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Hart Cunningham is a retired environmentalist, musician, and software engineer. Over the past 40 years, he has planted 40 million trees and amazed the world with this incredible feat. Now his next lifetime goal is to plant a billion trees.
Hart’s mission is to plant one billion trees. Over the past 40 years, he’s planted more than 45 million trees and is well on his way to reaching his next goal. The environmentalist and musician aims to spend the next 4 decades planting one billion trees.
Hart was only three years old when he had a dream of planting a billion trees. He was in Dominica at the time. After two years, he moved to Nova Scotia and pursued his passion in an apple orchard.
At the age of 16, he had already planted more than 700 trees. At that time, he also joined the Buckley High School Classes between 1993 and 1995. Hart spent 14 weeks working on his mission to plant trees on weekends in different parts of California.
He spent three semesters at the University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business. In the meantime, she presented his thesis on her favorite topic “Economics related to humanity and the environment”. At that time, she was only 21 years old.
He continued with his passion and love for the environment and nature. After a while, she returned to California to earn her economics degree at Claremont Graduate University. Interestingly, at the age of 22, Hart was the youngest on record to achieve this goal.
As Hart became financially stronger, his passion for planting trees skyrocketed. He became a finalist for ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ three times. And he continued to plant trees throughout his adulthood.
Hart funded a total of 19 aerial seed pods, allowing him to reach his goal of planting 45 million trees in 40 years. At the age of 38, he took early retirement as a software architect.
Hart ran for President of the United States at the age of 42. His campaigns focused on finding solutions to climate change and income inequality around the world.
Now, Hart intends to spend the next 40 years making his dream of planting a billion trees come true. He has dedicated himself to his lifetime goal of one billion trees and is determined to serve Mother Nature even more. He also takes care of his physical health through contortion.
On Instagram, Hart can be reached at @RydermanM. On social media, he shares his thoughts on travel, spirituality, and physicality. Additionally, she expresses her thoughts on the benefits of maintaining a connection with Mother Nature.
As a Ryderman musician, he encourages music lovers around the world. You can find his music on Apple Music and Spotify. On Spotify, his song titled “stay” received over a million streams.