Founder And Project Director
Current
10 THOUSAND TREES is fully funded by 10 THOUSAND FEET and focuses on two core areas: Sustainability and climate change perceptions research to encourage Australians to be more environmentally friendly and positive actions like tree planting and urban greening.In Nepal, we actively supported the planting of fruit trees in schools and greening urban areas. Across 10 pilot sites we planted over 10,000 fruit trees. The project brings together communities by turning spaces that were previously barren, full of weeds or makeshift rubbish dumps into a resource for school children in poorer communities and parks for the local community. The harvest proceeds provide nutrition, income to pay gardeners for the ongoing upkeep of the trees, and income to start the next site. The green spaces provide a place for community to come together, exercise, play and just hang out. Importantly the trees also soak up carbon.In Australia we worked closely with printers to give organisations and individuals the ability to create a positive environmental legacy, so that when they used paper we planted trees. The contributions 10 THOUSAND TREES received have been used to plant sustainably managed trees with an FSC certified forester. Our forest of 5,000 eucalypt trees is located in Irrewillipe, near Colac, Victoria, Australia and is managed by a professional FSC certified forester. When the trees grow to maturity, they will be harvested to be used as environmentally friendly paper and clothing. The proceeds will be reinvested into planting more trees, or promoting sustainability and care for our earth, so watch this space for a new project!Our sustainability research has supported: Tread Lightly to recycle 1+ million pairs of shoes, diverting 500,000+kgs from landfill. Greenpeace to encourage care for the environment and support climate advocacy. AUSactive & City of Sydney on the ECOactive program to make fitness centres more environmentally sustainable and many more research projects.