Tech and Trees – a powerful symbioses for a sustainable future

You may ask what tech and one of nature’s best inventions have in common. The tech and business lexicon have taken inspiration from trees for decades with ecosystem, branch, and Tree Data Structure methodologies to name but a few. The more you think of this duo, the more mutual benefits are revealed. The power of tech and trees is harnessed by Plant-for-the-Planet on their quest to plant a trillion trees to restore forest ecosystems worldwide to combat the climate crisis.

A Quest to Plant a Trillion Trees

IGEL Technology supports Plant-for-the-Planet through donations to community led reforestation and research projects worldwide.
On behalf of attendees at the IGEL Now & Next EUC and Security event in March 2025, IGEL planted 3,000 trees in top projects to restore mangroves and forests in the Bahamas, Ghana, Kenya, and Thailand, achieving a total of 21,512  trees planted in global reforestation projects since 2023.

Plant-for-the-Planet develop solutions to address the most pressing questions in ecosystem restoration using cutting-edge software tools, providing restoration advice, training academies, and quality control based on scientific research with renowned universities to support with 170+ official reforestation projects worldwide.

Tech plays a pivotal role in the trillion tree mission

High-tech helps the reforestation teams to fund, manage and monitor the millions of trees planted so far and in the future.  The TreeMapper-app is a simple yet powerful tool to register and track the development of the trees planted. The FireAlert-app, using NASA satellite data, enables free alerts when high fire risk areas are detected enabling a faster reaction to fight wildfires. The online Tree Planter is a tool that allows transparent donations worldwide and makes it easier for donors to see in real time how their trees are progressing. All applications are open source and available to restoration organizations as well as advice offered by Plant-for-the-Planet.

As a non-profit organization, Plant-for-the-Planet is solely funded by donations and corporate partnerships. IGEL Technology sponsors Plant-for-the-Planet and supports ongoing projects through promotion at industry events to spread the word and call for donations throughout our network. Since 2023, together with our customers, partners, and colleagues we planted over 21,000 trees in restoration and research projects in Mexico, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Indonesia using the online tree planting platform.

Click here to view the IGEL Tree Planter and learn more about Plant-for-the-Planet and how when tech companies and communities unite to plant, restore and conserve a trillion trees they take action towards a sustainable future.

“One mosquito can do nothing against a rhino, but a thousand mosquitoes can change its direction”
– Plant-for-the-Planet founder Felix Finkbeiner once said during a speech at the United Nations in 2011.