You don't get in the car and walk to the coffee shop instead. You pay a bill online instead of mailing a check. Small stuff, right? According to the United Nations Environment Program, a Chinese initiative called Ant Forest has translated exactly these sorts of small, everyday decisions of half a billion people into millions of real trees planted across some of the country’s driest land.
In 2019, the UN gave it its highest environmental award, the Champions of the Earth award, in the “Inspiration and Action” category. This story might hit different for US millennials who scroll through 10 apps before breakfast. It shows what happens when climate action moves from being a chore to being a game.
