In an effort to reverse some of the effects of climate change, 24-year-old Antoine Moses from La Crete, Alberta, Canada, planted an astonishing 23,060 trees on 17 July 2021, earning the record title for the most trees planted by an individual in 24 hours. Over the years, Antoine claims to have planted more than 1.3 million plants across Canada. Although he had never planted over a span of 24 consecutive hours before, he had planted across multiple days for nine hours at a time, where he planted well over 8,000 trees. Although Antoine had plenty of help setting everything up to be able to plant so many trees, he did the work himself. Antoine says it’s hard to tell exactly how his tree planting efforts will help the environment because he is usually planting monoculture or sometimes up to five species or more at a time. Credit: NOW THIS
