To Plant a Trillion Trees for the Planet

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2007 年，那時菲利克斯·芬克拜納年僅9 歲，他在一堂關(guān)于氣候危機的課上發(fā)表了一場演講，建議同學(xué)們在全球每個國家種植一百萬棵樹，如今這個目標成了“為地球種下一萬億棵樹”。

“Planting a tree is easy, but bringing back a forest is hard.”

Those are the words of Felix Finkbeiner, who at his twenties,has now spent the majority of his life focused on fighting climate change through tree planting and forest1)restoration.And he’s trying to get the whole world involved.

Finkbeiner is the founder and CEO of Plant-for-the-Planet.The organization runs2)workshops to3)empower youth to become “ambassadors for climate justice” and encourage the public to join the movement and plant trees.

You don’t have to get hands dirty, however, to get involved.You can donate to have a tree planted at one of the forest restoration sites Plant-for-the-Planet partners with and then receive updates on when and where your tree is getting planted.

“You can see exactly where they are restoring forests.You can then see what species they’re planting, what planting density…You can also see exactly what one tree costs there.And if you’d like one of these projects, you can donate directly to it,” Finkbeiner said, “We’ve now also built tools (software and apps) that these companies and organizations can notify you when your tree is actually planted, so you don’t just feel like you’ve just given money somewhere.You can actually see what happens with it.”

The idea started to blossom from Finkbeiner in 2007 when he was 9 years old.He had just learned about Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and whose work with the Green Belt Movement helped plant nearly 30 million trees in Africa.Inspired by her work, Finkbeiner announced to his fourth grade class that they should plant a million trees in every country.

“I think a million was just the biggest number I could come up with and there was absolutely no plan4)whatsoever of how we were going to get there.”

But his motivational speech slowly took root.Finkbeiner and his fellow students planted their first tree at their school, an event that was covered by the local press, and his idea began to branch out to other schools.

Schools and the youth movement have been a big part of Plant-forthe-Planet’s success.The group has over 90,000 ambassadors for climate justice across the globe.

By 2010, Plant-for-the-Planet had put a million trees in the ground.Then in 2011, Finkbeiner spoke at the UN following in Maathai’s footsteps.The Nobel laureate, who passed away in 2011, was working with the United Nations Environment Programme on the Billion Tree Campaign.Plant-for-the-Planet took the reins of the campaign and upped its goal to a trillion trees.

Why a trillion? That’s how many scientists believe there is currently room for on Earth and that amount would help absorb levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide that could make a positive impact on the climate crisis.

1) restorationn.修復(fù)

2) workshopn.研討會；講習班

3) empowerv.授權(quán)；使有能力

4) whatsoeveradv.無論怎樣；任何

“植樹容易，但恢復(fù)森林很難?！?/p>

這是菲利克斯·芬克拜納的話，如今二十多歲的他，已將生活的大部分時間專注于通過植樹和恢復(fù)森林來對抗氣候變化。而他正在努力讓整個世界都參與其中。

芬克拜納是“為地球植樹”組織的創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官。該組織開展研討會，使青年成為“氣候正義大使”，并鼓勵公眾加入這一運動，種植樹木。

然而，你并不需要親自動手才能參與其中。你可以通過捐款在“為地球植樹”合作的森林恢復(fù)地點之一種下一棵樹，然后收到關(guān)于你的樹何時何地被種植的更新。

“你可以準確地看到他們正在恢復(fù)森林的地方。你可以看到他們正在種植哪些樹種，種植密度是多少……你還可以準確地看到在那里一棵樹的成本。如果你愿意支持這些項目中的一個，你可以直接捐款，”芬克拜納說，“我們現(xiàn)在還建立了工具（軟件和應(yīng)用程序），這些公司和組織可以通過工具通知你，你的樹實際上已經(jīng)被種植了，這樣你不會覺得自己只是把錢給了某個地方。你可以看到實際發(fā)生了什么?！?/p>

這個想法始于2007 年，當時芬克拜納9 歲。他了解到第一個非洲女性諾貝爾和平獎得主旺加里·瑪塔伊，她發(fā)起了“綠帶運動”，在非洲種下了近3000 萬棵樹。受到她工作的啟發(fā)，芬克拜納向他四年級的同學(xué)宣布，他們應(yīng)該在每個國家種植一百萬棵樹。

“我想一百萬只是我能想到的最大的數(shù)字，對于我們將如何實現(xiàn)這個目標，我當時根本沒有任何計劃。”

但他的激勵演講慢慢扎下了根。芬克拜納和他的同學(xué)們在學(xué)校種下了第一棵樹，這件事被當?shù)孛襟w報道，他的想法開始在其他學(xué)校傳播開來。

學(xué)校和青年運動是“為地球植樹”組織成功的重要組成部分。該組織在全球擁有超過90,000 名氣候正義大使。

到2010 年，“為地球植樹”已經(jīng)在地面上種下了一百萬棵樹。然后在2011 年，芬克拜納在聯(lián)合國發(fā)表講話，繼承了瑪塔伊的事業(yè)。諾貝爾獎得主瑪塔伊于2011 年去世，當時她正在聯(lián)合國環(huán)境規(guī)劃署工作，推動“十億棵樹計劃”?！盀榈厍蛑矘洹苯庸芰嗽摶顒樱⒛繕颂岣叩揭蝗f億棵樹。

為什么是一萬億？科學(xué)家們認為，目前地球上有足夠的空間容納一萬億棵樹，這將有助于吸收大氣中的二氧化碳，從而對氣候危機產(chǎn)生積極的影響。

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