Team trees
Team Trees , also known as TeamTrees or #teamtrees , is a fundraising campaign initiated by US YouTubers . The donation goal was $ 20 million by 2020 to plant 20 million trees. The initiators were MrBeast and Mark Rober. All donations were given to the Arbor Day Foundation , an organization that plants a tree for every US dollar. The trees should be planted from January 2020 to December 2022. The planted trees would clean around 1.6 million tons of CO 2 and 116 thousand tons of chemically polluted air during their expected lifetime .
The donation target was exceeded by far on December 26, 2019. In May 2020 a total donation of USD 22 million was reached.
background
The idea came up on May 24, 2019, when a fan of MrBeast wrote on Reddit that MrBeast should plant 20 million trees to celebrate its 20 million subscribers on YouTube. This post then went viral on all social media platforms. Almost like a meme. American YouTuber Mark Rober then immediately teamed up with MrBeast to start the fundraiser. On October 25, 2019, MrBeast uploaded a video on his channel explaining his plan. Within a very short time, the YouTube video was in the YouTube Trends in all countries. Then other YouTubers joined the fundraising campaign and many of them donated themselves.
The trees are to be planted in various forests in private and public areas with great demand. The goal is to have the trees planted by December 2022 at the latest.
Reactions
Following the announcement of the fundraising campaign by the two US YouTubers, more than 8,000 videos from more than 400 YouTubers worldwide were published about this fundraising campaign.
In addition to social media personalities, large companies also made large donations. Including Verizon , EA , Salesforce ( Marc Benioff ), Shopify (CEO Tobias Lutke ; CTO Jean-Michel Lemieux ) and Tesla ( Elon Musk ).
Discovery Channel made a documentary called #TeamTrees about the campaign, which aired on December 3, 2019. The Discovery Channel also donated $ 100,200 the next day.
Top 20 donations
| space | Donation ( USD ) | Donor name | Date | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $ 1,000,001 | Tobias Lütke | October 30, 2019 | "For the Lorax" |
| 2 | $ 1,000,000 | Elon Musk | October 29, 2019 | "For Treebeard" |
| 3 | $ 900,000 | Marc Benioff | 06 November 2019 | "Inspired by Treelon" |
| 4th | $ 500,000 | Plants vs. Zombies | December 03, 2019 | "In the spirit of Feastivus" |
| 5 | $ 250,001 | Scott Chacon | 18th December 2019 | |
| 6th | $ 250,000 | Eleven Development A / S | October 30, 2019 | "Because we care!" |
| 7th | $ 200,000 | Susan Wojcicki | October 30, 2019 | |
| 7th | $ 200,000 | Jack Dorsey | October 31, 2019 | |
| 9 | $ 150,000 | Jack Dorsey | October 29, 2019 | |
| 10 | $ 105,020 | Cookpad | December 30, 2019 | "? = ? 260,999 total Go Cookpad Community" |
| 11 | $ 101,010 | Bitcasino.io | December 13, 2019 | "Let's keep the world fun, fast & fair" |
| 12 | $ 100,300 | Sneaker trees | 19th December 2019 | "A foundation with sole" |
| 13 | $ 100,200 | Discovery Channel | 4th December 2019 | "From Discovery Watch & Plant viewers!" |
| 14th | $ 100,100 | Jean-Michel Lemieux | October 21, 2019 | "We are groot. For sneaker twitter." |
| 15th | $ 100.002 | MrBeast | October 26, 2019 | "Someone PLEASE Take This Spot :)" |
| 16 | $ 100,001 | Alan Walker | October 26, 2019 | "I want to plant one of the trees!" |
| 17th | $ 100,000 | MrBeast | October 25, 2019 | "I dare you to take this space from me :)" |
| 18th | $ 100,000 | Verizon Green Team | October 26, 2019 | "Tree-rific initiative! @VerizonGreen is happy to be a part!" |
| 19th | $ 100,000 | RAK | 20th November 2019 | |
| 20th | $ 100,000 | Verizon Green Team | 17th December 2019 | "Tree-mendous! Doubling down for Earth" |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ David Williams CNN: YouTube star MrBeast wants to plant 20 million trees. Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and more are helping him do it. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Julia Alexander: MrBeast partners with more than 600 YouTubers, including PewDiePie and MKBHD, to plant 20 million trees. October 25, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Kat Tenbarge: Here's why the top YouTubers from all corners of the platform are talking about planting 20 million trees for #TeamTrees. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Impact - Time for Trees an Arbor Day Foundation Initiative. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Maria Mellor: YouTubers (and Elon Musk) want to plant millions of trees. Will it help fight climate change? In: Wired UK . November 1, 2019, ISSN 1357-0978 ( wired.co.uk [accessed June 7, 2020]).
- ↑ #teamtrees. December 26, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ #teamtrees. May 2, 2020, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ r / PewdiepieSubmissions - Please save us MrBeast. Retrieved June 7, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ MrBeast: Planting 20,000,000 Trees, My Biggest Project Ever! October 25, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Bloomberg - Are you a robot? Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Justine Calma: Planting trees to take on climate change isn't as easy as YouTubers might think. October 25, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ #TeamTrees' Social Video Success. December 23, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Paige Leskin: YouTuber MrBeast's tree-planting campaign reached its goal of raising $ 20 million. Here's the list of prominent people who have donated, including Elon Musk, Jeffree Star, and even the CEO of YouTube. November 10, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Plant Vs. Zombies donates 500,000 USD. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Rival CEO literally one-ups Elon Musk's million-tree donation. Accessed June 7, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Alyssa Meyers: Discovery Channel is making a feature about YouTuber MrBeast's #TeamTrees movement, which has raised millions to plant trees. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Help Us Plant 20 Million Trees - Join #TeamTrees. Accessed June 7, 2020 (English).