This green organization started over a meal where nine friends resolved to plant a thousand trees during Arbour Month (September) in Cape Town’s marginalized and under-greened communities. Along the way, the group researched the best places to plant the trees and found like-minded people to help their campaign gather momentum. Once the group completed their goal, schools were asking for trees to be planted in the fields, more people wanted to volunteer their time and companies wanted to offer their support. Today, the organization has planted over 150 000 trees throughout southern Africa. Our next guest tells us more about their upcoming Reforest Festival taking place in April under the theme: Celebrating the age of restoration.

Guest:  Lauren Teasdale – Co-Founder of GreenPop