Planting trees in the ground and climate action in the hearts
Our trees can be planted in your own garden, on your balcony or together with MYBLUEPLANET in a forest in Switzerland. This tree will grow and bind a little more CO2 every year. In this way, you contribute to spreading climate awareness and are also a role model for your neighbours, friends, children or parents.
Facts
Whether Amazon and African rainforests or vast areas of Siberian forests – the Earth’s green lungs are burning! To the devastating forest fires worldwide, add the clearing of rainforests for our consumer products. This equals a terrible development for climate change, as forests play an important role in climate protection: trees constantly absorb and store CO2.
BlueTrees everywhere in Switzerland
See where other people have planted their BlueTrees and put your own pin on our interactive map!
MyBlueTree-MapWould you like to join us? You have several options!
Mitglied werden
Als MYBLUEPLANET Mitglied hast du Zugang zu exklusiven News und Events und und unterstützt unsere Klimaschutzaktivitäten.
Volunteer werden
Wir schätzen jede helfende Hand. Schau dir an, wo und wie du dich am besten für den Klimaschutz einbringen kannst. Wir freuen uns auf deinen Einsatz!
Spenden
Mit deinem finanziellen Beitrag, egal wie gross, hilfst du mit, dass wir uns weiterhin effektiv und nachhaltig fürs Klima einsetzen können.
App herunterladen
Die App «ClimateActions» zeigt dir, wie und wo du das Klima schützen kannst. Trage auch du zum Klimaschutz bei – und werde zum ClimateHero.
History
2007
Foundation of MYBLUEPLANET and planting of the first tree in Winterthur. For every project and programme that has taken root since then, another tree was symbolically planted.
2017
On the occasion of our 10th anniversary, we gave away 1,000 BlueTrees, which have found a place in 1,000 gardens and balconies.
2020
Planting campaign with scouts in which 1,000 trees were planted throughout Switzerland.
2023
Since 2021, we have been planting trees in Switzerland with various timber corporations & forestry companies – to date already almost 3,000.
The tree – a green symbol!
Trees are good for more than just our climate. They are a pleasure to view, a home for birds and insects; a provider of shade on hot summer days; an air filter. A tree is cross-generational, it’s not for nothing that the tree is used as a symbol for family history (family tree). Trees are like little peace-warriors who serve our planet, our children and grandchildren in a quiet and beautiful matter, day by day.
We have not inherited the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children (native american proverb).
There is still more we can do…
…by taking care of existing trees and by planting many new ones. Calculations show that 100 trees per inhabitant in Switzerland would have to be planted to offset the country’s CO2 emissions alone. Presently there are only 66 trees per capita in the Swiss forests.
This development potential should be pursued, for every tree planted can help the planet. An ETH Zurich study shows: It takes about a third more trees than there currently are on Earth to absorb two-thirds of our CO2 emissions, and to considerably slow down climate change. However, the study took place prior to the recent massive forest fires, making climate protection more topical than ever.
Share your tree experience on social media
Tag @myblueplanet_schweiz and use #MyBlueTree.
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Many thanks to our partners that made MyBlueTree happen!
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