But a group of three friends in Christchurch , New Zealand , have a plan . They ’re asking people to plant billions of Tree as part of their “ Trump Forest ” projection to set off the damage to the clime thatTrump ’s policieswill cause .
Founder Adrien Taylor , 27 , climate scientist Dr. Dan Price , 29 , and Ph.D. candidate Jeff Willis , 28 , originate the labor in April after being outrage at Trump ’s view on climate change . They hope it can act as a call to arms for citizenry who are left feel powerless .
“ It was really quite demoralizing to have someone who questions basic science elected president of the free world , ” Taylor told IFLScience . “ We cognise Trump like his things , he ’s got Trump Vodka , Trump Chocolate , Trump Towers . So we thought he might like Trump Forest too . ”
The estimate is to get people around the public to either plant trees themselves or pledge money to a specific charity to plant a tree on their behalf . If you go down the former path , the team ask that you send off them a receipt for your treehere .
If the latter , you ’ll be donate toThe Eden Reforestation Projects , a non - profit Greek valerian that ’s planting mangroves in Madagascar . Any money you donate will go directly to the charity .
About 15,000 trees have been implant around the world and $ 4,500 has been pledged since the labor began . The squad themselves institute 1,000 Tree in Christchurch , New Zealand , in a region that had been waste by bush fires .
The goal is to make an expanse of trees tantamount to the sizing of Kentucky , about 100,000 square kilometers ( 39,000 square stat mi ) , to seclude enough carbon copy to palliate the effects of Trump ’s policies . The figure are base on Trump altercate Obama ’s Clean Power Plan , which would have prevented641 megatonsof carbon copy being added to the atmospheric state over the next eight years .
Dr Price , a climate scientist from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch , note there are “ handsome error barroom ” on the figures , as different trees impound unlike amounts of carbon . But he add that they may really terminate up above what ’s require , as they ’re expecting most pledges to go towards the mangroves in Madagascar , which sequester a lot of C .
“ It ’ll be nerveless in 20 years to say ' oh , what did you do when Trump tried to mess up the climate agenda ? Well we plant a forest to offset everything so it did n’t really weigh , ' ” he say .
If all goes to architectural plan , the team go for to reach their fair game of a few billion Tree spanning an area the size of Kentucky by the end of the year . “ And the last Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree we want to be a Christmas tree on the White House lawn , ” said Taylor . “ We ’ll amount and personally embellish it . ”
They ’ve also stretch an undefendable invite to Rex Tillerson , the US Secretary of State , to add up and personally found a tree for his political boss when he chew the fat New Zealandnext week . “ Because by all accounts , he ’s the one who wants to abide in the Paris Agreement , ” said Taylor .
So , if you ’re reading Mr Tillerson , why not get involved in this crowdsourced climate travail to save the mankind ? At the very least , it might render some time out against the growing doomsday and sombreness .
