♻️ Deforestation is a humanitarian issue as much as it’s an environmental one.
Regions that are most impacted by deforestation are highly poverty-stricken and underdeveloped areas. With few options to support their families, often, members of impoverished communities are forced to destroy their local environment to survive, cutting down trees for construction, fuel, heat, and agricultural purposes.
@edenprojects reverse engineers this problem by providing fair wage income to people living in extreme poverty to plant trees. Through steady employment, they can begin to afford daily necessities without having to destroy their local environment. As forests are restored, over time, local rainfall patterns are restored, water purity improves, farming opportunities emerge and the negative effects of deforestation begin to disappear.
Over 384 million trees have been planted around the world by Eden and their partners. We’re proud to be one of those partners, planting 5 trees for every Urth product you take home.