Thank you for your comments, we understand that data collected from various sources will show data differently, we have a blog post about why we chose 9Trees. We also understand that a mature tree absorbs 44lbs of carbon per year (roughly 22kgs as you suggested). We based our findings on a mixed broadleaf woodland.
There are many reasons we have simplified the calculations, as signing up to 9Trees is one way we can take our head out of the sand and take a step towards taking responsibility for your carbon footprint. I really appreciate the information you have suggested, and we would love to plant 577 trees every year for each person. We can only influence the present and our future.
We are continually hoping to attract people like yourself who have knowledge and would like to help us, and also people who would like to fund our activities. If anyone out there can give us the funds to plant 900 trees for them (a lifetime subscription) that is ideally what we are looking for. We hope people will find us and donate £9,000 or more today!
We want to ensure that the trees planted now reach maturity, which is why we enter into management agreements, for 50 years, to ensure these trees survive.
We could plant 10 year old trees but logistically it would be a nightmare; transportation / planting / Watering / £75+per tree, and someone will have to grow it to that age.
We can plant 577 trees for you this year so that in a decade's time you can reflect in your woodland and become Carbon Balanced.
However, asking someone to plant 577 trees may be quite overwhelming... maybe 9 trees every year is a good start?
Currently we want to make this available to many people in the UK and we also look at the longer-term objective; Creating functional ecosystems that store carbon both in the trees and soil. We don't just plant trees to sequester carbon. This is about Biodiversity, mental wellbeing and Livelihoods.
We would love your help on this and if anyone else has some great ideas or philanthropic friends do point them our way!
See our New options which we have been waiting to release to the public, although we thought it was a few years away;
I believe there's an error with your article statement "The carbon impact of one person per year in the UK is equivalent to 9 trees". According to data available online, The average UK citizen produces approx 12.7 tonnes of Carbon while your average 10 year old tree will sequester approx 22kg per year. This would take a minimum of 577 mature trees which are 10 years old to sequester the carbon and not 1 or 2 year old trees like the ones which get planted. Little trees will only sequester upto 6kg per year and would take 2,117 trees per person per year to sequester the average UK citizens carbon emissions. Each tree will sequester different amounts of carbon depending on species, location and conditions. A lot more research will need to go into our full impact on this ecosystem and we certainly need to plant a lot more trees.
Hi Mischa
Thank you for your comments, we understand that data collected from various sources will show data differently, we have a blog post about why we chose 9Trees. We also understand that a mature tree absorbs 44lbs of carbon per year (roughly 22kgs as you suggested). We based our findings on a mixed broadleaf woodland.
There are many reasons we have simplified the calculations, as signing up to 9Trees is one way we can take our head out of the sand and take a step towards taking responsibility for your carbon footprint. I really appreciate the information you have suggested, and we would love to plant 577 trees every year for each person. We can only influence the present and our future.
We are continually hoping to attract people like yourself who have knowledge and would like to help us, and also people who would like to fund our activities. If anyone out there can give us the funds to plant 900 trees for them (a lifetime subscription) that is ideally what we are looking for. We hope people will find us and donate £9,000 or more today!
We want to ensure that the trees planted now reach maturity, which is why we enter into management agreements, for 50 years, to ensure these trees survive.
We could plant 10 year old trees but logistically it would be a nightmare; transportation / planting / Watering / £75+per tree, and someone will have to grow it to that age.
We can plant 577 trees for you this year so that in a decade's time you can reflect in your woodland and become Carbon Balanced.
However, asking someone to plant 577 trees may be quite overwhelming... maybe 9 trees every year is a good start?
Currently we want to make this available to many people in the UK and we also look at the longer-term objective; Creating functional ecosystems that store carbon both in the trees and soil. We don't just plant trees to sequester carbon. This is about Biodiversity, mental wellbeing and Livelihoods.
We would love your help on this and if anyone else has some great ideas or philanthropic friends do point them our way!
See our New options which we have been waiting to release to the public, although we thought it was a few years away;
https://www.9trees.org/subscriptions
I believe there's an error with your article statement "The carbon impact of one person per year in the UK is equivalent to 9 trees". According to data available online, The average UK citizen produces approx 12.7 tonnes of Carbon while your average 10 year old tree will sequester approx 22kg per year. This would take a minimum of 577 mature trees which are 10 years old to sequester the carbon and not 1 or 2 year old trees like the ones which get planted. Little trees will only sequester upto 6kg per year and would take 2,117 trees per person per year to sequester the average UK citizens carbon emissions. Each tree will sequester different amounts of carbon depending on species, location and conditions. A lot more research will need to go into our full impact on this ecosystem and we certainly need to plant a lot more trees.
Thanks Mischa! I've passed your comment on to 9trees to see if they're able to reply directly.
Thanks Cass, I'm looking forward to hearing their response if they do reply. I won't hold my breath though as I doubt they will...