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Take action on climate change at . Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is on a mission to plant a million trees over the next two years, increasing vegetation in her city by fifty percent while shoring up eroding riverbanks and increasing biodiversity. “This isn’t just about planting trees; it’s about growing trees, and…
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Robert Klauco
November 30, 2020 at 10:29 pm
Very inspiring and motivating!
Yura Riccio
November 30, 2020 at 10:33 pm
Thanks🙏. A great example👍. In each city there would be such mayor))
How do you punish illegal logging?
Дякую. Прекрасний приклад. У кожному місті був би такий мер))
Як ви караєте за незаконні рубки?
Catchy Experiments
November 30, 2020 at 10:37 pm
RANDOM FACT: In the game of Australian Rules Football, there are 18 players from each team on the field at all times. In the Women’s AFL league there are only 16 players per team😎
stojan hansen
November 30, 2020 at 10:37 pm
Can she be the worlds mayor please!?
Wendy Smith
November 30, 2020 at 10:46 pm
Congratulations! You are an Angel on earth ❤️❤️❤️😀
Mike Harrington
November 30, 2020 at 10:53 pm
It is not enough just to plant trees, they need be accompanied by a multitude of plant diversity at ground level in order to generate & maintain the necessary soil microbiome which sustains healthy root systems for all vegetation and assists the cycle of nutrients powered by photosynthesis.
John Wayne
November 30, 2020 at 10:54 pm
Cites are the reason for the global temperature increase. Asphalt and Concrete stores heat and releases it back. Sure carbon emissions might play a role but I believe idiotic city planning is the main reason.
John Wayne
November 30, 2020 at 10:55 pm
The Midwest in the USA was once a very lush forest from Minnesota all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Marcel Lenormand
November 30, 2020 at 10:55 pm
Excellent work! Well done all!
Sean S
November 30, 2020 at 10:59 pm
Sierra Leone
IvanAndreevich
November 30, 2020 at 11:06 pm
Useful for quality of life. Useless for climate change. Need to plant like.. billions of trees every day to offset CO2 emissions.
Ser Hugor
November 30, 2020 at 11:14 pm
Well done Mayor!
My colleagues and I are about starting the planting of 1,000 trees in Benin City.
Tr3X Shadd
November 30, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Sierra Leone and Freetown do not need to plant trees. This ngo and charity scams must stop. Want they need is energy, renewable, simple waste management and pollution tax on cars, and bikes. This individuals use corruption to come power and use the power to better further their personal ambitions and goals. Please save our people and reject these individuals, they like to hijack the trendy topics.
Jedi Tres
November 30, 2020 at 11:52 pm
The dislikes on this vid are Trump supporting douchecanoes
Digital Wraith
December 1, 2020 at 12:06 am
But how many trees do we cut down a day.
0 0
December 1, 2020 at 12:09 am
Over populated!!! The earth only has so much land! Its soo obvious and logical!!!
Pretty Much K
December 1, 2020 at 12:11 am
Mr Beast: *pathetic*
CJV KND A7XCË-0
December 1, 2020 at 12:13 am
I love trees 🌲
CJV KND A7XCË-0
December 1, 2020 at 12:17 am
This is incredible. I am so happy to see this. Wow. I love this. 🌳 ❤️
Alex Plante
December 1, 2020 at 12:26 am
Canopy trees along the streets help keep the city from getting too hot.
Ádhamh Mac Conchobhair
December 1, 2020 at 12:34 am
Thank you so much, I planted ash branches off a tree in the ground with hope the ground water will propagate them with roots and allow them to grow big and strong
Nicola Jan Smith
December 1, 2020 at 12:36 am
Fantastic.
Bart Roberts
December 1, 2020 at 12:50 am
All we need is a million cities like this. Well, technically, 600,000 cities like this, if the towns and villages plant shrubs and wildflowers. Oh. That’s sixty times as many cities as there are.
Okay, we can do it if these projects run for a decade, and plant five million trees each.. and we can find a dozen times as much tree planting from other levels of government.
Cap relative to 2019 levels fossil emitting activities below 90% in 2021, cities. Below 80% in 2022, steadily down in 10% nominal steps each year to 0% in 2030. And plant a trillion new seedlings.
If we succeed, we may avert runaway global warming wiping out more forests, fisheries and farms. Because some of us like to eat.
