Help Fight Climate Change by Planting Trees Across the Salish Sea

When you donate to the Trees 4 Tomorrow project you are taking climate action by planting trees. Your support helps Conservancy Hornby Island along with our partners from Comox Valley Nature, Gabriola Island, Galiano Club, Galiano Conservancy, Pender Island Conservancy, and Denman Island work with local communities across the Salish Sea coastal region to plant trees on private properties to fight climate change while restoring wildlife habitat, areas affected by wildfire, clear cut land, and bringing natural ecosystems back to life. Trees 4 Tomorrow plants a tree for every $2 that you donate!

How do we fight climate change with trees?

Trees help fight global warming through a process called carbon sequestration. Basically, trees absorb carbon out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis and store it in their trunks, branches, foliage, and roots. In the process of turning carbon into wood, trees release oxygen into the air.

1 TREE = 22KG OF ANNUAL CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION

Young forests are excellent carbon sinks when given the opportunity to mature. It takes approximately 10 years for trees to reach their most productive stage of carbon storage at which point they will continue to sequester about 22kg of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. Coastal Douglas-firs can reach lifespans of over 1000 years!

Why Plant Douglas-fir?

The Gulf Islands and Eastcoast of Vancouver Island are in the heart of the Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem. While other tree species such as cedar, balsam, alder, and maple also grow here, Douglas-firs are best adapted to hotter and drier summers. Many of the islands’ beloved trees like Red cedars are dying off while Douglas-fir are still thriving.

Protecting Ground Water

Trees use water but they also shade the ground which reduces the temperature and the evaporation of water from forest soil. Trees and forest plants act as a sponge holding water and slowly releasing it. 

Join us by donating trees to fight climate change!

The Trees 4 Tomorrow project plants a tree for every $2 donated. Each tree donated will be carefully hand sown into the ground by experienced tree planters. 

Donate trees here and receive an instant tax receipt. The success of our 10,000 tree target is only possible with your support! 

Trees 4 Tomorrow seedlings will be planted on private land across the Gulf Islands. If you would like to register your land to have Trees 4 Tomorrow seedlings planted or receive more information on the project please send an e-mail to chitrees4tomorrow@gmail.com.

*Please note, CHI cannot guarantee trees donated will be planted at a specific location even if the donor has also volunteered land for Trees 4 Tomorrow when the donor has received a tax receipt. If you would like to order trees directly, please contact chitrees4tomorro@gmail.com