In 2022, Viva Digital became Carbon Neutral , a truly important milestone that we were able to achieve through our monthly donations to support Mossy Earth , an association that promotes various initiatives aimed at countering the disastrous effects of climate change.
When we joined the Mossy Earth community, our first goal was to plant 48 trees every year, in order to offset all the direct CO2 emissions we produce with our daily work.
Our collaboration with Mossy Earth began in May 2022, and since then we have not only funded reforestation projects, planting 32 trees in eight months , but we have also supported ecosystem and biodiversity protection projects in Europe and the African country of Benin. During November, in particular, we chose to support two interesting rewilding initiatives based in Portugal.
Initiatives of rewilding in Portugal
The project, currently underway on one of the Portuguese islands of the Madeira archipelago, to protect four endangered snail species, had already attracted our attention in July, and we therefore decided to continue supporting it. In this initiative, Mossy Earth and its local partners are conducting a series of expeditions to various locations on the island to search for snails hidden among rocks and vegetation. Only through these surveys is it possible to accurately estimate the number of snails actually present on the island. Thanks to the photographs and the series available on the association's YouTube channel , we, the project's supporters, have had the opportunity to observe its progress and the results achieved so far.
That same November, we began supporting a new rewilding project in mainland Portugal: the restoration of the former mining area of the Côa Valley . The area boasts diverse aquatic environments that provide ideal habitats for numerous species of mammals, amphibians, insects, and birds. The project, which will continue until February 2023, aims to increase the resilience of these habitats to climate change so they can support a larger population of amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, arthropods, and breeding and wintering birds.
Why will we continue to support Mossy Earth?
Every month, Mossy Earth provides us with precise updates on the progress of the projects we are supporting. The transparency of this association has allowed us to understand that our monthly donations can really have a positive impact on our planet.
For this reason, we have decided to continue funding Mossy Earth 's initiatives in 2023. And over the next year, our goal will be to involve you, dear reader, in this association's wonderful community. We remind you that by using our link to sign up and start supporting the association, Mossy Earth will commit to planting 8 additional trees: 4 for your project and 4 for ours. By doing so, you will also be entitled to a free one-hour phone consultation with our founder Marco Scarsella.
Our New Year's resolution? Continue to support those who take care of our planet!
