Georgette Kilgore

Holding degrees in business administration and computer science, Georgette has spent the last decade as a freelance writer and editor. When asked to join the 8 Billion Trees team, she was thrilled to find a place where her passionate love of nature and desire to conserve our national and global resources could flourish. She currently resides near a National Park with her husband and daughter, and is an avid hiker and fitness enthusiast, while also enjoying home gardening, crocheting, and baking.

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15 Most Dangerous Trees in the World With Pics (Florida Ranks Top)

Woman with large bills approaching a green companies to invest in booth with trees behind it to buy carbon credit stock investments.

Green Companies to Invest In (Not What You Think): 2022 Stats

Man scratching his head while looking a factory that is sending carbon emissions to a concrete plant and growing trees wondering how carbon capture technology stocks work for investment and the planet.

Carbon Capture Technology Stocks vs Carbon Offset Stocks (Stats)

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Carbon Credit Price Chart: Live Updates (2022 Carbon Stock Chart)

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How to Invest in Carbon Credits: Avoid Major Scandal of 2022 CCS

Woman excited by carbon credit stock price chart behind her showing carbon credit price predictions rising and money floating around her.

Carbon Credit Stocks vs Carbon Capture Stocks (Don’t Fall for It)

Man planting a tree to create forest carbon offsets with money symbol in the sky behind him and a co2 symbol with an arrow pointing down beside it.

Forest Carbon Offsets: Reforestation Carbon Credits, Tree Planting

Man examining growth at the base of a tree to represent moss carbon credit analysis and price prediction models.

Moss Carbon Credit Analysis (Price Prediction for 2022 and 2023)

Hazelnut tree close up image of the green hazelwood tree flower and hazelwood tree leaves in an oval frame around a green background.

Hazelnut Tree: American vs Turkish (Full Grown), Growing Zone

Desert Willow tree image showing the sun and a distant sky during winter when willow tree leaves have dropped, framed in a green oval.

Desert Willow Tree: Arizona vs Texas (Problems & Winter Issues)

What does sustainably sourced mean a woman sitting on a globe wonders while looking at a recycle, dollar, Carbon emissions, plant, and no chemical symbol.

What Does Sustainably Sourced Mean? (The Surprising Real Answer)

Maple tree leaves in the fall turning bright reddish orange placed in an oval frame with a green border.

Maple Tree Guide: 14 Species, Types, Colors, Identification, Diseases

Man standing on a cliff with his hand raised to shade his eyes as he peers at the moss carbon credit price prediction for a MOS2 token price prediction model hovering over the empty space.

Moss Carbon Credit Price Prediction: Good & Bad News (2022 Stats)

Lady in a business suit looks proud while studying at a carbon credit ETF chart that shows investment capital rising off the charts thanks to investments in clean energy and trees.

Carbon Credit ETFs: Highest Yield Carbon Stocks (Updated 2022)

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Cottonwood Tree Leaf: How to Spot a Cottonwood (All 4 Types) & Eat Them

Man hunkering down next to a Christmas Tree with a tree saw in one hand while he studies the trunk and prepares to cut your own Christmas tree so it stays fresh and green longer.

How to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree (So It Lasts Longer & Stays Green)

Couple standing to the left holding a hand saw with a question mark above their heads looking at a tree that is growing through the foundation of their home on the right wonders how to kill a tree without cutting it down.

How to Kill a Tree Without Cutting It Down (Fast and Easy Trick)

Woman scratching her head looks at pesticide, fish, trees, and farmland and wonders which of the following is not a goal of sustainable agriculture?

Which of the Following Is Not a Goal of Sustainable Agriculture? (Answer)

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Why is Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Important? (Full Answer)

Woman on the right places a tree on a scale balanced with CO2 to see how many trees to offset 1 ton of CO2.

How Many Trees to Offset 1 Ton of CO2 (& Why It Doesn’t Matter)

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Pink Magnolia Tree: Why This Tree Should Be In Every Garden

Southern Magnolia Tree centered in a field with two other magnolia trees nearby with proper mulching around the base.

