Success Stories

Frank explains, Green land Group, we are an involved community with different ways through education to understand how the seedlings are being produced and how they are taken into plantation.

Mark explains, “if you want to re-establish the woodlands, you have to begin at ground level with herbs, grasses, tussock plants and work up slowly to shrubs and then trees.

Our tree planting initiative is just one example of our commitment to environmental conservation and community development.

After his last tree-planting story being shared earlier in July, Justus Wanjohi – who runs a community-based organization called Giwa Climate Response – returns to update us with another amazing activity.

Earlier this year, in June, Mark and Jill shared a tree-planting activity they attended in collaboration with Earthcare St Kilda.

Today’s story is a shining example of community work’s potential to improve lives and do good for the environment.

This story was shared by Mr. Dash, from India. It is about how 6.000 tree saplings were planted in order to create a comfortable and healthy habitat for an elephant herd.

Thought to have originated in Queensland, P. tectorius grows on the exposed eastern edge of the Australian continent, often near the hardy coastal she-oak and banksia, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the aquatic home to so many beings.

A couple of weeks ago, we welcomed Mr. Bijaya Kumar Dash to our global community. He is passionate about elephants and nature conservation so he reached out to us to share how he spent World Elephant Day.

Back in Puerto Rico, I missed Hans’ kindness, his humility, and his good sense of humor. I thought that a good way to value our friendship was to dedicate this planting to him.

This week’s story tells about another tree-planting event organized by Mr. Dash, in celebration of the 69th Vana Mahotsav.

Today, Mr. Dash told us a little bit about his story and how he came to be so passionate about Nature.

One of our key objectives in tree planting is to fight climate change and offset carbon emissions which lead to considerable increases in average temperatures.

Justus Wanjohi runs Giwa Climate Response, a three-year-old community-based organization focusing on environmental conservation in Nyeri, Kenya.

In late May 2024, the Falloon Family undertook a weekend tree-planting adventure to an environmentally sustainable cattle property near Rockley, on the south-west Highlands.

Alaya is located in the Howqua Valley, North Eastern Victoria, Australia. It is a 30-acre (12-hectare) property on the Howqua River, classified as a heritage river.

When one starts planting trees, it is like creating memories, you remember everything about that tree.

This week, we share some news from our Australian coordinator, Mark Allaway, and his work at Atisha Buddhist Center grounds.

When we initiated this project, we also decided to use the opportunity to plant more trees within our own property, to beautify the area and benefit the environment as much as possible.