Sustainability
ARA | NAR to plant 1.5 million trees
January 31, 2024
NAR Partnership with the National Forest Foundation
NAR partnered with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) on a large-scale initiative with the commitment of planting one tree per member, totaling 1.575 million trees planted on behalf of the association.
Tree Planting Approach
Trees will be planted using a need-based approach to repopulate areas affected by events such as wildfires, drought, and deforestation. This initiative facilitates social goodwill with NAR’s REALTOR® brand.
Bringing the benefits of trees to communities and areas nationwide supports NAR’s sustainability efforts and aligns with its sustainability and resilience plan to demonstrate leadership on this issue.
Impact of the Tree-Planting Campaign
More than a tree-planting campaign, it’s a commitment to restoring U.S. public lands that provide so much to all of us—clean drinking water, fresh air, a future for our children, and places to play.
Tree Planting By the Numbers
Planting 1.575M trees reduces 750,000 metric tons of carbon in the atmosphere. This is equivalent to the annual electricity use of 145,931 homes, or 161,602 gas-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year, or over 91 billion smartphones charged.
Getting REALTOR® Associations Involved
The tree-planting commitment from NAR can provide a template for environmental actions and related events from state and local REALTOR® associations. Events can be funded by sustainability grant money from NAR and can help raise sustainability awareness among members about how their markets are impacted.
About the ARA Market Brief
The Atlanta REALTORS® (ARA Market Brief is compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) and provides the only regionally focused synopsis of monthly sales and home prices for single-family residential properties. The Market Brief covers the following 11 counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding, and Rockdale.
The data in this report was compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS). For more information on details of this month's report, please contact the Association at 404.250.0051.
*Each month, the numbers reported for the previous month are updated to reflect additional recordings.
About the Atlanta REALTORS® Association
The Atlanta REALTORS® Association (ARA) has been an instrumental factor in the growth of real estate in the state of Georgia for more than a century. With over 14,000 members, Atlanta is the largest association in Georgia and is considered to be one of the strongest and most successful REALTOR® organizations in the nation. ARA serves as a central source of information for its members, mainly focusing on real estate education, the promotion of professionalism in the industry, and representing REALTORS® members with legislative initiatives to create positive change for the real estate community.
About First Multiple Listing Service
First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) is the premier data services provider for real estate professionals in Georgia. FMLS was founded in 1957 by a group of Brokers who wanted to share their listings and connect buyers and sellers. Today FMLS is the largest MLS in Georgia & the 4th largest MLS in the United States, serving nearly 54,000 real estate Agents & Brokers. For additional information or to start a discussion about how to partner with FMLS please contact join@fmls.com.