to grow to a natural forest ecosystem that offers a home to many different animals and plants, that improves air quality and fights climate change effectively. Just the way nature arranged it. And in order to improve biodiversity, we additionally create protected spaces for pollinating insects and our feathered friends. Apart from that, we preserve existing woodland areas with old trees, which we transform into tomorrow’s ancient forests.
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4 trees can neutralize your annual carbon footprint.
- A 100-year-old spruce absorbs roughly 2.6 tons of CO2 over its lifetime.
- A 120-year-old beech absorbs roughly 3.6 tons of CO2 over its lifetime.
- A 100-year-old oak absorbs roughly 5 tons of CO2 over its lifetime.
Live a good life!
And help us motivate our kids to do it, too. Because life doesn’t start with us and isn’t over after us. As an organic part of the whole, we have to take over responsibility for this planet. Forests protect biological diversity, produce vital oxygen and make an invaluable contribution to climate protection by binding huge amounts of carbon. By planting a tree you will help Planet Earth to return to its natural balance and produce new life.
What we stand for:
URWÄLDER VON MORGEN
Wir sammeln Gelder und kaufen damit geeignete Flächen für neue Pflanzungen und bestehende Wälder, die geschützt zu den Urwäldern von morgen heranwachsen dürfen. Zur Optimierung der Artenvielfalt legen wir zusätzlich auf unseren Flächen Bienenweiden und Vogelschutzgebiete an – und schaffen damit neuen Lebensraum.
SCHUTZ FÜR LEBEN & KLIMA
Auf diese Weise schützen wir die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen von uns allen – Menschen, Tiere und Pflanzen – und leisten unseren Beitrag zum Naturschutz, zur Artenvielfalt und zur CO2-Absorption im Rahmen des Pariser Klima-Abkommens.
GARANTIERT IN DEUTSCHLAND
Wir pflanzen ausschließlich in Deutschland, sichern unsere Flächen nach deutschem Recht, und jeder Baum ist mit dem Urwaldtracker auffindbar.
OPTIMALE FLÄCHENNUTZUNG
Wir arbeiten eng mit dem Naturschutz zusammen, um die Bepflanzung ideal auf den Standort abzustimmen.
GARANTIERT KEINE ABHOLZUNG
Unsere Bäume dürfen lebenslang ungestört wachsen, denn unsere Schutzgebiete werden forstwirtschaftlich nicht genutzt.
TRANSPARENZ & GEMEINNÜTZIGKEIT
Ein kleines Team und viele Helfer ermöglichen eine hohe Spendenwirkung. Unser aller Gewinn: eine lebenswerte Zukunft.
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FAQ
You can find your tree or your forest area with our tracker on our Tree Tracker and Forest Tracker pages. There you can view the exact spot where your tree is planted or where the forest area is located that has been protected thanks to your support. By clicking on the map, you will be redirected to Google Maps.
You can find your tree or your forest area with our tracker on our Tree Tracker and Forest Tracker pages. There you can view the exact spot where your tree is planted or where the forest area is located that has been protected thanks to your support. By clicking on the map, you will be redirected to Google Maps.
First off: don’t worry. If you’ve made a tree donation, your tree is already firmly rooted. Unlike others, we only plant trees that already are between three and five years old. We use your donation to order it from a forest nursery. Orders currently take about four to six months. In the meantime, your tree keeps on growing there.
Then it will be planted on one of our sites. But this only makes sense during certain seasons of the year. In summer, for example, many of the saplings would run the risk of drying out. We wouldn’t want that! After all, we bear responsibility for every single tree. So we need to wait until spring and fall when it’s planting season. In the fast-paced world of today, we are used to a higher speed in many ways. But in nature there are different laws that we need to stick to.
If you want to learn more about how your tree becomes part of tomorrow’s forest, read our blog: How does my tree become part of tomorrow’s forests?
Thank you for your kind offer! But unfortunately, that’s not possible right now. We don’t arrange planting days anymore, because organizing the events took up too much time and effort for us to manage with our limited resources. We’re really sorry. We enjoyed them very much! But now we need to concentrate on what matters most. So we invest all our time and energy in nature – and plant all our trees ourselves. There are exceptions for schools, businesses and our sponsors only.
And apart from that we don’t need voluntary help at this point in time. We’ve realized that the training takes up too much time. Also, we would have to set up an honorary contract, make equipment available, provide a workplace, keep an eye on data protection policies, etc. Unfortunately, all of this is just not possible with only 1.5 full-time employees.
