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Ask HN: How to motivate society to plant 1t trees?

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Climate change is accelerating and is an existential threat. It seems planting trees may be a partial solution. How do we start and cultivate a viral campaign to plant 1t trees?

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Individuals in the US can do more to fight climate change by voting[1] than by planting trees.

The scope and cost of a PR campaign that would convince people to plant trees is staggering, and there's no single entity willing to pay for it. It's an issue of government taking action and extracting the money from the companies who have profited from pollution.

1. https://theconversation.com/government-action-isnt-enough-fo...

I hear you on voting but we had Obama in place for eight years and we did next to nothing as a country on climate change. At best, we took some incremental steps that were totally insufficient.

I agree with you on Obama, but every time voting is brought up on HN, there is an immediate responsive implicit assumption that voting for president is the only kind of voting that exists.

Americans have opportunities to vote on many levels of government. All those votes have a potential effect on policy. One woke vote for president is not going to counteract all the other bad votes or non-votes.

Obama would have done a lot more if his feet had been held to the fire by a more progressive Congress. But climate action opponents took control of the House in the very next election, effectively ending Obama's chance to take significant action.

Obama may have done more than you think, but it's true we didn't do nearly enough.

My comment was about voting for your local, state, and congressional legislators, though. A president doesn't (and shouldn't) have unilateral power to mobilize the country against climate change. Congress controls the money and the laws, and it was never that liberal under Obama.

Hemp would be better, btw. Because it grows faster and can be harvested twice a year. Big amount of very useful biomass for many useful products. Where at this planet all these trees should or could be planted? Where could be the most efficient place for it? Most of the trees in one big area, or better wide spread around the globe? How would it impact the actual nature and plants around? Which sort of trees? Could hemp be more efficient?

probably step one is to plant some trees yourself. you'll at least see how it's done at a low level

then convince some friends to go with you. encourage them to bring their friends. and repeat this

with exponential growth, any constant number is surmountable

Start with >Germinate< a Tn >seedlings<, each dime sent to the gofundme will buy a seed that will be germinated in time for phase two

Make a Facebook ad campaign asking for donations.

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