Spending Time in Nature Is Good for One's Health

Solace in all our troubles. So I ponder and realize that the true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit and find solace.

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Though I am familiar with the program, it was my first time to be involved and witness the annual pledging process.

Velasco explained how we are on our way to 15 million trees since the program started in 2017. The maiden year yielded 1,337,800 newly planted trees. Followed by 1,027,467 in 2018 and 1,022,917 in 2019. Due to the pandemic, the number dipped to 633,442 in 2020, which bounced back to 1,190,718 in 2021. Trees planted from pledges reached 1,657,481 in 2022, then 1,386,921 in 2023, and a record high 2.7 million in 2024. While new pledges for 2025 came in during the celebratory lunch, not all collaborators were present to tally the final 2025 pledge. Altogether, that is almost 11 million trees.