Ep 5. YouTuber Mark Rober – Planting Trees 'With Tooth Fairy Money'

This episode is about trees; losing them, planting them, protecting them and the amazing ecosystems they support. We hear from former NASA and Apple engineer turned YouTuber, Mark Rober, who has millions of subscribers to his YouTube channel. He reflects on galvanising a youth movement in the US with fellow YouTuber MrBeast to plant 20 million trees. Plus, Bryna Griffin, Head of Forests Programme for BirdLife International, talks about Trillion Trees’ global vision to protect and restore a trillion trees.

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Offering solutions and practical tips on how we can tackle climate change, as well as hearing from experts, campaigners and well-known names, like David Attenborough and Idris Elba. ‘What Planet Are We On?’ shines a light on some of the most challenging environmental issues of our time and takes a closer look at how we choose to live on this planet. Hosted by science, natural history and environmental broadcaster Liz Bonnin alongside the BBC’s environment correspondent Matt McGrath and science correspondent Victoria Gill, we’ll be exploring some of the impacts we’re having on the world and what we can do about it.