Fortnite Creator is Buying Entire Forests to Prevent Them From Being Chopped Down
Tim Sweeney -- creator of fortnite:
"In the 1990’s, he founded Epic Games, a video and 3-D software company, that produced various popular games, including Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, and Fortnite. Tim soon became a billionaire, but this made him a bigger philanthropist, who tried his best to protect the beautiful western Carolina mountains.
"In the last decade, he spent millions of dollars to support conservation projects in North Carolina, in order to save its forest. He bought 40,000 acres of land, and donated money to various conservation parcel projects, like an expansion of 1,500 acres to Mount Mitchell State Park.
"In November 2016, he donated $15 million for a conservation project in order to protect 7,000 acres of the Box Creek Wilderness. This forest is located in the historic foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
"Being untouched, a large corporation wanted to carve up the land and use it to run power lines to other places. Additionally, Sweeney protected hundreds of endangered animal and plant species in the area by protecting it."
https://www.healthyfoodhouse.com/fortnite-creator-is-buying-entire-forests-to-prevent-them-from-being-chopped-down/?fbclid=IwAR3q0heMForMApvf8y8N8tGUYKUedOEmoJP6YohKfOjH6kC5W1i1qO6RkfU
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A BIG K&R
Cross posted to get this more attention.
We need more rich folks taking these steps.
i saw this subject in my posts notice & was like wth is this--not recognizing it from anything i've posted lately. then i saw the date and was like "oh, i remember this article." i thought it was pretty cool--i remember talking about it to some students of mine. thanks for finding it and cross posting.
