Restoring Blue Carbon Ecosystems with Mangroves

Mangroves can be up to 10 times more efficient that terrestrial ecosystems at absorbing carbon long term, making the critical to our fight against climate change. However in Africa they continue to cut them down to make way for tourists, Thailand, Mexico and Indonesia they cut them down to make shrimp pens and in Florida they have few.

Working together and engaging the community to help plant these trees we not only educate the community on the issue we are restoring and replacing mangrove forests and these trees can absorb more carbon than any other and they are resilient living in salt water, they offer the home to over 48 different type of birds and the roots in the water provide habitat for much marine life. They also protect us as they act as a barrier against rising sea levels and erosion of shorelines.

Thank you for your support 

I am thrilled to share that thanks to the generosity shown during the festive season, our first mangrove planting site is officially underway. It is a humble beginning, but it represents the first steps in a much larger vision to restore these critical coastal ecosystems. Watching these saplings take root is a reminder that even the smallest efforts can lead to massive environmental change.

We have a clear path forward, but to keep our team in the field and the seedlings growing, we are shifting our focus to a new phase of fundraising. Over the coming months, our volunteers are moving beyond traditional online donations and taking the mission into the community. We are planning a series of local events designed to bring people together, get our hands dirty, and raise the support needed to scale up our planting efforts.

The timing could not be more perfect for us to gain some extra ground. We are participating in GlobalGiving’s Little by Little campaign from March 17th to the 20th. This is an incredible boost for our work because every donation up to 50 dollars will be matched at 50 percent while funds last.

• Your 50 dollar donation turns into 75 dollars.

• That 75 dollars provides the resources for us to source, transport, and successfully plant dozens of new mangrove seedlings.

Please save the date for March 17th. We are also asking you to share our story and our event plans with your networks. Every new person who learns about the vital role mangroves play in our planet’s health makes us that much stronger. We have the sites identified and our team is ready to plant, so let us turn this initial success into a full scale forest restoration.

Thank you for trusting us with your support and for being such a vital part of this growing forest.