The main seedball prototype has consisted of the seeds of indigenous trees of Kenya, but their success has opened new doors to expand into other plant species and other countries. Sylvain Picker, founder of Seed The Globe, found that the size of land that needs to be reforested globally is equal to the size of South America. To begin tackling the issue, Picker is currently encouraging small, local markets to produce and sell seedballs, which would potentially create new marketplaces in the economy as well as result in organic crops.

While every ecosystem is different, the concept of seedballs is versatile enough to work in any location. By using indigenous plants to each region, it’s easy, affordable, and effective to wrap the seeds in charcoal and nutrients for the goal of reforestation. Seedballs are also incredibly cost-efficient, with each seedball coming in at about 2 US cents. That’s a small price to pay for reforestation.

Now, we wait. Wait for the current seedballs to grow, and for more countries to start implementing them. With 27 soccer fields’ worth of forests being destroyed every minute, it’s never been more crucial to start thinking about reforestation processes and plans for the future. It only takes one great idea and the people who believe in it to make the change.