We are proud to announce that we will be doing our part to reduce environmental impact and offset carbon emissions for your order by having trees planted to eliminate all CO2 generated by the package shipment.
Explore our EcoDrive FAQ’s
We take pride in complete transparency as we work towards 100% carbon emission offsets on all shipments.
How do I know when my trees have been planted?
Our trees go through a rigorous verification process using blockchain technology, a secure and transparent way of ensuring that every tree is planted and never double-counted. Once the trees are planted, the verification technology is then used to time-stamp and geo-locate every tree that goes into the ground. This helps us and our partners monitor real planting data, survivability, and climate impact over time. Doing things the right way takes time, so your trees will be planted within 6 months of purchase.
Is the land planted on public or privately owned? For how long is the land protected and under what agreement?
In the last 7 years, the government has come up with measures to protect, conserve, and welcome the private sector to participate in conservation efforts. The Kenya Forest Service has established guidelines for tree planting and maintenance, protection and conservation.
Are the trees planted from seeds or saplings?
In Kenya, the mangrove forests are planted directly from propagules, foot-long seeds.
Where do you purchase the seed/saplings from?
The overwhelming percentage of our seeds are collected by local villagers that travel into nearby remnant forests to collect native species tree seeds. We also have Forest Adjacent Community members that have been trained to become producers of quality tree seedlings.
What is the survival rate?
Between years three and five the young mangrove trees begin to produce their own propagules (baby mangrove trees) resulting in h5 proliferation of natural regeneration. Multiple studies demonstrate the initial survival rate combined with natural regeneration results in a luxuriant impact ranging between 150 and 500 percent.
How do you track the number of trees you have successfully planted? How often do you adjust those numbers for trees that have died?
Our planting team leaders, with the use of verification technology, count and sort the number of seedlings produced in the nurseries and or mangrove propagules collected. We then plant the seedlings and prorogues within designated sites. The verification technology allows us to ensure that every tree is accounted for. A percentage of seedling and propagule mortality is of course inevitable. What we have discovered is mortality becomes irrelevant as natural regeneration begins to occur and begins to multiply impact. At our mangrove sites, natural regeneration typically exceeds 200% of the original number planted. Nature finds a way whenever humans cooperate.
