1. Ant Forest (蚂蚁森林) is an initiative launched by Alipay, a third-party digital mobile and online payment platform in China.
2. It encourages users to adopt sustainable lifestyles and reduce their carbon footprint through everyday activities such as taking public transportation or reducing plastic waste.
3. Users can accumulate "green energy" points by completing these activities, which can then be used to plant virtual trees in the Ant Forest.
4. Once a tree has grown to full size in the virtual forest, it can be "harvested" and converted into a real tree planted by one of Alipay's partner organizations.
5. To date, Ant Forest has planted over 100 million real trees in areas affected by deforestation and desertification in China.
6. The 142g figure likely refers to the amount of carbon dioxide that has been mitigated by the planting of these real trees, which will have absorbed this amount of carbon over their lifetime.
7. In addition to the environmental benefits, participating in Ant Forest also provides users with a sense of social responsibility and the opportunity to contribute to a wider cause.
