FOR
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU. >> MY MOM SAID WAS I SUPPOSED
TO THROW YOU A PARTY.
I SAID MOM I'M FINE, I HAD
OTHER PARTYS TO GO TO.
WE'RE GOOD.
WE'RE GOOD. >> I AM JUST GLAD THEY GAVE ME
MY DIPLOMA.
MY DIPLOMA. >> THE ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED
OUT IS CALLED ONE TREE PLANTED.
>> I TALKED TO DIANA TO TALK
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> ONE TREE PLANTED IS A
REFORESTATION ORGANIZATION
REFORESTATION ORGANIZATION WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DEDICATED TO
PHRAPBTD TREES.
PHRAPBTD TREES. PLANT TREES.
PLANT TREES. WE PLANT TREES WHETHER IT'S BIO
DIVERSITY OR CLIMATE EVERY
PROJECT IS UNIQUE.
>> THIS WAS A UNIQUE PROJECT
YOU HAD HERE IN SEATTLE, HOW
DID YOU GO ABOUT PLANTING TREES
FOR EVERY GRADUATING SENIOR.
>> IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THE
VALEDICTORIAN CLASS WAS
DELIVERING A TALK AT THEIR
GRADUATION.
GRADUATION. THEY BROUGHT UP THE CLIMATE AND
THEY BROUGHT UP THE WORLD
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GROWING UP
IN AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
THEY'RE GOING TO BE FACING AND
IT BECAME EVIDENT TO THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY THAT SOMETHING HAS TO
BE DONE TO SHOW THESE STUDENTS
OPTIMISM, SOME HOPE SOMETHING
TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND WHAT'S
BETTER THAN PLANTING A TREE.
>> YES, THIS IS DEFINITELY A
TRYING TIME FOR ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE THAT ARE GRADUATING FROM
HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SYMBOLIC
AND ALSO A MEANINGFUL GESTURE
MOVING FORWARD.
MOVING FORWARD. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE
OTHER PLACES AS WELL?
>> YEAH, WELL, WE HAVE YOU KNOW
PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING TO
REFORESTATION FOR ALL KIND OF
REASONS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT
THE TREES WILL BE PLANTED IN IS
LOCAL, IT GOES FROM ALL THE WAY
FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE STATES
IN BETWEEN.
IN BETWEEN. SO IT'S A LOCAL IMPACT.
WONDERFUL FOR BIO DIVERSITY.
>> HOW MUCH DOES IT COST PER
PLANT, PER TREE HOW MUCH DOES
IT COST TO DO THAT?
>> WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. SO EVERY ONE DOLLAR DONATED
WILL PLANT ONE TREE SO FOR
EVERY STUDENT IN THIS
GRADUATING CLASS, $1 IS DONATED
AND ONE TREE WILL BE PLANTED
PER STUDENT.
PER STUDENT. SO WE TRY TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE
AS CAN BE.
>> SO YOU SAID IT COSTS ONE
DOLLAR TO PLANT A TREE.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO
BE SOME EXORBITANT AMOUNT.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT.
>> THESE ARE SAPLINGS WE'RE
PLANTING.
PLANTING.
PLANTING. WHEN YOU PLANT BIGGER TREES
THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE
THEIR TREES HAVE TO BE
DEVELOPED.
DEVELOPED. BUT THESE AREAS WE'RE PLANTING
YOU CAN HAVE SEEDLINGS SO
THAT'S WHAT HELPS TO KEEP THE
PRICE DOWN.
PRICE DOWN. >> AND THE ORCA PROJECT.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE
THESE TREES WILL GO.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT STRANGE
TO MAKE A CONNECTION BETWEEN
ORCA WHALES AND TREES.
BUT WE HAVE AN INTERCONNECTED
ECO SYSTEM.
ECO SYSTEM. THE OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO
SUPPORT THIS UNIQUE SOUTHERN
RESIDENT ORCA WHALE POPULATION
THAT LIVES IN THESE WATERS.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ONLY 73
INDIVIDUAL WHALES LEFT.
THEIR POPULATIONS ARE
DECLINING.
DECLINING. ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT THEY
ARE HUNGRY.
ARE HUNGRY. THEY NEED SALMON TO EAT THAT
MAKES UP 70% OF THEIR DIET AND
THERE'S ALSO RUN OFF POLLUTION
IN THESE WATERS.
THE THING THAT HELPS WITH BOTH
OF THOSE THINGS IS ACTUALLY
TREES.
TREES.
TREES. SO
TREES. SO PLANTING TREES ALONG THE
RIVER WAYS, THE RIVERS AND
STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THE
SAILOR SEA AND THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WATERS ACTUALLY
PLANTING TREES ALONG THOSE
RIVER WAYS HELPS TO REDUCE THE
WATER TEMPERATURE WHICH IS
GOOD FOR THE SALMON.
IT HELPS CREATE SPAWNING.
SO THE OVER ALL PROJECT AIMS TO
PLANT 1.5 MILLION TREES IN THIS
REGION.
REGION.
REGION. SO IT'S REALLY A HUGE MASSIVE
EFFORT AND WE'RE VERY PROUD
WE'RE ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH
THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW AND IT'S
GOING GREAT SO FAR.
>>> WOW, THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY GOOD FOR THE
ORCAS BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THE
SALMON WHICH IN TURN IS GOOD
FOR US RIGHT.
>> IT'S GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE TOO
BECAUSE ALL THOSE TREES HELP
FILTER THE WATER WE DRINK, THE
AIR WE BREATHE SO WE GET TO
BENEFIT TOO.
BENEFIT TOO. >> HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED
WITH YOU IF THEY WANT TO HELP
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> YEAH, SO YOU CAN FIND US
ONLINE AT ONE TREE PLANTED.ORG.
COME CHECK OUT THE WORK WE'RE
DOING.
DOING.
DOING. YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE PROJECT
BUT WE'RE PLANTING TREES ALL
OVER THE WORLD FOR ALL KINDS OF
REASONS.
REASONS.
REASONS. AND YOU CAN PLANT A TREE FOR A
DOLLAR.
DOLLAR.
DOLLAR. YOU KNOW THAT'S LESS THAN YOUR
CUP OF COFFEE EVERY DAY.
SO IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO MAKE
A POSITIVE IMPACT AT A PRETTY
LOW COST.
LOW COST.