MrBeast’s #TeamTrees Project

On October 26, a well-known YouTuber, Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, posted a video where he plans to plant 20 million trees.

In the video where MrBeast plans to plant 20 million trees, he plants three hundred trees himself with his crew. Later on, in the video, he gathers the people in the community and plants over 1,700 trees.

At the end of the video, MrBeast promotes a fundraiser, organized by nonprofit foundation Arborday, where one dollar will be equal to one tree being planted. This fundraiser, TeamTrees.org, already has over ten million dollars that are donated, which equals over ten million trees that are being planted. MrBeast is collaborating with over more than 600 YouTubers to promote the fundraiser to plant the trees.

MrBeast’s channel has over 25 million subscribers, and most of his content contains challenges with his friends and helping out his community with donations. In one video, he challenges himself and his crew to go through a Hardee’s DriveThru 1,000 times, and he buys a large amount of food to give to a nearby middle school, a police station, and a hospital.

Ruth V., a sophomore, voiced her opinions on MrBeast’s plan announcement to plant 20 million trees. She said, “I think it’s a creative way to raise awareness about the things [that are] going on in our environment.” She added that raising awareness to environmental issues will encourage people to take action and help the environment in the long-term.

Personally, I find this very heartwarming and wholesome. Planting trees can really help people, the animals, and the future generations. If I have the money, I would donate and plant trees as much as I can. On the other hand, I can inform people to spread awareness and help the world.

People around the world have taken initiative and donated to TeamTrees. Tobi Luetke, the CEO of Shopify, and Elon Musk has donated 1 million dollars each. Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, MrBeast, and Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube have each donated 200,000 dollars. Other contributors and people around the world have donated and have contributed towards making the world a better place.