Plant-for-the-Planet is an organisation that aims to raise awareness among children and adults about the issues of climate change and global justice.

The Initiative also works to plant trees and considers this to be both a practical and symbolic action in efforts to reduce the effect of climate change.

It was when Finkbeiner's teacher set the assignment to prepare a school report about the issue of climate change, that was first inspired.

While conducting his research he came across the story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Kenya who had worked to plant over 30 million trees across Africa as part of her "Green Belt Movement".

At the end of Felix's presentation, he shared the idea that the children of the world could plant 1 million trees in every country on Earth.

In August 2009, Finkbeiner spoke at the UNEP Tunza Children and Youth Conference in Daejeon, South Korea.

In addition to the young people, one adult also serves on the board, in a position called the "Planet-for-the-Planet Secretariat".

[12] The Change Chocolate, also known as "Die Gute Schokolade" in Germany, is a fair trade, carbon-neutral product initiated by the Plant-for-the-Planet movement.

The children of Plant-for-the-Planet do have support from adults: Klaus Töpfer, a former executive director of UNEP and environmental politics expert, is a patron of the organisation.

The AVINA Foundation, the Club of Rome and the Global Marshall Plan all offer administrative support to the organisation.

The function of the foundation is to facilitate cooperation with partners in order to coordinate and support the work and activities of the children.

[18][19] Many prominent people have appeared in the "Stop Talking, Start Planting" poster campaign, including politician Mary Robinson, actor Harrison Ford and Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

[22] Felix Finkbeiner explained the criticism on the same day in an open letter as a "complete distortion" that would misrepresent facts and work with assumptions and insinuations.

Up until 2018 tree planting activities were certified by the Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR), the sub-authority of the Mexican Ministry of Environment.

[26] The accusation is also made that the organizational structure of the Mexican subsidiary association, to which the donations from Germany are transferred, is "not compatible with German laws".

The foundation has announced that they have convened an independent group of reforestation experts to review and monitor the work in the planting site and that auditors from PKF would examine the financial records.