Let’s Reforest the Planet Together
Yesterday was International Forest Day.
Yesterday, we lost about 2.5 million trees.
Every second of every day, a football field's worth of forest is being cut or burned down.
Our forests are the lungs of this planet.
Trees provide oxygen, improve air quality, store carbon, and even clean our water.
Most importantly, they help combat some of the devastating effects of the climate crisis.
But every acre of forest we lose makes it harder to reverse the devastating impact of climate change.
And no matter how many trees we plant, we won’t be able to stop the damage that massive corporations continue to inflict on our warming planet.
We must continue to sound the alarm on big banks like Wells Fargo that finance the destruction of our environment by investing their customers’ hard-earned money in the fossil fuel industry.
We must continue to urge companies — big and small — to join us in adopting sustainable business practices and divesting from harmful fossil fuels that endanger our collective future.
We must continue to push for critical legislation like a Green New Deal that will create jobs, reduce greenhouse gases, and provide a pathway to a sustainable future for all.
And in the meantime, we will do whatever we can to save our Earth — and for us, that’s planting trees.
In honor of International Forest Day, I hope you’ll join me and Aspiration in our mission to reforest the planet.
Here are three ways you can help:
Plant trees for $1 each.
If you join our movement to reforest the planet before April 1, I will personally match you for each tree you buy up to one million trees—because we’re in this together.
Plant Your Change.
Connect any debit or credit card to Plant Your Change, and Aspiration will round up every purchase you make to the nearest whole dollar and use the spare change to plant a tree.
Grow our movement.
So far, every-day Aspiration customers have helped us plant over five million trees, and we’re just getting started. Join us in battling climate change, tree by tree, and invite your friends and family to help us reforest the planet. Remember: every person who joins Aspiration is another person divesting from the fossil fuel industry.
It’s not enough to push back against deforestation one day a year. Far too many companies are stripping our planet of its resources for their own profit every single day, and the effects are catastrophic.
But that’s why here at Aspiration, every single day is a tree-planting challenge, and a new opportunity to fight for climate justice — and we’re committed to doing our part, year-round.
I hope you’ll join us.