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The Tree Life Box™: Creating Forests for Future Generations.
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| Seeds sprouting on cardboard with mycorrhizal fungi |
The Tree Life Box™ is made of recycled paper fiber. In this fiber, we have inserted a wide variety of tree seeds, up to a hundred, dusted with mycorrhizal fungal spores. The mycorrhizal fungi protect and nurture the young seedlings. For millions of years, plants and beneficial fungi have joined together in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship.
The fungi "sprout" or germinate to form an attachment with root cells and extend into the soil with a network of fine cobweb of cells called mycelium. The mycelium mothers the seed nursery by providing nutrients and water, thus protecting the growing trees from disease, drought, and famine.
But there is more……
Each Tree Life Box™ may some day qualify for up to one ton of carbon credits!
Why?
We estimate that 1 tree in 100 will survive to 30 years. On average, a 30-year-old tree can sequester 1 ton of carbon.
So…..when you plant your trees outside in their permanent home, send us an email with the address—or better yet, the GPS coordinates—of your planted Life Box™. We will collect this data and eventually post the locations on a map of the United States. In the future, we hope to create an interactive Web site so customers can share their experiences. Stay tuned!
The Future: What's in Store for The Life Box™
The Life Box™ is a robust platform for creating guilds of plant communities. Here are a few we envision:
1) Garden Life Boxes™
2) Meadow Flower Life Boxes™
3) Grassland Life Boxes™
The Life Boxes™ can have many forms and we can make them to practically any dimension. Here are just a few of the many that are possible.
1) DVD/CD mailers
2) Pizza boxes
3) Shoe boxes
4) Sleeves for hot beverage cups
Life Boxes™ are exclusively manufactured and distributed by Planted Planet Productions (P3). Orders of over 100 boxes should be directed to info@planted-planet.com. Note: Only Tree Life Boxes™ are available at this time. Please be patient with us as this is a project in development.
WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS!
We are dedicated to helping the ecosystems of Earth. The Life Box™ is our positive step in this direction. But we don’t have all the answers; please help us with your comments. We can be reached via email at
info@lifeboxcompany.com.
I want my grandson’s grandkids to walk through a forest that came from Life Boxes. Perhaps our descendants will be friends, walk together, and remember us.
Thank you!
Paul Stamets and the Life Box™ Team
The Life Box Company and Planted Planet Productions are proud to be partnered with the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign!
On behalf of Tree Life Box™ recipients, we have made pledges for planted trees that will emerge from each Tree Life Box™ sold. To confirm your planted trees with the Plant for the Planet program, click here. When confirming your planted trees, please enter your own first and last name and “Planted Planet Productions and Life Box, LLC” in the “Organization/Government/Group” box. For more information about the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign please see their web site.
Together we can truly make a difference!
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