On track for the next world record

Plant a mangrove tree
for 10 cents.

Treegens Foundation was started by Guinness World Record-breaking tree planter Jimi Cohen. We plant mangrove trees for just $0.10 each, and you get before & after video plus GPS coordinates for every single one.

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714Mtrees we helped plant in Ethiopia in a day
29Mtree planters we helped to unite in Ethiopia
13environment leaders committed to country-wide tree planting days
Guinness World Record breaker GPS coordinates for every tree Before & after video $0.10 per mangrove

The story

From one of his lowest points to a world record

Jimi's mother is an environmental activist. She campaigned against illegal deforestation by walking hundreds of kilometres and leading planting campaigns. Surrounded by that passion, Jimi planted his first tree at the age of four.

Then, in 2019, the forest fires engulfed Australia for over six months and burned billions of animals alive. Watching video after video led to one of the lowest points in his life. It compelled him to take action and launch a fundraiser.

As donations came in, he felt a surge of passion and aliveness, and the hopelessness dissipated away. That passion fuelled him to plant trees for 24 straight hours, three times, until he officially broke a Guinness World Record.

On 31 July 2025, Jimi was in Ethiopia, where Treegens partnered with the Ethiopian Government to help them unite 29 million people and plant 714 million trees in a single day, in the first ever GROWlympic Games. We don't claim this alone; we were there to help make it happen.

In November 2025, Treegens secured commitments from 13 environmental leaders, mostly Ministers of Environment, to do exactly what Ethiopia did: a country-wide tree planting day.

Now he's on track to break the next one. On 26 July 2026, Treegens attempts the most trees planted by humanity in a single day: the world's first one-billion-tree day.

Be part of the next record →

What we stand for

Our core values

Scalable Positive Impact

We don't plant thousands. We help mobilise millions, from a single fundraiser to uniting nations for country-wide planting days.

Radical Transparency

Every tree is accounted for. Before & after video and GPS coordinates mean you can see exactly what your gift planted.

Giving Without Expectation

We give because the planet and its people need it, not for what comes back. Generosity is the point, not the means.

Where your money goes

10 cents. One mangrove. Fully verified.

1

You give

Choose monthly or one-off. Every $0.10 plants one mangrove tree along vulnerable coastlines.

2

We plant

Local teams plant mangroves, among the most powerful carbon sinks and storm barriers on Earth.

3

You verify

You receive before & after video of the site and the GPS coordinates of your trees.

Why mangroves? They store up to 4× more carbon than rainforest, shelter coastal communities from storms, and rebuild the nurseries that fisheries depend on. Maximum impact per cent.

See it in action

From a fundraiser to a movement

Our call to action. Why the next world record matters, and how you're part of it.
The first ever GROWlympic Games. Tree planting turned into a global event.

The next record is "most trees planted by humanity in a day."

Help us get there, one mangrove at a time.

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