Spend a few moments speaking with Gisele Bündchen about sustainability and it becomes clear her passion and commitment to caring for the planet runs deep. The supermodel’s environmental credentials speak for themselves—in 2020, she launched the Viva a Vida initiative that raised enough funds to plant 260,000 trees in the Amazon Rainforest, and in the same year, celebrated her 40th birthday by planting 40,000 trees. Bündchen is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme and was an Executive Producer on the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground about regenerative agriculture.
A fashion icon without doubt. But one gets the sense that her environmental advocacy, and her connection to nature, is a cause closer to her heart. Having grown up with her five sisters in a small
