Youth-led forest restoration movement grew from a 9-year-old's question about climate change
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Felix Finkbeiner, inspired by Wangari Maathai's tree-planting legacy at age 9, launched Plant-for-the-Planet in 2007, which has trained over 104,800 Climate Justice Ambassadors across 76 countries, planted over 36 million trees directly, and funded over 107 million more through partner organizations.
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