One of the things that fascinates me about the times in which we live is the stories of people who find that their individual actions resonate with others, and thus lead to a much bigger story that involves many more people.

So is the story of Henry Emson, a resident of the United Kingdom, who planted two California Sequoia seedlings for his young children as a way to compensate for the carbon footprints of their lives. As people heard about it, they wanted to join in.

“The genesis of the idea for One Life One Tree was planting Giant Sequoias for my two young children, starting their journey to a carbon neutral life as early as possible – a single Giant Sequoia tree captures the same amount of CO2 as your average UK person’s total emissions during their lifetime (around 520 tonnes),” Henry told an interviewer.