Southern Magnolia Tree: When to Plant & Prune Full Grown (Tree Care)

Close up image of a Mulberry Tree branch, with dark red mulberry tree fruit, deep green serrated edge mulberry tree leaves and blue sky behind in an oval frame.

Mulberry Tree Guide: Leaves, How to Buy, Locations (11 Surprising Facts)

Close up image of a sycamore tree trunk with spottled sycamore tree bark and bright green sycamore tree leaves framed in an green oval.

Sycamore Trees: Ultimate Guide (6 Types, Seeds, Leaves, Identification)

Willow Tree framed in an oval, showing dark grey Willow tree bark and towering weeping willow branches with light filtering though the large willow branches.

Willow Tree Guide: All 19 Species & How Its Bark Changed Science

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70 Environmental Facts in 2022 (Vegan, Science, Scary Facts, Positive Facts)

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Cherry Tree Guide: 12 Colors, Species, How to Plant (Best Way to Buy)

Woman on the left holds up her hands in confusion, while man on the right also holds up his hands in confusion while looking across a field of stumps of Christmas Trees wondering how many Christmas trees are cut down each year.

How Many Christmas Trees Are Cut Down Each Year? (New Stats)

Basswood tree branch with basswood seed drupes hanging down from the underside of green heart shaped leaves, situated in an oval frame.

Basswood Trees Guide: Identifying Using This 1 Odd Leaf Feature

Close up image of summer chocolate mimosa tree blossoms centered in a green oval frame to highlight the difference with pink Mimosa tree flowers.

Summer Chocolate Mimosa Tree: 5 Odd Differences vs Pink Mimosa Tree

Woman sticking her head out of her house window looks at her HVAC unit that has a giant black footprint marked as CO2 emitted from it and wonders how to reduce the carbon footprint of your air conditioner to reduce AC carbon emissions.

How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Air Conditioner by 100%

Sweet Bay Magnolia tree showing delicate white blooms on branches that have not produced green magnolia tree leaves yet, centered in an oval frame.

Sweet Bay Magnolia Tree: What They Don’t Tell You at the Nursery

Woman looks at map of the United States with a question mark and trees over it with her hands in her pockets and wonders how many trees are in the United Stats right now and is there more trees in the US now than there were 100 years ago?

How Many Trees Are in the United States? 6 Shocking Stats

How to Trim a Bonsai Tree (Foolproof Bonsai Trimming Method)

Woman touching a Magnolia Tree blossom and explaining magnolia tree care to a man kneeling on the other side of the trees, watering the base of the trunk.

Magnolia Tree Care: Southern vs Little Gem vs Japanese vs Tulip (Guide)

Woman explains how to care for a bonsai tree while kneeling next to a tiny Bonsai tree planted in a terracotta bowl while a man looks interested with his hand on his chin looking at the plant, standing in front of a watering can.

How to Care for a Bonsai Tree: Full Guide (5 Steps That Work Every Time)

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Oak Tree Guide: 7 Types, Colors, Leaves, Identification (How to Buy, Plant)

Woman looks a tree holding up a calculator while a man with his hand on his chin contemplates a calendar flipping pages in years while both try to determine how to tell how old a tree is.

How to Tell How Old a Tree Is (Trick Works Every Time on All Tree Types)

White Dogwood tree against a pale blue sky centered in an oval green frame.

5 Dogwood Trees: Guide to Every Color, How to Plant, Where to Buy

Man dressed for snowy weather on the right holding a clipboard writes down a number while a woman with her hand on her chin on the left of a evergreen tree and wonders how many Christmas trees per acre can be planted.

How Many Christmas Trees Per Acre? Find The Real Number (Not Guess)

Woman stands on the right with her chin in her hands looking at a house and an equal sign that has a number of trees running off the left side, wondering how many trees doe it take to build a house?

How Many Trees Does it Take to Build a House? (Every Home Type)

Man points to various palm trees on the left awhile a woman standing next to him catalogs on a clipboard how many types of palm trees are there.

How Many Types of Palm Trees Are There? (Different Pictures for Each)

Couple stands next to seedling trees in burlap sacks looking toward a calendar that is flipping through the years on pages and with hands on hips wonder how many trees are planted each year?

