Renewable Urban Pioneers 2020
We are a student-run, nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting deforestation through education/awareness, fundraising, and activism.
Deforestation is still a problem, help us protect the rain forest !
According to data released by Brazil’s space research agency INPE, 10,129 square kilometers of the rainforest were cleared between August 2018 and July 2019. The Brazilian government also reported that the size of deforested land this year is 34% more than that of the same timeframe from the prior year. The Royal Statistical Society recently published that the Amazon lost 24,000 square miles of rainforest, which is equivalent to 8.4 million soccer fields. These statistics show that the issue of deforestation is real and serious, and we need to act now.
Eighty percent of the world's land-based species live in forests and deforestation is driving them extinct.
If the deforestation trend continues, some estimates indicate that over half of the remaining rainforest could be gone in the next seventeen years.
Global air quality has been degrading with more and more forest gone.
Deforestation will also cause catastrophic events like rising sea level.
Between 1900 and 2016, the sea level rose by 16–21 cm. As oceans are warmer and sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, coastal cities are threatened by tsunamis or simply completely submerged. Low-lying countries are at the highest risk. At current rates, Maldives will be uninhabitable by 2100.
So what could you do to prevent deforestation?
Well, you could start by eating less beef. Believe it or not, every rib-eye steak on your dinner table caused one tree to be cut down. Cattle ranching is the largest driver of deforestation, accounting for 80% of the destruction in the Amazon Forest. Switch to more eco-friendly food like chicken and plant-based meat. Make it a habit, and tell all your friends.
Our Research
What You Didn’t Know About Deforestation
RUP Forest Protection Webinar
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Want a T-shirt?
By Oct 10th, we have sold over 132 pieces of RUP T-shirt, and raised over $1401 on Bonfire. You can buy one of this to support us too! 100% of the proceeds would go towards Rainforest Trust.
When it only costs 1 dollar to plant a tree, your contribution can help in this fight for survival.
The Renewable Urban Pioneers is now raising funds to support projects from the renowned nonprofit organization Rainforest Trust to protect the forest. If you are interested in contributing, please donate to us by clicking the button on the right. Come and join us in making the world a better place!