Lubs
December 1, 2020 at 12:51 am
🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱
Laura Lafauve
December 1, 2020 at 12:52 am
Excellent. Landslides because of lack of trees has been known about for decades. And yet masses of trees are cut down and homes built. I never understand it.
Blessings on you and your wonderful trees!
Jayden Ingram
December 1, 2020 at 3:53 am
anyone heard of Mr.Beast 20 million trees in one year.
Liam Griffin 218
December 1, 2020 at 4:11 am
this virgin city: plants 1 million trees in 2 years
Chad Mr. Beast: plants 20 million trees in less than a year
But in all seriousness, this is a really great project that will do great things for global warming/climate change.
Master Mind
December 1, 2020 at 4:37 am
Really important example of the local consequences of our present way of living, please, for fundings, alao try tp contact the German project ECOSIA!
Shazistic
December 1, 2020 at 5:22 am
The things you take for granted,someone else is praying for them
-Shazistic
Capt Subtext
December 1, 2020 at 8:39 pm
Dont pray, do something useful!
NETRA PRIYA
December 1, 2020 at 5:54 am
My dream 💚
Hayk Bero
December 1, 2020 at 5:55 am
It’s disgusting when Turkey can kill entire nation and say it was a war. Every lie has an end and this is the end of Turkey’s lies and blackmail.
sapana sitaphale
December 1, 2020 at 6:24 am
👍 I am with you
Cutecaitlinfilms
December 1, 2020 at 7:02 am
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nirasha Perera
December 1, 2020 at 7:02 am
In Sri Lanka, we also step in to planting trees . Our mother of Earth will be happy on these steps of all country.
Col Tys
December 1, 2020 at 8:31 am
wonderful lady 🙂
Fam Fam
December 1, 2020 at 9:22 am
Good job !
jon dee
December 1, 2020 at 10:28 am
Hard to be optimistic on this one. 70 illegal settlements sounds like a huge displacement of people. Compare this with Syria’s drought and from 2006 to 2011, the displacement of 1 million rural people and the ongoing war. What’s happening with tackling the illegal sale of forests and more sustainable housing? The best carbon sink is the one you don’t need to repair. This video emphisis it is not just a climate and ecological emergency but a social emergency too. Recognising the social dimension get people engaging with government but it needs to be a two way dialogue such as through a Citizens’ Assembly.
John Makune
December 1, 2020 at 10:48 am
Congrats on this initiative, I don’t have all the details but every positive initiative is better than vague politics, and we have too much of the latter in our beautiful continent and it really sets us back. All the best and keep sharing your progress with us so we can learn and grow with you. Greetings from Tanzania
Amogh Balikai
December 1, 2020 at 10:53 am
I’m all in for increasing the green cover in and around. But going just that wouldn’t help
山本言
December 1, 2020 at 12:13 pm
It is just about planting trees. Stop bullshitting
be the genius
December 1, 2020 at 12:30 pm
🔥
Lisa Love Ministries
December 1, 2020 at 1:12 pm
Seek God’s will daily.
Proverbs 9:10
Lý Nguyễn
December 1, 2020 at 3:28 pm
i love you
Learn Osaka-ben! 【大阪弁チャンネル】
December 1, 2020 at 5:22 pm
I came here from the video “Why Japan isn’t cutting down enough of its trees”. As much as I agree with the general idea, simply planting “trees” without plan can have negative effects too.
Sssuper Live
December 1, 2020 at 6:47 pm
A tree is life, it purifies the air and makes the cycle of life. I would not say that trees have bad consequences, they are already cut down
Learn Osaka-ben! 【大阪弁チャンネル】
December 1, 2020 at 8:53 pm
@Sssuper Live I completely agree with you that it’s overall good. But with plan, it can have even better consequences to the surrounding environment.
Jean-Pierre Soso
December 1, 2020 at 5:37 pm
Let us destroy earth in peace, only then something will definitely change
Aaron Householder
December 1, 2020 at 6:35 pm
An exceptional communicator all the way through, but it’s something to see her countenance change about 2:45 when she’s talking about trees.
Sssuper Live
December 1, 2020 at 6:41 pm
Good job! Good luck for you!
Sssuper Live
December 1, 2020 at 6:46 pm
It’s a good idea to plant a tree, I will try to plant a tree myself in the future. As men say three points – build a house, marry and have children, plant a tree) Good luck to everyone!
