Plant 30,000 native trees Costa Rican owned farms

At Community Carbon Trees Costa Rica, we  work with participating Costa Rican farmers  who have deforested land from cattle farming,  Meet Omar, who is participating with our biodiverse agro-forestry programs on his small farm in La Reina, Guabo Valley Costa Rica. Omar rides his horse in the village to collect and carry any materials he may need to live.  He lives in a simple wooden house with a big river running nearby.  Several  uncovered water springs bubble forth on his land and a tiny stretch of rainforest remains in a very steep area.

Before participating with our community reforestation programs, Omar did not have gainful employment other than cattle farming. Little by little, his land would no longer support the cattle as all the topsoil had run off over the past 15 years in the torrential tropical rains and penetrating Equatorial sun.  Omar felt hopeless.

In 2013, local women and Omar replanted over 600 trees on Omar’s land, including all kinds of rare tropical lumber, fruiting trees, and water protection species. Omar is thrilled. He got paid to plant his farm along with some of the local women who are now prospering because of tree production and planting jobs. Everyone gets paid each time the surrounding cattle grasses are chopped and trees tended during the first 4 years.

You can see from the photos how big and healthy the trees are growing on Omar’s farm. He is already harvesting bananas and corn and the hardwood and fruit trees are growing leaps and bounds. No herbicide is allowed in any of all our projects and Omar is learning how  to rebuild his soil and  grow organic food within the food forest. The land is already buzzing with life, shadier and cooler.  Omar is glad that we replanted the springs with water protecting trees for future generations. He is already seeing more wildlife around his land because we planted trees connecting the river to the stretch of rainforest too! At Community Carbon Trees Costa Rica, everybody wins. Even Nature! 

At this special time of year,  sometimes it is hard to think of the perfect gift for some of the people on your list who really seem to have all they need. What is more, a lot of people are consciously trying to decrease their consumption which is taking such a toll on our planet's resources. Yet, so many of us still want to enjoy that warm glow that comes from giving and receiving. So do it green this Holiday Season when our planet is so in need of more trees planted near the Equator to help fight climate change and loss and biodiversity of species.  Give a real rainforest tree planted and cared for over 25 years by local Costa Rican farmers struggling to conserve vulnerable rainforest and make a living from deforested lands. There are so many reasons to celebrate this year. Show your love for humanity, the planet, the trees! Paid local community members including women  will take care of every tree for over 25 years.

Don't forget to offset the carbon dioxide from your holiday travel too. It is so easy simply by planting trees guaranteed to grow for at least 25 years within 10 degrees of the Equator. Each tropical tree sequesters approximately 1 ton of carbon dioxide. We will do the long term tree care work for you on farms owned by Costa Ricans. See the chart below for examples of flights to and from Costa Rica where we work. Or, you can calculate your own carbon footprint from holiday travel with online carbon calculators easily used on the internet. 

Happy Holidays! Thank you for all your support of our winning effort to offset climate change with real community action!