Strategy
Training and hand-holding farmers in natural farming techniques
Impact
81 million trees planted
Outreach
36 countries, 26 Indian states
Overview
The global green cover has been rapidly decreasing over the past decade. India itself has lost tree cover of 16 lakh hectare in the last 17 years. Forests are home to many indigenous species which are critical to maintaining the balance of the ecosystem. With fewer trees, endangered ecosystems, and the climate crisis looming large, we need to collectively make up for the lost green cover.
We are striving towards a greener planet with our large-scale regular tree plantation drives. Over the years we have planted 81 million trees worldwide. Through Mission Green Earth, a tree plantation campaign started in 2008, we planted 9.6 million trees across the globe. Moreover, tree plantation is a major activity for the river rejuvenation projects in India as trees help in conserving rainwater, a crucial process in recharging the water table. The activity not only helps in rejuvenating water bodies but also helps to rejuvenate air and soil.
ENVIRONMENT CARE
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You can help us save rivers, plant more trees and promote environment-friendly practices.
Strategy
Planting trees and ensuring that the survival rate is high is one of the responsibilities that The Art of Living takes seriously. The trees we have planted have a 90% survival rate. This has been possible because of our 3- step strategy:
- Planting saplings and plants and using drip irrigation
- Digging deep trenches to protect from animals
- Daily monitoring to avoid unforeseen mishaps
Drip irrigation systems bring down water footprint and thereby maintenance costs significantly. Creation of deep trenches helps in reducing sapling protection costs significantly as compared to building individual tree guards around each sapling to protect them from being local cattle. These trenches help in harvesting rainwater and thereby keeping soil moisture content high season, which is very critical for the high survival rate of saplings.
3-step strategy
Proper plantation
Proper plantation
and drip irrigation
Digging deep trenches
Daily monitoring
Daily monitoring
to avoid unforseen mishaps
The Art of Living is fighting the climate crisis and reviving rivers with largescale tree plantation drives. Over the years, the organization has planted more than 81 million trees.
Impact
81 million trees planted
out of which 9.6 million trees planted under Mission Green Earth initiative
56,000 trees planted
Around Kumudvathi river
10,000 trees planted
Near Palar river
15,000 + saplings planted
15,000 + saplings planted
2,000 trees planted
Around Vedavati river site
Inspiration from the community
STORIES
Villagers happy with plantation drives
“The plantation sites that have been created in Nagzhari and Takali villages shall be very beneficial for the environment and local atmosphere. Moreover, our kids can eat the native varieties of fruits grown in these plantations."
Recovering for the lost green cover
“Under Devrai project we plan to bring back the biodiversity in 2000 sq km of land under Nashik Municipal corporation. It will compensate for the number of trees cut down in Nasik during road construction project. Secondly, it would provide shelter to large number of birds and animals.”
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