Plant 500 Trees per Hour: Rewild, Reforest, Regenerate and Reconcile with Nature.
Channel: William Fergus Martin
Date: 2020-03-29

This is a practical way where an individual can plant 500 trees (or other plants) per hour out in the wild. This allows even only one person can plant 10,000 trees in 20 hours. Imagine what a group of people can achieve! Even a small group of people could hundreds of thousands or even millions of trees....

One of the key aspects of this video channel is a focus on Forgiveness and Reconciliation. Many people currently feel estranged from Nature and need ways to Reconcile with Nature. This video offers a practical way for us to reconcile with Nature and have a way of participating directly, and positively, in the Natural World. 

Few would question the idea that the Natural World, including humans, would benefit from having more trees, and other plants, indigenous to each area. People don’t even need to be particularly ecologically-minded to think that way; any more than they would in order to enjoy a garden. Similarly, the pleasure of planting things in the wild are not all that different from the pleasure of planting in our own garden (if we have one). We humans are “wired” to enjoy participating in the growing of things and being part of bringing forth new life. I’ve seen the proof of this in the happy smiles on the faces of those who have helped me test early versions of the “Rewilding Wand” (or “Rewilding Stick”) shown in the video. 

Something happens when you know you have just put, say, a tree seed into the ground (then another, then another). What actually happens is very much a personal thing, yet, as many personal things are, it is also universal. We begin to know ourselves, and experience ourselves, as part of Nature.  We are participating in the Cycle of Life, which IS the Natural World. A sense of belonging, of connection, of rightness, and of the richness of life, arises spontaneously from within us. This may come as a tiny inkling at first, for a fraction of a second, then it will come back and stay longer next time, till eventually it would be a real challenge to try and keep the smile off your face.  After a while you wonder who is growing who; as you realize that Nature is growing you. Nature is growing you into a happier, more whole, person. This is an internal Climate Change which may well benefit any external Climate Change. 

A Rewilding Stick enables you to plant 500 trees (or other types of plants) in an hour, or 10,000 trees in 20 hours (the stick works best with seeds which are not intended to be spread by the wind). If they have enough seeds, a group of people could plant 1,000,000 trees in a total of 2,000 hours spread among them. With this method, even one determined individual could plant 1,000,000 trees over a few years. 

However, with any kind of empowerment comes responsibility.  We need to focus on the needs of the land to decide what to plant; not our personal whims. I may want to plant lots of my favorite tree, but if it is not indigenous to the area this could do more harm than good. It could take up valuable growing space, and take nutrients from the soil, yet be useless to the local indigenous animals as they are not adapted to it as a food source, or as a habitat. Worse, it might even be a invasive species which damages a fragile local ecology. 

In order to make our planting truly effective and beneficial, I suggest the Rewilding Wizard’s Code:

+ Plant for the benefit of future generations of all species. 
+ Look to the land to see what it needs and what will grow there.
+ Plant Indigenous species so as to support local wildlife. 
+ Plant pioneer species if the land needs help to recover. 
+ It’s alright if local wildlife eat some of what you plant, they are part of the Cycle of Life.
+ Plant in the protection of existing cover, if possible. 
+ Spread out your planting, don’t plant too many of the same things in the same place. 
+ Once you see results, plant more.


May future generations bless us…. May future generations bless you...


:-) William Fergus Martin