Help us plant trees!
Ride nextbike and support German NGO Aktion Baum
Get on your nextbike and get out into nature! – By choosing to ride a bike, we not only experience nature on an intimate level, we make an important contribution to climate protection as well. With your help, we want to further increase our efforts.
For the second time, we have joined forces with Aktion Baum. From now on, we will donate 1 EUR to Aktion Baum for every monthly tariff booked and every subsequent month in which the tariff remains active.
Aktion Baum uses this contribution to grow healthy mixed woodland seedlings, raise them and plant a new forest with them. Important work! In Germany alone, 277,000 hectares need to be reforested (source: Forest Report of the Federal Government 2021) That’s why Aktion Baum focusses their work on Germany.
At the same time, this puts our contribution within reach. With our donations we support nearby reforestation projects, for example in Warstein, at several locations in Baden-Württemberg and in Saxony.
MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO REFORESTATION NOW!
Simply download the nextbike app and book a monthly rate. For you, this means that for only 10 Euros per month, you ride the first 30 minutes of every rental for free! (1 EUR for every subsequent 30 minutes) At the same time, you immediately support Aktion Baum -For every month your rate is active, we donate 1 EUR to the campaign. Start cycling today and help us grow a new forest!
More info on the monthly tariff
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE DONATION?
Aktion Baum is a non-profit organization and holds to that. This means that all donations go directly to tree planting projects. The more donations we can collect together, the more trees we can plant.
WHERE DO WE PLANT?
Aktion Baum supports reforestation projects in Germany – true to the motto” Think globally, act locally.” Among other places, the forests are located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Saxony.
BY THE WAY:
Last year, together with 40 nextbikers we also took planting into our own hands. Using part of the donations, we helped to reforest an area in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony, virtually on the doorstep of nextbike’s home in Leipzig. We want to be active here again this fall. The next nextbike planting campaign starts on November 17. In order to plant as many seedlings as possible, we need your support.
ABOUT AKTION BAUM
Aktion Baum is a charitable non-profit organization that is financed entirely by donations and does not generate profits. All funds received by Aktion Baum are used for the preservation and reforestation of German forests. Aktion Baum bases their work on the four pillars: research, value chain, tree planting, and education & outreach. For example, Aktion Baum also organizes scientific symposia and educational planting projects. This guarantees a holistic approach, making sure that projects are planned with foresight and crowned with long-term and sustainable success.
An interview with Lisa-Marie from Aktion Baum
Why do you work at Aktion Baum?
Being able to make the world a better place is a privilege.
The environment has always been close to my heart and to be able to turn that, combined with my strengths, into a career is fulfilling. I am proud to make a contribution to the environment every day. Moreover, the work we do with our partners gives me the opportunity to leave something for future generations that I have enjoyed so much myself.
Reforestation, why is it so important?
It is not the forest that needs us, we need the forest. Climate change is everywhere, and we are all responsible for our planet. That’s why it’s so important to take action now and reforest, not just plant new forests.
How long does it take to grow a tree?
It is a long way from a seedling to a tree. The seedlings can only be planted after about 2 to 3 years. However, that is never a general rule. It also depends on the tree species, soil conditions and location.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Conifers absorb almost twice as much Carbon Dioxide as deciduous trees?
But careful, in the long run a mixed forest absorbs most Carbon Dioxide.
If you plant a mixed forest, you need a much bigger area?
The seedlings are planted less closely together. It takes about 5,000 to 7,000 trees for a hectare (100 x 100 metre).
The seedlings need to be taken care of by foresters until their 5th birthday?
They protect them, for example with wire or netting to keep animals away and free them from surrounding vegetation regularly to guarantee enough water flow. Thanks to these measures, the young trees can thrive properly.
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