Tree Planting
We are super excited to have teamed up with Ecologi & the Eden reforestation Project to plant one tree for every single item sold via our website! |
Why plant trees?At Shrieking Violet®, we believe trees are a little bit magic. Forest restoration and reforestation are well-known climate solutions because of trees’ ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in their biomass. This carbon absorption ability is entirely natural, and far exceeds the efficiency of any manmade carbon removal tech that currently exists. As well as carbon sequestration though, planting trees is a wonderful thing to do for a number of other reasons:
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Planting mangroves in MadagascarScientific studies have shown that mangroves “sequester carbon at a rate two to four times greater than mature tropical forests”, and contain “the highest carbon density of all terrestrial ecosystems.” Mangroves are also key part of coastal ecosystems, and “renowned for an array of ecosystem services, including fisheries and fibre production, sediment regulation, and storm/tsunami protection”. The key to mangroves is the large amounts of biomass stored underground in the extensive root system. These roots support the large trees in muddy coastal areas where mangroves thrive. To this end, a lot of the trees we have funded to date – in particular at the start of our journey – have been mangroves. |