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Three benefits of supporting forest restoration
Ecosystem regeneration
Replanting degraded areas with diverse native species revitalizes forest ecosystems and rebuilds resilience against drought, pests, and fire cycles.
Wildlife conservation
Restored forests rebuild layered habitats—from soil microbiome to canopy species—supporting biodiversity recovery worldwide.
Community empowerment
For billions who rely on forests, restoration creates livelihoods, food security, education, and local economic stability.
Make Earth Day operational
Open a free business workspace and start issuing trees from your dashboard today.
Every tree we plant becomes Earth’s ally—filtering air, cleaning water, sheltering wildlife, and buffering climate shocks while supporting communities.
Ways to participate
Gift trees for Earth Day
Choose project types and assign trees to customers, employees, or partners. Contact us for campaign ideas or read the Qii78 pilot case study.
Watch: Life is an echo
What you send out comes back. A single seed holds tomorrow’s potential.
The history of Earth Day
Milestones from the first warnings about pesticides to the global climate agreements of today.
1962 — Silent Spring by Rachel Carson documents how DDT disrupted food webs in American waters.
1963 — President Kennedy’s Science Advisory Committee corroborated Carson’s findings on synthetic pesticides. Carson noted we are “challenged… to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature, but of ourselves.” She died of breast cancer in 1964.
Dec 1968 — Apollo 8’s “Earthrise” photograph framed the planet as a shared home.
Jan 1969 — A Santa Barbara oil spill coated 35 miles of coastline, prompting national outrage and a presidential visit.
Jun 1969 — Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River fire highlighted industrial pollution.
Feb 1970 — President Nixon urged Congress to repair environmental damage and share costs across government, industry, and citizens.
Apr 22, 1970 — Senator Gaylord Nelson’s teach-in became the first Earth Day, mobilizing roughly 20 million Americans—still one of the largest civic demonstrations in U.S. history.
Jul 1970 — Nixon proposed the EPA; Congress established it in December.
Apr 22, 1990 — Earth Day reached 200 million people across 141 countries.
Apr 22, 1992 — The UN Earth Summit opened in Rio de Janeiro.
Apr 22, 2016 — 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement.
Apr 21, 2020 — The 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
Apr 22, 2025 — Theme: Our Power, Our Planet.