Planting 20,000,000 Trees, My Biggest Project Ever! is a creative video created by MrBeast.
On October 13, 2019, Jimmy stated that October 25 is going to be the largest YouTube collaboration of all time, with many creators replying to join the collaboration.[1]
On October 25, Jimmy alongside fellow YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober announced that they will start a campaign to plant 20 million trees by January 1, 2020.[2]
Jimmy had this idea after reaching 20 million subscribers when his fans began requesting him to plant 20 million trees to celebrate the milestone, and to help restore forests lost due to recent forest fires. The campaign is conducted through the charity Arbor Day Foundation, and the campaign is spread through #TeamTrees, where every dollar donated is equal to one new tree being planted.
Thousands of creators and artists, including PewDiePie, Alan Walker, Jeffree Star, Ninja, Jacksepticeye, DanTDM, TheOdd1sOut, and many more have donated and made videos supporting the campaign. On October 29, Elon Musk donated $1,000,000 towards the campaign, followed closely by Tobi Lutke donating $1,000,001 the next day. The goal was reached on December 20, 2019, but still allowed to keep increasing the numbers.[3]
Description[]
"HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF PLANTING 20,000,000 TREES!" ― Official video description
Team Trees[]
- Main Article: Team Trees
Team Trees, also known as #teamtrees, is a collaborative fundraiser that managed to raise 20 million U.S. dollars before 2020 to plant 20 million trees. This initiative was founded by MrBeast and Mark Rober and it was supported by a large part of the YouTube community as a whole, including some YouTube personalities.
All donations go to the Arbor Day Foundation, a tree-planting organization that pledges to plant one tree for every U.S. dollar donated. The Arbor Day Foundation planned to begin planting in January 2020 and end "no later than December 2022".
It is estimated that 20 million trees would take up 180 square kilometers (69 square miles) of land, absorb around 1.6 million tons of carbon and remove 116 thousand tons of chemical air pollution from the atmosphere.
Crew[]
- MrBeast
- Kris Tyson
- Chandler Hallow
- Jake the Viking
- Marcus Pearson
- Mark Rober
- Sarah (tree expert)
- Many other YouTubers
Thumbnail[]
The thumbnail originally shows MrBeast happily widening his arms with all of the trees behind him. The thumbnail text says "20,000,000 TREES!". The background was changed to show a blue sky below the trees.
Trivia[]
- In this video, despite having a large number of YouTubers who helped to collaborate on planting 20,000,000 trees, in the video, they only planted 1,700, which wasn't even remotely close to the goal of 20,000,000 trees, hence why Team Trees was made.