www.startingsustainability.com Special guest interview with entrepreneur, Wendy Burton. Wendy is the founder of World Tree, a company offering investors the opportunity to invest directly in a truly remarkable and sustainable eco-timber, Paulownia.Wendy started World Tree selling individual Paulownia trees from her garage in Arizona. The company now has 2,600 acres under management across 150 farms in 5 countries and is planting 3,500 more acres this year. World Tree also just became the first, female-founded company in history to raise over $2M in equity financing through the equity crowdfunding platform, Wefunder.You might wonder why people are getting so excited about Paulownia?Paulownia hails from China and is little known in the west. It is the world's fastest growing hardwood, is harvestable after 8-12 years and regrows from the stump up to 7 times. It is a truly, renewable resource.While growing, the tree's huge leaves absorb more carbon than any other tree. One acre of Paulownia trees can draw down up to 90 metric tons of carbon a year. That is as much carbon as the average American family of 4 produces in a year.Listen in and learn about this nature-based solution to climate change and a valuable, renewable timber resource, Paulownia offers a win/win situation for investors looking to make an impact with their investment.Show notes: www.startingsustainability.com/episode44World Tree: www.worldtree.info