NEW YORK—Eco Eyewear announced that it has reached the milestone of planting 3.3 million trees as part of its “One Frame, One Tree” social purpose program. For each Eco Eyewear frame purchased through the program, a tree is planted via Eco’s partnership with Trees for the Future. This new 3.3 million tree milestone represents sequestering 154,629 metric tons of CO2. “One Frame, One Tree” was founded alongside the Eco brand in 2009, and is a partnership with non-profit group Trees for the Future.

Together with local farmers, Trees for the Future implements the Forest Garden Approach, a food production and agroforestry system that protects, fertilizes, diversifies, optimizes and preserves both soil and vegetation. When the system is implemented, farmers are able to produce more crops and byproducts, which may then be used as a source of food and an asset for their own businesses.

 
 
By placing each tree provided through the “One Frame, One Tree” program in these forest gardens, Eco Eyewear is helping restore supporting income, equality and food security for farmers throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.