d-Bodhi, a producer of home furnishings in Yogyakarta Indonesia, is a company with a strong commitment to environmental and social aspects of its activities. They are focused on the use of recycled wood, metal and textiles as primary sources of raw materials.

d-Bodhi wanted to go further than just using low impact raw materials and reduce their overall impact on the environment. This led to the idea of planting trees to capture the CO₂ released by their production, office and transportation activities. The natural thing to do was partner with an organization that is already planting trees which is how they came to join the Trees4Trees program.

Pak Ony from d-Bodhi says: “d-Bodhi is aware of the use of resources for operations and production such as electricity, water and fuel. Working with Trees4Trees™ will further help us to reduce our carbon footprint.”

Using Permanent Test Plots established as part of the Trees4Trees' monitoring program, carbon capture is calculated along with the life cycle of the trees we plant. Trees4Trees™ has been monitoring the planted trees since the beginning of the program but calculating carbon sequestration is a new facet of the monitoring and analysis being done and it is expected to open the program to a broader range of businesses and individuals.

Trees4Trees™ has a new public face. The new website has been under construction for several months with many new features and has gone live in mid-February.

Along with a new lighter, cleaner look, the site emphasizes T4T's work in the field and the benefits with more images and information our activities.

There has recently been an increased interest in joining the Trees4Trees program for the purpose of reducing or 'offsetting' CO2 emissions. One such company is ViaVia tours who had the novel idea of offsetting the carbon they release in their business of providing tours and introducing Indonesian culture to domestic and foreign tourists through planting trees.

Trees4Trees™ has been planting trees in Central Java communities since 2007. One of the big benefits of community forestry is that in addition to added tree cover it provides an income for those communities when the trees are harvested. Some of the fast growing species planted by Trees4Trees are already coming to harvest-able maturity.

Trees4Trees™ will have a new addition to the family. Franny the Bee will be heading up Trees4Trees' educational program.

Water is the essence of life and to provide a healthy living environment for local communities, the water supply must be clean and protected.