I’m big enough to save our trees...
Felix, from Germany, was concerned about the vast numbers of trees being cut down
all over the world. When he was nine years old, he launched Plant for the Planet to get schoolchildren
all around the world to join together and plant new trees in their own countries. His idea was so successful
that a few years later, over a million trees had been planted in nearly one hundred different countries.
A huge numbe
r of t
rees are cut down
around t
he wo
rld every day.
Trees are cut to make room
for farmland, housing, or
harvesting wood.
m
Trees of
all shapes and sizes for
ny
a v it a l p a r
a
m
t of the habitats of
of the world’s creatures.
Humans take i
n oxy
gen
rid of carbon d
ioxide from the
air and get
, bu
Without th
tt
em, w
e wo rees do the opposite.
uldn’t
be able to breathe.
Felix adds the last
bits of soil around a
tree he's just planted.
NAME: Felix
Finkbeiner
COUNTRY: Germany
CHANGEMAKER FOR:
Global reforestation