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* YouTuber [[PewDiePie]] donated 69,420 trees.<ref name="tweet_pewdiepie">{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/pewdiepie/status/1189902583936225283?s=09 |title=Boomer here who didn't realize you could leave a message. This is from the 9 year olds #TeamTrees |last=PewDiePie |date=October 31, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref>
* YouTuber [[PewDiePie]] donated 69,420 trees.<ref name="tweet_pewdiepie">{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/pewdiepie/status/1189902583936225283?s=09 |title=Boomer here who didn't realize you could leave a message. This is from the 9 year olds #TeamTrees |last=PewDiePie |date=October 31, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref>
* 50,000 trees were donated in name of the [[government of Ukraine]]
* 50,000 trees were donated in name of the [[government of Ukraine]]
*15,000 trees were planted after a video from the Youtuber "I Am Wildcat" made a challenge to find diamonds as quickly as possible on [[Minecraft]].


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==References==

Revision as of 19:27, 4 November 2019

Team Trees
DateMay 2019 – present
Organised byMrBeast and Mark Rober
Websiteteamtrees.org

Team Trees, also known as #TeamTrees or TeamTrees, is a 2019 collaborative fundraising challenge aiming to plant 20 million trees by 2020. The initiative was started by American YouTubers MrBeast and Mark Rober, and is mostly supported by YouTubers.[1] All donations will go to the Arbor Day Foundation, a tree-planting organization that pledges to plant one tree for every U.S. dollar donated. The trees are planned to be planted starting in January 2020 and ending "no later than December 2022".[2][3] It has been estimated that 20 million trees would take up 180 km2 (69 sq mi) of land.[4]

Background

During the past 50 years, the Arbor Day Foundation has helped plant more than 350 million trees around the world.[5]

The initiative started on YouTube, Reddit, and Twitter in May 2019 when fans of MrBeast (known as Jimmy Donaldson in real life) suggested he plant 20 million trees to celebrate reaching 20 million subscribers on YouTube. Former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober partnered directly with Donaldson to co-launch the fundraiser. Donaldson uploaded a YouTube video explaining his plans, which claimed the top spot on YouTube's trending page, and numerous YouTubers have joined in on the movement.[3][6]

Every donation goes to the Arbor Day Foundation, which pledges to plant one tree for every U.S. dollar donated. Notable YouTubers such as Rhett & Link, Marshmello, iJustine, Marques Brownlee, The Slow Mo Guys, Ninja, TedEd, Simone Giertz, Jacksepticeye, Smarter Every Day, PewDiePie, The Try Guys, Alan Becker and Jeffree Star have helped promote the campaign. Entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk, Tobi Lütke, Susan Wojcicki and Jack Dorsey have donated significant amounts to the campaign.[7] The trees will be planted "in a variety of forests on public and private lands in areas of great need" starting in January 2020. The goal is to have them planted "no later than December 2022". [2][3][8]

History

As of October 30, 2019, entrepreneur Elon Musk, YouTuber Jeffree Star, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and DJ and record producer Alan Walker have donated amounts of $1 million, $50,000, $150,000, and $100,000, respectively. And leading donator being Tobi Lutke with $1 million and 1. [8][9][10]

Top donors

  • Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke donated 1,000,001 trees to beat Elon Musk, who donated one million, as a tongue-in-cheek rivalry.[11]
  • Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk donated 1,000,000 trees. A heavy user of Twitter, he changed his profile picture for a picture of a tree and his username from Elon Musk to Treelon (a portmanteau of tree and Elon).
  • Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donated 150,000 trees on October 29. He donated another 200,000 trees two days later, for a total of 350,000 trees.[12]
  • ELF Development donated 250,000 trees.
  • MrBeast, the YouTuber who started the movement, donated 100,000 trees and challenged anyone to donate more. He later donated an additional 100,002 trees, making it 200,002 trees in total.
  • YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki donated 200,000 trees.[13]
  • Shopify CTO Jean-Michel Lemieux donated 100,100 trees.[14]
  • Alan Walker responded to MrBeast's challenge by donating 100,001 trees.[15]
  • American telecommunications company Verizon donated 100,000 trees via its Green Team.[16]
  • YouTuber PewDiePie donated 69,420 trees.[17]
  • 50,000 trees were donated in name of the government of Ukraine
  • 15,000 trees were planted after a video from the Youtuber "I Am Wildcat" made a challenge to find diamonds as quickly as possible on Minecraft.

References

  1. ^ Williams, David (2019-10-30). "YouTube star MrBeast wants to plant 20 million trees. Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and more are helping him do it". CNN. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. ^ a b Alexander, Julia (2019-10-25). "MrBeast partners with more than 600 YouTubers, including PewDiePie and MKBHD, to plant 20 million trees". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  3. ^ a b c Tenbarge, Ken (2019-10-27). "Here's why the top YouTubers from all corners of the platform are talking about planting 20 million trees for #TeamTrees". Insider Inc. Retrieved 2019-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Allain, Rhett (2019-10-25). "Can We Plant 20 Million Trees for 2020? The Math Says Yes". Wired. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  5. ^ Asarch, Steven (2019-10-28). "YouTubers Come Together to Fundraise for Team Trees to Help Combat Climate Change". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  6. ^ Calma, Justine (2019-10-25). "Planting trees to take on climate change isn't as easy as YouTubers might think". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  7. ^ "Help Us Plant 20 Million Trees - Join #TeamTrees". teamtrees.org. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  8. ^ a b "#TeamTrees: YouTube stars boost tree-planting campaign to over $8m". BBC News. 2019-10-30. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  9. ^ Statt, Nick (2019-10-29). "Elon Musk donates $1 million to plant trees after testifying that he's cash-poor". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  10. ^ Cuthbertson, Anthony (2019-10-30). "Elon Musk pledges 1 million trees to TeamTree campaign and changes Twitter name to Treelon". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  11. ^ Houser, Kristin (2019-10-31). "Rival CEO literally one-ups Elon Musk's million-tree donation". Futurism. Archived from the original on 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  12. ^ Wolf, Rachel (2019-10-31). "'Treelon' Musk and Jack Dorsey help YouTuber plant 20 million trees - TRENDING STORIES - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  13. ^ EDT, Steven Asarch On 10/31/19 at 11:40 AM (October 31, 2019). "Team Trees has raised over half its goal in under a week, but YouTuber Mark Rober had no idea would "get this big."". Newsweek.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Lemieux, Jean-Michel (October 30, 2019). "OK friends, remember "we are groot" . @tobi started a great initiative today. I'll donate one tree per RTs + Likes that this tweet gets. Deal? Small print: max of 100k trees because I haven't told my wife about this yet! @Cybersole @whoasneaky @SyedSole @SudoShoe @Ciphore …". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  15. ^ Tryon, Oliver (October 28, 2019). "Alan Walker Donates $100K To MrBeast's Team Trees Campaign". CULTR. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  16. ^ "Green Team | Verizon 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report". Verizon.
  17. ^ PewDiePie (October 31, 2019). "Boomer here who didn't realize you could leave a message. This is from the 9 year olds #TeamTrees". Retrieved 2019-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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