Sprout Partnership

We wanted to find a way to offset emissions our business contributes while also making a more sustainable environmental impact. 

We went searching and found Sprout.

Sprout lets us contribute part of your order into reforestation. That means with every order placed you plant one tree! With an option in checkout to plant an additional 3 trees for an extra dollar!

Sprout, ran by theGoodAPI, partners with Eden Reforestation Project to not only plant trees but to create local jobs and help mitigate climate change! Can you believe that 1,051,738+ trees have been planted by top brands? 

TheGoodAPI on Why Trees Matter: "The trees we plant with Eden Reforestation Projects support wild life diversity, improve coastlines, provided meaningful wages to indigenous population and grow Mangrove trees which are an incredible carbon sink."

"The Impact of Planting Mangrove Trees: Mangroves are unique ecosystems found throughout a wide range in the tropics and occupying the intertidal areas of more than 120 countries. Mangroves, and coastal wetlands in general, are globally important for the many services they provide to humans and the planet. These services include protection against storm surges, sheltering nurseries for fish and other marine life, providing building materials, firewood, and providing critically important services to stabilizing the global climate as an important store of carbon.

Mangroves, an Incredible Carbon Sink: With the rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions over the last century, the need forenduring carbon sinks has grown. The latest models suggest that to remain within “acceptable” global temperature increase, it is no longer enough to simply reduceemissions, and protect existing forests, but rather that we need to rapidly increase the ability to sequester carbon. Globally, mangrove systems are estimated to hold an astounding 20 petagrams of carbon. For a biome representing less than 5% of the world’s terrestrial area, this makes mangroves one of the most important carbon stocks, even more than many rainforests like the Amazon. Equally, as a relatively fast-growing group of species, mangroves sequester carbon at a very fast rate.

Help Support Wildlife and Diversity: As forests are destroyed, wildlife species lose their natural habitat, forcing them to relocate, limiting their ability to survive. Madagascar is one of the world’s greatest conservation priorities, with over 200 species of mammals, 100 species of lemurs, 300 species of birds, and almost 300 species of amphibians. Around ninety percent of all wildlife in Madagascar is endemic. Our work with Eden protects these wildlife species in Madagascar by restoring their natural habitats."

theGoodAPI. (n.d.). How it works. How it Works. https://thegoodapi.com/how-it-works 

The Breakdown in Cost:

Shopify app & API charges $0.33 per tree.
- $0.15 goes to Eden
- $0.15 goes for all our operational costs (theGoodAPI)
- $0.03 goes to credit card fees
This totals to $0.33 per tree!

 Head to our Public Dashboard to see a snapshot of our contributions here: https://dashboard.thegoodapi.com/UbRPd0tM2Gd5IQkujegc?source=shp

We can't wait to see our impact that planting these trees have and can't thank you enough for allowing us to reach a more sustainable tomorrow!

-The Emma Leigh Jewelry Team