Supporting Reforestation Efforts With Just A Few Cents With Hank Dearden

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Personal Journals, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

As forests all over the world are continuously drained of their precious resources, a huge amount of money is certainly required to rebuild them. But every once in a while, noble reforestation efforts arise that does not call for a huge amount of cash. This is exactly what Hank Dearden does through his organization, ForestPlanet. He joins Corinna Bellizzi to share how they spearhead reforestation projects around the world at a surprisingly low cost: only 15 cents per tree. Hank explains how their work helps with soil restoration, which is crucial in rehabilitating the environment and improving farming strategies. He also talks about bringing their mission to movie screenings through their recent partnership with Katharina Stieffenhofer.

About Guest:

Hank Dearden is the Founder and Executive Director of Forest Planet, a 501(c)(3) organization supporting large low-cost reforestation projects that help plant millions of trees around the globe. A natural connector passionate about all forms of renewable energy, he loves to explore new places by riding a bicycle.

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hankdearden/

Guest Website: https://forestplanet.org

Guest Social: https://www.instagram.com/forestplanetorg/

Additional Resources Mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/GoNegative, https://seedonline.eventbrite.com/?aff=cmbb

Show Notes [RAW AUDIO]:

0:00 – Introduction

3:16 – ForestPlanet

10:10 - 15-cent investment per tree

13:19 - Soil restoration

17:44 - Katharina Stieffenhofer’s Seed to Seed

27:53 – Getting in touch with ForestPlanet

31:26 - Societal benefits of tree planting

38:23 – Conclusion

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0:00.0	You've got to plant the seedlings, those particular species with the proper spacing,
0:04.5	and at the proper time, usually the beginning of the rainy season, so that's enough water to support them.
0:09.6	And these areas do have some water, but you've got to be strategic about it and not plant the wrong seedlings and the wrong matter and the wrong time, and that's a recipe.
0:19.1	Disaster. If you do it it right you're talking survival rates in
0:22.1	like the 90s and mid 90 percent which is great so it's very affection and that again leads back to
0:27.7	the low cost per tree because your trees are living and to define a tree here just to be clear a seedling
0:34.5	in the nursery is not a tree that's a seedling throwing a seed in a field and hoping for the best is not a tree. That's a seedling. Throwing a seed in a field and hoping for the best is not a tree.
0:40.5	A tree, air quotes, is a seedling that you grew from seed that is now a healthy little guy, whether three, six, 12 inches, whatever.
0:49.3	And now transplanted that or out planted that into the field.
0:52.7	That's a tree.
0:54.3	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact
1:00.4	of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
1:03.7	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
1:09.0	You'll learn how you can make a difference. Vote with your
1:11.4	dollars and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belizey. Hello, fellow do-gooters and
1:19.3	friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizei. Every week, I invite you to care more so that together we
1:24.6	can create that better world together. Today we're going to dive deeply
1:28.5	into the difference we can collectively make for as little as 15 cents. I'm thrilled to
1:35.6	introduce you today to Hank Dearden and Forest Planet.org. Hank is the founder and executive director
1:42.7	of Forest Planet. It is a 501C3 organization that was founded back in 2018.
1:49.1	Forest Planet supports large scale, low cost, obviously at 15 cents per tree,
1:54.5	reforestation projects around the globe.
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