Growing trees, growing leaders!
TIST is an innovative time-tested forestation program led by the participants.
TIST Farmers are Leaders
More than 170,000 TIST Farmers in 4 countries respond effectively to global climate challenges by planting millions of trees since 1999.
Small Groups
rotate leadership to
create leaders.
TIST's scalable growth is accomplished by Small Groups with rotating leadership among all members.
TIST Farmers improve their lives and create high-value carbon credits.
TIST Program offers industry-leading, award winning carbon credits and offsets.
Our carbon contract
creates opportunity
for everyone.
TIST Farmers even without land title can receive benefits from trees they plant and keep alive.
Our information is
your information.
Every tree grove for every TIST Small Group is audited regularly, and the location of the groves and details are published openly online.
10,000,000+ metric tons of CO2 sequestered!
TIST Farmers keep over 23,000,000 trees alive in India, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. And counting!
A measurable difference.
TIST Farmers are successfully counteracting the devastating effects of deforestation, erosion, famine, droughts and floods through an innovative solution: planting millions of trees.
We believe results should be transparent.
TIST tree quantification data is always available freely online:
TIST Values
Our unique values are crucial to the program's success:
A century ago this
was dense forest.
TIST Farmers counteract the devastating effects of deforestation, erosion, famine, droughts and floods by planting millions of trees.
Planting trees makes a difference.
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TIST Farmers are making a difference!
TIST Benefits & United Nations SDGs
TIST impacts all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals!
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TIST Participants Learn from Each Other
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Learn More about TIST Farmers
Farmers are the heart and soul of TIST!
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TIST Coordinators
TIST Access for Coordinators
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TIST In-Country Newsletters
Multilingual newsletters written and published in-country by local leadership:
