Yishan
@yishan
I run Terraformation, and I was once the CEO of Reddit. Both are very interesting challenges. Views are mine alone, but also yours if I do my job right.
Hey! I am running a contest to award $20,000 in prizes to the ten best pieces of original solarpunk art. The contest will run from now through Aug 20, 2025. Details within - and if you support this, please send this to your best artist friends! medium.com/@yishan/solarp…
Need a new playlist? Try: 🌲 Leaves rustling 🐦 Birds chirping 💧 Streams flowing
They say reforestation can’t scale. They said restoring ecosystems was impossible. They’ve doubted nature—every time. But nature doesn’t give up. Don’t bet against the force that works 24/7. 🌳
There’s a tree that smells like cake. The katsura tree drops sweet-scented leaves in fall—just one more reason to wander the woods.
Forests don’t just store carbon. They grow climate stability. Tropical forests absorb up to 20% of all CO₂ emissions. But we’ve lost nearly half of them. Reforestation is the fastest, most scalable tool to restore balance.
Forests create peace of mind. Around the world, people instinctively retreat to trees when they need to recover, reflect, or reconnect.
Reforestation is a global treasure—not because it follows old systems, but because it restores them. It rebuilds what others say is lost.
The area of forest canopy lost to fire during 2023 and 2024 was at least two times greater than the annual average of the previous nearly two decades, according to a new study. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/cli…
Hey, so I've been working on tree planting and forest restoration for years. It's been a hard journey, learning many lessons and building our capabilities. But now we're pretty good at it, and people ask me often if they can pay us to plant trees for them. Now, the answer…
Forests offer second chances. Even damaged land can become wild again—with time, care, and trees to lead the way. 🌲
You can’t solve climate change without trees. Forests are Earth's largest carbon capture tech: built-in, free, and wildly effective. A single mature tree absorbs up to 48 lbs of CO₂/year. Restore them and we buy time for every other climate solution.
Every restored forest is a vote for life. For birdsong, for rainfall, for future generations—it all begins with planting. 🌱
Reforestation is the best solution to restoring biodiversity
A forest is more than trees. It’s feathers, fur, flight paths, and nesting sites. Restore a forest, and the animals return.
What we need is the restoration of the planet. We want healthy forests. We want clean air. Sustainable resources. A livable future. The people want real action— 🌳 and we’re going to deliver it.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best is now. We lose up to 137 species a day from deforestation, mostly in forests we could protect. The future’s disappearing leaf by leaf. There’s no time to wait.
Reforestation isn’t a fantasy. It’s a tool. A tool to restore ecosystems, protect the planet, and build systems that actually work. 🌳 Reforestation is real action that puts the future back in our hands.
Some trees “farm” ants. They grow hollow thorns or sugar droplets to shelter ant colonies, which defend them from pests in return.
Forests don’t grow in lines. Their messy beauty is what makes them strong—diversity equals resilience.
A forest grows in layers. From treetop to root tip, each level is a world of its own—nested ecosystems sharing the same space.