How #TeamTrees Proves the Internet Can Do Good

20. Million. NEW. Trees. You read that right! When fans of YouTuber MrBeast sparked a lofty goal of planting 20 million trees in 2019, the mission spread like wildfire, exploding to include thousands of content creators and hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Check this story out for proof that when people come together for good, there’s no end to their impact.

In 2019, one Reddit post spurred a redwood-sized movement to bring back mangroves in Mozambique, protect the local water supply in Kenya, revive landscapes in British Columbia, and more. This incredible story of #TeamTrees will have you rethinking the power of the internet and prove to you that bringing people in on your goals can only make them bigger and better.

By Ellen Allerton