"It could be one of the craziest things on YouTube"
Raising 20 million dollars to plant 20 million trees before the end of the year. That's the tough challenge these 600 YouTubers from around the world are taking on.
Raising 20 million dollars to plant 20 million trees before the end of the year. That's the tough challenge these 600 YouTubers from around the world are taking on.
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00:00Oh, hi Mark. Hey Zach. We've got a dollar for you. Oh, okay
00:04So you're gonna take the dollar put in some dirt and then pull it. Oh, you get a tree
00:21Today we will be planting 20 million trees. That's just an insane goal, especially when you only have two short months to pull it off
00:30And we decided if we were actually going to plant 20 million trees by 2020, we would need to bring the entire YouTube community together on this
00:50And we decided if we were actually gonna plant 20 million trees by 2020, we would need to bring the entire YouTube community together on this
01:00And we decided if we were actually gonna plant 20 million trees by 2020, we would need to bring the entire YouTube community together on this
01:16I personally will be planting 50,000 trees by donating $50,000. I'm stoked. Let's plant some trees
01:22It could be one of the craziest things that YouTube has ever seen. Just so many people. We could end up with too many trees
01:2720 million trees. I am so angry. I will plant at least a couple of trees
01:32The reason I'm most excited about this is it feels like the end of Power Rangers when they would all assemble into the big thing
01:38And fight stuff together and do good
01:57Arbor Day and their partners are the pros. They've planted hundreds of millions of trees
02:13They'll make sure they have a high rate of survivability and they genuinely do care
02:17If you donate a dollar something like this ends up in the ground and given enough time this will turn into this masterpiece
02:27And it's important to note with regards to Team Trees that 20 million trees by 2020 isn't going to cure climate change
02:42But it's a step in the right direction and a constructive positive way to send the message that we see the science and we care