How Many Trees Are Planted Each Year? Full List By Country, Type, Year

Cherry blossom tree in the center of a green oval boarder with delicate pink cherry blossoms and branches against a light blue sky.

8 Cherry Blossom Tree Tips to Know Before You Plant or Buy (Full Guide)

Woman on the left with her hand on her chin ponders a giant globe on the right that is populated by trees on the land mass and wonders just how many trees are in the world.

How Many Trees Are in the World? By Country, Type, Year (Updated 2022)

Woman standing on the left with her hand on her chin and looking at a large summer time tree wonders how many pieces of paper in a tree, and on the right of the tree an equal sign and then pieces of paper stacked over and over till they continue off the graphic.

How Many Pieces of Paper in a Tree (The Real Scientific Answer)

A man wearing a scientist’s lab coat holds up a measuring stick to a dark cloud of co2 gas that has an arrow pointing to a leafy green tree in a field to measure how much carbon does a tree capture.

How Much Carbon Does a Tree Capture (24 Species + Calculator)

A woman standing on a beach with her finger on her chin and a question mark above her head looks at air freight vs sea freight carbon footprint hovering between a plane and a ship trying to measure the carbon emissions of transport.

Air Freight vs Sea Freight Carbon Footprint (The Real Numbers in 2022)

Banyan tree branches in large, wdie canpoy with banyan tree bark and banyan tree leaves.

Banyan Tree: Full Guide (And 1 Thing You Never Expected…It Moves)

Magnolia tree close up image surrounded by green with pink magnolia flowers clustered among magnolia tree banches and blue sky.

11 Magnolia Trees: Guide to Every Type (Colors, Sizes, Locations, Seeds)

Woman wearing black business suit with finger in her chin looks at a carbon capture stock chart that is fluctuating up and down with various colors and bars while a black footprint emerges from behind the chart.

Carbon Capture Stocks: Guide to 2022 Carbon Markets (CCS Investments)

Woman holding a phone and looking at a laptop with a confused look on her face with dark green footprint shapes situated around her head that have inbox mail icons on them illustrating an email carbon footprint.

Email Carbon Footprint vs. Paper Letter by Mail (And the True Price of SPAM)

Meat caron footprint shown with two people eating steaks outdoors, with drak brown footprints rising form the plates of meat, and both people wondering what is the carbon footprint of eating meat?

18 Meat Carbon Footprint Facts: The Emissions of Every Meat Type

Plastic carbon footprint demonstrated as two people walking along a trail drink from one-time use plastic water bottles and a plastic footprint shape spews from the bottles showing types of plastic that create a carbon footprint.

2022 Plastic Carbon Footprint: Official Emissions Numbers + Calculator

Carbon offset shipping emissions explained while two people carry a large box to the back of a truck that is spewing a sipping carbon footprint.

Carbon Offset Shipping: Calculate Your Shipping Carbon Footprint (Or Offset Directly)

Prius carbon footprint as a giant black foot coming from the tailpipe of a 2022 Toyota Prius as a man looks back and wonders about the carbon footprint of the Toyota Prius.

2022 Prius Carbon Footprint: Shocking Fact About Toyota Emissions

Close up of a deep green cypress tree branch and cypress tree leaf and needles surrounded by a green oval frame.

Cypress Tree Guide: 14 Species, Facts, Bald (Surprising Symbolism)

Carbon footprint, solar manufacturing demonstrated by a woman looking at a scale with the carbon footprint of solar manufacturing weighed on the balance.

Carbon Footprint: Solar Panel Manufacturing In 1 Simple Explanation

Woman confused by BP carbon footprint calculator on the right with a thumbs up sign while looking at a home with solar panels on the roof after calculating carbon footprint.

Why BP Carbon Footprint Calculator Is Misleading Your Eco Footprint

Carbon footprint calculation pondered by man looking at his foot while a scientist on the right points to ca carbon footprint calculator and footprint measurements.

Carbon Footprint Calculation Explained in 7 Simple Steps (Try This Now)

Unbalanced scale showing verified carbon offsets on one side vs carbon removal projects on the other, which have a bigger impact.

