Adopt a Redwood
We give you a little coast redwood. You keep it going for a year, then we all plant them together at Sunflower Farms (opens in new tab).
How it works
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Now
We give you a tree
A coast redwood seedling growing in a glass bottle. There's a hole drilled in the bottom so it drains, and a card with how to look after it.
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For a year
You keep it growing
Light, water, a little fog now and then. Give it a name if you want. Most people do.
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Fall 2027
We all plant them at Sunflower Farms
Bring your tree out and we'll put them in the ground together. If you'd rather plant yours somewhere private where it won't get logged, that works too.
It'll stay here on this device when you come back.
Looking after your redwood
Same notes as the card, in case it's gone missing.
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Light. Bright spot with morning sun. No hot afternoon windows.
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Water. Keep the soil damp, never soggy. Water until it drips out the bottom, then let it drain.
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Air. They love fog. Mist it sometimes, especially once the heat's on.
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Cold. Fine outside in mild weather. Bring it in for a hard freeze.
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Ready. When you can see roots against the glass, or by Sept 27, 2027. Whichever comes first.
How many trees for a year of driving?
Your redwood is a good start. Pick what you drive and roughly how far you go, and see how many trees balance that year out.
Your impact
When your trees catch up
Sunflower Farms
A 100% volunteer-run community farm cultivating hope, health, and connection through organic farming. The food goes to local food banks and shelters for the people who need it.
Learn more about Sunflower Farms (opens in new tab) focusonyouth.orgHow the tree numbers are worked out
Gas vehicles: miles ÷ miles per gallon × 8.89 kg of CO₂ per gallon burned (the EPA figure). Diesel is 10.18 kg per gallon.
Electric: about 0.3 kWh per mile on the average US grid mix, roughly 0.11 kg of CO₂ per mile. A cleaner grid, like much of the Pacific Northwest, brings that down a lot.
Trees: a seedling takes up only a little CO₂ at first and more as it fills out, leveling off around 29 kg a year. Over 40 years that's about 880 kg per tree. Redwoods grow fast and live a very long time, so yours will likely do better, but we kept the math on the plain side.
Real numbers swing with species, soil and rain, so treat all of this as a friendly estimate. Average miles and mileage are rounded from US Department of Transportation and EPA figures.