Hart Pearson “Sebastian”, Cunningham, an environmentalist, musician, and retired software engineer, has accomplished the remarkable feat of planting 45,000,000 trees in just 40 years. He hopes to plant a trillion trees over his lifetime.
August 19, 2021
Hart Cunningham has set out to plant one billion trees. In just four decades, he has participated in planting more than 45 million and is now committed to reaching his goal. The environmentalist and musician hopes to transform 45 million acres into a trillion over the next 40 years.
Hart Pearson “Sebastian” Cunningham was raised by artists seeking a life that reflected well on Mother Earth. Hart began his quest to plant a billion trees when he was three years old in Dominica, using local vegetation. He began his love for trees at the age of five, while he was still living in Nova Scotia. Hart, who was 16 years old, had already planted 740 trees. He joined the Buckley High School Class of ’93-’95 (152 students total over three years), to plant trees 14 weeks a week in California.
Hart was a three-term student at The Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He wrote his thesis “Economics Related To Humanity and Environment” at 21. This was where he continued his passion for the environment and his love of nature. He returned to California to complete his Master’s degree in Economics at Claremont Graduate University. He was the youngest recorded to achieve this feat at age 22.
Hart’s tree planting abilities increased with his financial resources. He was the only Ernst and Young three time ‘Entrepreneur of the year’ finalist. He has continued to strive to plant as many trees as possible throughout adulthood. Hart has invested in 19 drones or aerial-focused seed pods totaling 45 million trees. This is after 40 years of dedicated service to Mother Earth.
Hart retired at 38 from software architecture. Since taking early retirement, he has run for POTUS (Hart2020) at age 42, with a campaign focused on solving climate change and income inequality globally. Hart is now concentrating on spending the next four decades aiming to reach his lifetime goal of planting a trillion trees. Hart is now able to devote more time and energy to the environment, and he has more freedom. He is more personally invested in his health and well-being, with a particular focus on contortion.
Hart can be found on Instagram at @RydermanM, where he shares his thoughts and adventures in physicality, spirituality, travel, and more, as well as demonstrating the benefits of connecting with nature. Hart also spends his time empowering music lovers globally, as musician Ryderman. His music can be found on Spotify and Apple Music. His song ‘Stay’ has been streamed more than one million times on Spotify.
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