The Problem with Verified Carbon Offsets In 2022 vs Carbon Removal Projects

Carbon Footprint of Electric Cars vs Gasoline (The Truth No One Admits)

Woman looking at a house wondering how much do solar panels cost for a 1500 square foot home, while the house in the background has solar panels on the roof.

How Much Do Solar Panels Cost In Your State? (Hidden Fees, Tax Credits)

Man on the branch of a green tree, looking at his foot, wondering what is an ecological footprint?

What is an Ecological Footprint? (Don’t Make This #1 Common Mistake)

Two people in work clothes, with saplings, looking at a feild of dirt and wondering how many trees to plant, and thinking that they need a carbon offset tree planting calculator.

Carbon Offset Tree Planting Calculator: Find How Many Trees to Plant

Two scientists measuring the emissions from an electric vehicle using a giant carbon emissions calculator in the right.

Carbon Emissions Calculator: Includes a Free Report With Carbon Offsets

Business man standing in front of a fake store front selling carbon offsets purchase to another man, while behind the façade, a factory belches emissions.

Carbon Offsets Purchase: Don’t Buy Until You Know the “Removal Rule”

Two scientists using a balance to measure the carbon emissions of a truck with the carbon offsetting power of a tree, connected to a carbon offset calculator.

Carbon Offset Calculator: Find the Exact Emissions to Offset ANYTHING

How to Calculate Ecological Footprint in 2 Easy Steps (Find Your Now)

Business lady standing proudly in front of a glass office building with a business carbon footprint calculator on the left, showing net zero emissions.

Business Carbon Footprint Calculator: Find Your Company’s Eco Footprint

Woman standing in front of a carbon credit sales desk with a man sitting, explaining how to buy carbon credits.

How to Buy Carbon Credits in 3 Easy Steps (Guide to Buy Carbon Offsets)

Woman walking on top of a globe, wondering "what is a carbon footprint?"

What is a Carbon Footprint Explained in 60 Seconds with Images

Man looking at the sole of his foot as little puffs of co2 emissions come from it with an individual carbon footprint calculator on the right, in the shape of a footprint.

Individual Carbon Footprint Calculator: Your Eco Footprint in 60 Seconds

Student in front of a computer with teacher pointing to carbon footprint calculator for students.

Carbon Footprint Calculator for Students: Free for Students and Teachers

8 Billion Trees Business Partner: Aquila Nidum Limited

Two people standing next to a tree pod looking a giant book on organic burial pods guide.

2022 Organic Burial Pods: Full Guide (Costs, Laws, Tree Burial, & More)

Five varieties of tree pod burial examples showing the pods in the ground beneath.

Tree Pod Burial: How It Works in 2022 (Costs, Locations, & More)

Happy baby laying in crib wearing sustainable baby clothing.

2022 Guide to Ethical Baby Clothes: 5 Sustainable Baby Clothing Brands

Two ladies wearing sustainable dresses with forest in the background.

8 Sustainable Dresses & Eco-friendly Dresses (2022 Fashion Guide)

Slow fashion brands decorated with leafy prints and green styles.

6 Slow Fashion Brands Taking Over (Affordable Non-Fast Fashion)

Woman putting on sustainable jewellery earrings, wearing ethical bracelets and necklace.

2022 Sustainable Jewellery Guide: 7 Ethical Jewelry Brands Reviewed In-Depth

A pleased looking woman holding up a bra on a hanger that is printed with green leaves and another man holding up boxer shorts printed with green leaves thinking about ethical underwear and sustainable bras that are fully organic.

2022 Ethical Underwear & Sustainable Bras & Lingerie (Fully Organic)

Man standing at a bathroom sink utting zero waste toothpaste on his toothbrush.

Zero Waste Toothpaste: 6 Sustainable and Eco-friendly Toothpaste Options

Drawing of an underground tunnel in a worm farm, with a worm wearing a farmer's hat and bandana.

Ultimate Guide to Worm Farming: How to Start (Full Details)

Tropical indoor plants in pots, with a brass can mister in the center with mist for plants surrounding them all.