Nick Maloche
December 1, 2020 at 7:29 pm
fucks sake this is a 2x speed video
TheHardest
December 2, 2020 at 4:13 am
team trees: pathetic
الجراح - AL-jarah
December 2, 2020 at 12:12 pm
﴿قُل هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ﴾ [الإخلاص: ١]
Say, “He is Allāh, [who is] One,
– Saheeh International
﴿اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ﴾ [الإخلاص: ٢]
Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.
– Saheeh International
﴿لَم يَلِد وَلَم يولَد﴾ [الإخلاص: ٣]
He neither begets nor is born,
– Saheeh International
﴿وَلَم يَكُن لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ﴾ [الإخلاص: ٤]
Nor is there to Him any equivalent.”
– Saheeh International
الجراح - AL-jarah
December 2, 2020 at 12:12 pm
This is what the Qur’an says about the birth of Mary and Jesus and what the Children of Israel did
﴿إِذ قالَتِ امرَأَتُ عِمرانَ رَبِّ إِنّي نَذَرتُ لَكَ ما في بَطني مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّل مِنّي إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّميعُ العَليمُ﴾ [آل عمران: ٣٥]
[Mention, O Muḥammad], when the wife of ʿImrān said, “My Lord, indeed I have pledged to You what is in my womb, consecrated [for Your service], so accept this from me. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing.”
– Saheeh International
﴿فَلَمّا وَضَعَتها قالَت رَبِّ إِنّي وَضَعتُها أُنثى وَاللَّهُ أَعلَمُ بِما وَضَعَت وَلَيسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالأُنثى وَإِنّي سَمَّيتُها مَريَمَ وَإِنّي أُعيذُها بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَها مِنَ الشَّيطانِ الرَّجيمِ﴾ [آل عمران: ٣٦]
But when she delivered her, she said, “My Lord, I have delivered a female.” And Allāh was most knowing of what she delivered, and the male is not like the female. “And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allāh].”
– Saheeh International
﴿فَتَقَبَّلَها رَبُّها بِقَبولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنبَتَها نَباتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَها زَكَرِيّا كُلَّما دَخَلَ عَلَيها زَكَرِيَّا المِحرابَ وَجَدَ عِندَها رِزقًا قالَ يا مَريَمُ أَنّى لَكِ هذا قالَت هُوَ مِن عِندِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرزُقُ مَن يَشاءُ بِغَيرِ حِسابٍ﴾ [آل عمران: ٣٧]
So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, “O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?” She said, “It is from Allāh. Indeed, Allāh provides for whom He wills without account.”
– Saheeh International
﴿هُنالِكَ دَعا زَكَرِيّا رَبَّهُ قالَ رَبِّ هَب لي مِن لَدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَميعُ الدُّعاءِ﴾ [آل عمران: ٣٨]
At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, “My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.”
– Saheeh International
﴿فَنادَتهُ المَلائِكَةُ وَهُوَ قائِمٌ يُصَلّي فِي المِحرابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحيى مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِنَ الصّالِحينَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٣٩]
So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, “Indeed, Allāh gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allāh and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous.”
– Saheeh International
﴿قالَ رَبِّ أَنّى يَكونُ لي غُلامٌ وَقَد بَلَغَنِيَ الكِبَرُ وَامرَأَتي عاقِرٌ قالَ كَذلِكَ اللَّهُ يَفعَلُ ما يَشاءُ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٠]
He said, “My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?” He [the angel] said, “Such is Allāh; He does what He wills.”
– Saheeh International
﴿قالَ رَبِّ اجعَل لي آيَةً قالَ آيَتُكَ أَلّا تُكَلِّمَ النّاسَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيّامٍ إِلّا رَمزًا وَاذكُر رَبَّكَ كَثيرًا وَسَبِّح بِالعَشِيِّ وَالإِبكارِ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤١]
He said, “My Lord, make for me a sign.” He said, “Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning.”
– Saheeh International
﴿وَإِذ قالَتِ المَلائِكَةُ يا مَريَمُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصطَفاكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَاصطَفاكِ عَلى نِساءِ العالَمينَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٢]
And [mention] when the angels said, “O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.
– Saheeh International
﴿يا مَريَمُ اقنُتي لِرَبِّكِ وَاسجُدي وَاركَعي مَعَ الرّاكِعينَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٣]
O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer].”
