Here at jellybean, we’re passionate about the environment, and making small, everyday changes that can help make a difference towards fighting climate change.

This Earth Month (April), we’re proud to celebrate two years of working with Ecologi! For those who don’t know, Ecologi is a platform for likeminded businesses and individuals who want to reduce emissions and help address climate change. Here at jellybean, when we reach an important milestone, we put money towards planting new trees and buying carbon offsets!

For example, whenever a bean gets promoted, we plant trees! Liv, one of our very talented Account Managers was recently promoted and as a result we’re helping reforestation efforts in Ethiopia!

Over the last two years, we’ve made some great waves that we’re proud to shout about!

🌿 We’ve planted over 10,700 trees

🌿 We’ve avoided over 504 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide

🌿 We’ve supported over 25 projects around the world helping locals take environmental action in their local areas.

To put that into perspective, the amount of carbon dioxide we’ve avoided is the equivalent of 376 long-haul flights from London to San Francisco (a distance of 18,619km) or a huge 1,214,896 miles driven in a car.

Whilst all these numbers are great – we like to know exactly how our efforts are helping those around the world.

Below are three of the most recent projects we’ve helped support:

🌿 Eden Reforestation Project, we are helping to fund efforts in Changalane, Mozambique to plant over two million trees. The project hires local people to grow, plant and guard to maturity the trees in order to help to restore the eco-system which has been heavily destroyed by fire. This project will also help bring many families out of poverty as the jobs provide long-term financial stability.

🌿 Uganda, Ecologi is working with Trees for the Future, which is educating local farmers about conservation and helping them to diversify what they’re growing, leading to more a fruitful harvest. The project is helping to create 400 Forest Gardens, each a hectare in size, and will not only help farmers sustain their families, thereby bringing in vital income, but rebuild the eco-system. Overall, an estimated 1.6 million trees are predicted to be planted over the four years that this project will run.

🌿 In Senegal, Ecologi has partnered with Hommes et Terre, who develop long-term strategies to protect land management. Their win-win business model encourages farmers and locals to have a sense of pride in their area and encourages a partnership with local government to abide by land registry laws preventing outside parties from exploiting the land. The goal is to plant over 360,000 trees in the Tambacounda region which work in harmony with the weather and rainy seasons that Senegal experience.

If you’re interested to learn more about the projects that we help to fund, please visit our dashboard on Ecologi here.

And, if you’re proud of the action you’re taking against climate change, let us know by tagging us on socials @jellybeanagency

Happy Earth Month everyone!