PLANTING SEEDS vs TREES
The Big Idea
When I first thought of supporting a mangrove project, I thought that sounds terrible. I'm not a fan of mangroves, and they don't look that important; I just thought of mangrove swamps.
But mangroves are helping keep reefs alive and being destroyed at an alarming rate.
Some of the reefs growing amongst mangroves are much more resilient to bleaching, drastic tides, and temperature changes and are surviving when reefs all around the mangrove reefs are dying to bleaching or temperature changes.
Mangroves are even more important than that, though. In fact, around one-third of all marine fish species are sheltered from predators in mangrove forests as juveniles.
They also provide a lot of nutrition in the form of detritus.
These trees, while making the world more green and beautiful above and below the surface, seem to play a key role in rebuilding and keeping the reefs alive.
(Source of information: National Geographic)
Eden does a little more.
One of the big reasons for choosing Eden was because they take a much longer approach.
Focusing on the people they're working with, supporting families and communities, and helping create businesses. But more than anything, they get amped on creating beauty and growing trees, not just planting seeds.
They're also an open book with audited & public financials. So anyone can see exactly where their funds are going every year.
