Today Mary is talking to Gearoid McEvoy, a 21-year-old Irish Wildlife Biology graduate and the founder of Reforest Nation that has just hit it's goal of planting 50,000 trees in Ireland. Burren Nature Sanctuary has partnered with Reforest nation to plant 1000 trees this Autumn. Their new goal is 1 million trees planted- listen in to the amazing story of how one young person started Reforest nation in lockdown during a global pandemic. A message from Gearóid... I have a passion for all creatures big and small and I want to do something that really makes a difference for our environment. Of all the things humans have done to destroy the planet, the removal of its trees has to be one of the most noticeable and heartbreaking. Through deforestation, we’ve cut down about half the world’s trees. This amounts to an area about 4 and a half times the size of Europe. Despite how heartbreaking the destruction of the natural world is to me, past and current generations have done little to stop this destruction. That’s why I decided to become a wildlife biologist to help protect endangered species around the world. It's also why I’ve set up this initiative to help give back to my own country’s environment and give an opportunity for others to do the same. I’m going to put my heart and soul into this project along with my passionate team and I hope you’ll be able to see that from the work we’re doing. We have big ambitions to make a big impact and are excited to make our members proud. Let’s get to 1,000,000!!! Check out Reforest Nation at www.reforestnation.ie Recommended books: How did we get into this mess? By: George Monbiot Sapiens By:Yuval Noah Harari Check out Burren Nature Sanctuary at www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie Nature Magic Podcast website www.naturemagic.ie Support Nature Magic at https://www.patreon.com/naturemagic