Success Stories
Read our inspiring success stories, and get to know our global community!
Nurturing the Love of Inquiry and Sustainability in Children
Small, creative, and inquisitive experiments combined with a drive to apply sustainable lifestyle with passion seen in children recently. I am so happy to see a progressive society.
Manica Youth Assembly Celebrates National Tree Planting Day
Our tree planting initiative is just one example of our commitment to environmental conservation and community development.
Community Work for Ecosystem Restoration in Kenya
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.
Earthcare St Kilda plants trees for all beings
Earlier this year, in June, Mark and Jill shared a tree-planting activity they attended in collaboration with Earthcare St Kilda.
Tree planting by Darbar Sahitya Sansada and friends
Today’s story is a shining example of community work’s potential to improve lives and do good for the environment.
Bald Hill Platation for the Elephants
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.
The strength and the resilience of the Pandanus Trees of Pacific Ocean
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.
Planting Trees On World Elephant Day
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.
Finding the motivation to plant again
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.
Planting trees for the elephants and the forest
This week’s story tells about another tree-planting event organized by Mr. Dash, in celebration of the 69th Vana Mahotsav.
In love with elephants
Today, Mr. Dash told us a little bit about his story and how he came to be so passionate about Nature.
Replanting Trees at Sakubva Mutare, Zimbabwe
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.
Giwa Climate Response, from Nyeri, Kenya
Justus Wanjohi runs Giwa Climate Response, a three-year-old community-based organization focusing on environmental conservation in Nyeri, Kenya.
Falloon Family planting day
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.
Tree Planting at ‘Alaya’
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.
One tree sapling at a time
When one starts planting trees, it is like creating memories, you remember everything about that tree.
News from our Australian coordinator, Mark Allaway
This week, we share some news from our Australian coordinator, Mark Allaway, and his work at Atisha Buddhist Center grounds.
A greener place at IMI Sera Jey Monastery
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.
Urban trees can help reduce the temperature in cities
Ella Humphreys is one of our coordinators in Australia. She joined our community recently and has been very active in planting trees in her vicinity.
Planting and restoration work continues at Atisha Buddhist Centre, Australia
“We are continuing to develop the site around Kadampa Stupa with garden areas, and restoring the native plant groups, starting with groundcovers, herbs and grasses then small shrubs.”