– Saheeh International
﴿ذلِكَ مِن أَنباءِ الغَيبِ نوحيهِ إِلَيكَ وَما كُنتَ لَدَيهِم إِذ يُلقونَ أَقلامَهُم أَيُّهُم يَكفُلُ مَريَمَ وَما كُنتَ لَدَيهِم إِذ يَختَصِمونَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٤]
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.
– Saheeh International
﴿إِذ قالَتِ المَلائِكَةُ يا مَريَمُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنهُ اسمُهُ المَسيحُ عيسَى ابنُ مَريَمَ وَجيهًا فِي الدُّنيا وَالآخِرَةِ وَمِنَ المُقَرَّبينَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٥]
[And mention] when the angels said, “O Mary, indeed Allāh gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary – distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allāh].
– Saheeh International
﴿وَيُكَلِّمُ النّاسَ فِي المَهدِ وَكَهلًا وَمِنَ الصّالِحينَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٦]
He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous.”
– Saheeh International
﴿قالَت رَبِّ أَنّى يَكونُ لي وَلَدٌ وَلَم يَمسَسني بَشَرٌ قالَ كَذلِكِ اللَّهُ يَخلُقُ ما يَشاءُ إِذا قَضى أَمرًا فَإِنَّما يَقولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكونُ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٧]
She said, “My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?” [The angel] said, “Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.
– Saheeh International
﴿وَيُعَلِّمُهُ الكِتابَ وَالحِكمَةَ وَالتَّوراةَ وَالإِنجيلَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٨]
And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel
– Saheeh International
﴿وَرَسولًا إِلى بَني إِسرائيلَ أَنّي قَد جِئتُكُم بِآيَةٍ مِن رَبِّكُم أَنّي أَخلُقُ لَكُم مِنَ الطّينِ كَهَيئَةِ الطَّيرِ فَأَنفُخُ فيهِ فَيَكونُ طَيرًا بِإِذنِ اللَّهِ وَأُبرِئُ الأَكمَهَ وَالأَبرَصَ وَأُحيِي المَوتى بِإِذنِ اللَّهِ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِما تَأكُلونَ وَما تَدَّخِرونَ في بُيوتِكُم إِنَّ في ذلِكَ لَآيَةً لَكُم إِن كُنتُم مُؤمِنينَ﴾ [آل عمران: ٤٩]
And [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say], ‘Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allāh. And I cure the blind [from birth] and the leper, and I give life to the dead – by permission of Allāh. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers.
– Saheeh International
﴿وَمُصَدِّقًا لِما بَينَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ التَّوراةِ وَلِأُحِلَّ لَكُم بَعضَ الَّذي حُرِّمَ عَلَيكُم وَجِئتُكُم بِآيَةٍ مِن رَبِّكُم فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطيعونِ﴾ [آل عمران: ٥٠]
And [I have come] confirming what was before me of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. And I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allāh and obey me.
– Saheeh International
﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبّي وَرَبُّكُم فَاعبُدوهُ هذا صِراطٌ مُستَقيمٌ﴾ [آل عمران: ٥١]
Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path.'”
– Saheeh International
Tom SK
December 2, 2020 at 2:53 pm
And yet the biggest polluters don’t get this.
Kenneth Jonas
December 2, 2020 at 4:13 pm
Trees are very important in life suprised they didint replant sooner disappointing 🤔😕
horizontal120
December 3, 2020 at 7:58 am
when i parked my car … probably flying in before that … YES stonks … but ma climate change … you do know treas do very little for our climate problem .. we need systemic change … we need to plant many many acres every however for our current system to be fizable ..
Angelius Silesius
December 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm
Jeaaah
Aphrodo Go
December 3, 2020 at 2:46 pm
I think it is more important to improve awareness of the locals. Before that, you’d better increase the economy.
Howard Whitehead
December 4, 2020 at 9:16 am
Amen sister, may godbless you.
Roy Kamp
December 4, 2020 at 9:48 am
excellent initiative! congratulations!
Himanshu Prakash
December 4, 2020 at 10:25 am
I planted almost 20-30 small trees and plants in my backyard
Casaqui Sioaust
December 5, 2020 at 6:31 pm
you are worthy of respect, good luck in this difficult task
Omar Farooque
December 6, 2020 at 8:24 am
Plant more hash plants
Tullochgorum
December 6, 2020 at 11:47 am
Seriously impressive lady and a great project. Tree planting can improve the local environment for sure. But if you do the math it can only make a minor contribution to combatting global climate change – as she says herself. We need much more radical approaches if we’re going to beat this challenge.