What We Do

WE plant tree.

WE virtualize tree.

YOU get certificate of ownership.

TREE make carbon go bye-bye.

YOU get cut of carbon offset.

WE plant more tree.

YOU happy. WE happy. TREE happy.

#SustainableFinance

How Does it Work?

1) We help you plant the tree, after which you will receive its precise coordinates and be able to track its growth and impact.

⇥ Here, we note that in addition to owning into perpetuity unless transferred, the virtual certificate of ownership established on DTL/block-chain, through the purchase of the asset, you also effectively lease the land on which your grove grows.

⇥ This point is relevant because while the topsoil in desert ecosystems are not particularly fertile, they are actually quite good at sequestering carbon, which was surprising until we dug into the science. For example, “In California, the desert accounts for nearly 10% of the state's carbon sequestration.” (Source)

2) If viewed as an asset, we can see any single tree as having A) a tangible component, and B) an intangible component;

⇥ The tangible component of the tree (i.e. its physical form), can tokenized (in practice, a nice photograph) and turned into a NFT - or as we like to call it, a “NFTree”

⇥ The intangible component of the tree (i.e. the amount of CO2 it sequesters or removes from the atmosphere per year, an amount which grows in number as the asset matures, could potentially be securitized, although we are as yet unclear about the feasibility of such a project.

3) Some advantages of this alternative asset compared to traditional categories

⇥ It endures no wear and tear and so there are no maintenance costs or upkeep fees to keep track of and reconcile in our books on a periodic basis

⇥ This asset does not display characteristics of having any kind of real term date, or determinate length of useful life - at least not one that is salient to address here given the fact that these assets last many more lifetimes than we do.

⇥ No depreciation or write-downs (unless in the rare event of a brush fire, which in any case is covered by indemnity clauses)

4) To be clear, YOU own the underlying asset that you plant, as well as the digital asset(s) created on top of that collateral basis

⇥ You reap the the rewards from the increasing level of carbon sequestration your tree contribute as it matures and grows over time

Net Zero (Parity Condition)

↳ Total CO2 Removals 🟰 Total CO2 Emissions

[Note: Here, CO2 refers to carbon dioxide only, and excludes substantially all other greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide) captured by a more widely encapsulating measure like CO2e (carbon dioxide and equivalents).]

Negative Emissions (Carbon Removal)

“Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) refers to the process of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

Since this is the opposite of emissions, practices or technologies that remove CO2 are often described as achieving ‘negative emissions’. The process is sometimes referred to more broadly as greenhouse gas removal if it involves removing gases other than CO2.
There are two main types of CDR:
- either enhancing existing natural processes that remove carbon from the atmosphere (e.g., by increasing its uptake by trees, soil, or other ‘carbon sinks’)
- or using chemical processes to, for example, capture CO2 directly from the ambient air and store it elsewhere (e.g., underground).
- All CDR methods are at different stages of development and some are more conceptual than others, as they have not been tested at scale.” – (Source)