Environmentalist, retired software engineer and musician, Hart Pearson “Sebastian” Cunningham has achieved the impressive feat of planting 45 million trees over 40 years. He hopes to plant a trillion trees over his lifetime.
August 19, 2021
Hart Cunningham is on a mission to plant one trillion trees. He has planted more than 45 millions trees in his four decades of experience and is determined to reach his goal. The environmentalist and musician wants to spend the next 40 years turning 45 million into a trillion.
Hart Pearson “Sebastian” Cunningham was brought up by artists who wanted a life that was good for Mother Earth. Hart began his quest to plant a billion trees when he was three years old in Dominica, using local vegetation. At age 5, then living in Nova Scotia, he continued his passion for trees with an apple orchard. By the time Hart was 16, he had planted 740 trees, having joined his Buckley High School Classes of ’93 – ’95 (152 students in total across three years, including Rashida Jones) to spend 14 weeks planting trees on weekends across California.
Hart was a three-term student at The Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington. There, he wrote his thesis on “Economics Related to Humanity and Environment” at age 21, continuing his interest in and passion for nature and the environment. 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 increased as his monetary resources grew, and he became the only Ernst and Young three-times ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Finalist. He has continued to strive to plant as many trees as possible throughout adulthood. In total, Hart has funded 19 drone or aerial-focused seed pods, increasing his count to 45 million trees planted in 40 years of service to Mother Earth.
Hart retired at 38 from software architecture. Hart retired from software architecture at the age of 38. He ran for President (Hart2020), a campaign that focused on reducing income inequality and climate change. Hart now plans to spend the next 40 years pursuing his lifetime goal of planting one trillion trees. Hart is now able to devote more time and energy to the environment, and he has more freedom. More personally, he is also invested in his physical health and wellbeing with a focus on contortion.
Hart can be found on Instagram @RydermanM where he shares thoughts and experiences in physicality and spirituality as well as the benefits of connecting to nature. Hart also spends his time empowering music lovers globally, as musician Ryderman. You can find his music on Spotify and Apple Music. His song ‘Stay’ has been streamed more than one million times on Spotify.
Discover more about Hart and his music as Ryderman at https://www.wmeagency.com/. For press inquiries, please contact Samantha Burns by calling 310-285-9000 or emailing [email protected].
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