Mist for Plants: The 1 Step 95% of People Forget When Misting Indoors

Self-watering planter using irrgation method.

Self-Watering Planters That Use 1 Secret Irrigation Method Rarely Understood

Garbage bags under an apple tree contered in a feild, on the left, green compostable trash bags and healthy meadows, on the right, brown non-biodegradable trash bags with waste areas behind.

5 Compostable Trash Bags And When They Don’t Actually Biodegrade

People perfoming poses on the best eco-friendly yoga mats that are actually comfortable.

The 13 Best Eco-friendly Yoga Mats That Are Actually Comfortable (2022)

Graphic depiction of woman's head using the best natural shampoo and conditioner.

17 Best Natural Shampoo and Conditioner That Is Actually Affordable in 2022

Two people using sustainable backpacks in 2021.

11 Best Recycled, Sustainable Backpacks of 2022

Graphic of four fashionable sustainable swimwear suits with eco-friendly prints.

12 Sustainable Swimwear Brands That Are Actually Fashionable (Ethical, Eco-Friendly)

8 Billion Trees Business Partner: Neurological Specialists (NSPC)

Organic mattresses are certified to reduce the ecological impact on the planet, using renewable resources harvested sustainably.

7 Organic Mattresses That Rival Avocado Green In 2022 (Natural & 100% Organic)

A capsule wardrobe has key pieces of neutral tones to make mixing and matchig outfits easy.

Capsule Wardrobe: Ultimate Guide to Build Your Capsule Closet in 2022 (Examples)

Green building and consruction credits can lower the impact of any structure without having to be certified by LEED

Green Construction Credits Now Replacing the 9 Steps of Green Building

Graphic showing laundry detergent bubbles flowing into a washing machine with a laundry footprint calculator on the right.

Zero Waste Laundry Detergent (and Calculator to Find Your Household Laundry Emissions!)

An 8 Billion Trees graphic illustrating trees and a stream, with statistics showing the power of forestry carbon offsets, including 31.6 tons of CO2e removed from the atmosphere.

Which Type of Forestry Carbon Offset is Best? Learn the Types of Credits Available

Man kneeling outdoors along a trail, lathering his hands with biodegradable soap without water producing eco-friendly soap bubbles, with a backpack and camping gear behind him.

12 Top Biodegradable Soaps of 2022 That Are Eco-Friendly (Using The 200 Feet Rule)

8 Billion Trees graphic image of a brown two story building with a banner hanging from the middle reading Green Construction Certification, for sustainable construction.

Sustainable Architecture: Living Buildings with Carbon Offsets

Organic bamboo washcloths with green bubbles and trees printed on it being lathered by hands, demonstrating trees planted by using them.

Organic Bamboo Washcloths that Plant Trees While You Wash

Green buildings, like this 8 Billion Trees graphic, are being built with trees and other living plants as part of the structure.

How LEED Is Being Replaced by Carbon Neutral Green Building Certifications

An 8 Billion Trees graphic titled, 'Activated Charcoal Facts,' listing skin care, poison prevention, and teeth whitening, along with illustrations for each.

The Secret Natural Ingredients of Activated Charcoal Tooth Powder Revealed

An 8 Billion Trees graphic titled 'Eco-Benefits of Wool Dryer Balls' and listing energy saving, baby safe, reusable, hypoallergenic, reduces drying times, and removes static cling naturally as the benefits, with an illustration of a wool dryer ball.

Wool Dryer Balls: Cruelty Free or an Eco Disaster? It Depends.

An 8 Billion Trees branded graphic with the title, "7 reasons canvas bags are better than plastic bags" and listing "eco-friendly, protects wildlife, recyclable, stronger, more durable, carbon neutral, sustainable, and healthier" as the reasons.

The Canvas Grocery Bag That Saves Animals (Reviewing Top 8 Reusable Shopping Bags)

Dogwoods blooming in early spring in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.

39 Tree Quotes to Make You Question Climate Change

How Many Trees Cut Down Each Year or in 2022? The Deforestation Crisis Explained

Kids Carbon Footprint Quizzes: Learn About Climate Change the Fun Way!

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