Inspiration
The Billion Tree Campaign was inspired by Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement. When an executive in the United States told Professor Maathai their corporation was planning to plant a million trees, her response was: “That’s great, but what we really need is to plant a billion trees.”
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—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
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