Author: Taking Root

Taking Root’s purpose is to accelerate the restoration of the world’s forests. We enable smallholder farmers to grow trees and earn money from the carbon they remove from the atmosphere. Our technology and support make it simple for our reforestation partners to create transparent and robust forest carbon removals. From registering farmers and recruiting land, to monitoring trees grown and the carbon stored over time, we provide the tools at every step of the way to help our partners successfully manage and scale their carbon projects. Recognized for its best practices by the UN, EU and World Economic Forum, Taking Root is connecting thousands of farmers to the carbon market, improving their livelihoods by restoring forests around the world.

Taking Root achieves milestone corporate transition to accelerate global forest restoration

Taking Root is proud to announce the successful completion of its transition from a not-for-profit to…

Plant With Purpose and Taking Root partner to accelerate forest restoration

The world’s forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and efforts to restore them need to…

Update to Taking Root’s Board of Directors: May 2022

Taking Root welcomes new President, Brooke van Mossel-Forrester! As one of the co-founders of Taking Root,…

Tackling the climate crisis: does carbon pricing even work?

I recently participated on a recorded debate for Climate One podcast with other environmentalists about the…

Advice from outer space on how to grow trees?!

Data scientist Pello Múgica Gonzalez partners with Taking Root to create a new approach to improve…

Dawson College sets new standard for campus sustainability in partnership with Taking Root

Garden of Peace We are proud to have Dawson College as a partner that has been…

Taking Root Partners with Thermotech Combustion!

A powerful link is made between an industrial combustion specialist and a tree planting organization It’s…

Taking Root takes it all the way to prime time television!

Taking Root Feature: CBC April 18, 2017 We are very excited to announce that on Sunday, April…

2017 Katerva Award

Taking Root has been selected as a finalist for the Katerva Award in the Economy category…

Taking Root Earns the Rainforest Alliance Verified Mark for its Community and Environment Benefits

We are happy to announce that Rainforest Alliance has just provided independent verification of Taking Root’s…

Making Green Charcoal in Nicaragua

Diaries of an Industrial Combustion Specialist My wife and I fell in love with Nicaragua. And…

‘Carbon insetting’ – how companies can fight climate change while strengthening their value chain

New study reveals how Taking Root’s reforestation program can create measurable social benefits for smallholder farmers…