--- title: Arbor Day 2014: Pornhub Plants Trees For Every 100 Porn Videos Watched description: In honor of Arbor Day, Pornhub will plant a tree for every 100 videos watched canonical: https://time.com/79406/now-you-can-help-save-the-environment-by-watching-a-bunch-of-porn/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-28T19:30:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:11.606Z og:title: Pornhub Is Planting a Tree For Every 100 Videos Watched og:description: The adult website has viral marketing down pat og:url: https://time.com/79406/now-you-can-help-save-the-environment-by-watching-a-bunch-of-porn/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaeec26349fbfe2a8/69868cd6e53abae1884d2501/485576937.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4530 og:image:height: 2548 og:image:alt: 485576937 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pornhub Is Planting a Tree For Every 100 Videos Watched twitter:description: The adult website has viral marketing down pat twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaeec26349fbfe2a8/69868cd6e53abae1884d2501/485576937.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now You Can Help Save the Environment by Watching a Bunch of Porn > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 28, 2014 7:30 PM UTC  Early Morning sunrays Early Morning sunraysGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 28, 2014 7:30 PM UTC Finally, someone has figured out an answer to that age-old question: _How do I stream porn while also saving the Earth?_ PornHub [announced](http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/pornhub-arbor-day/) today that for every 100 video streams viewed in one specific category on the site, they’ll plant a tree in celebration of Arbor Day. The site is keeping a running tally of how many trees will be planted, and as of Monday afternoon, more than 11,000 had already been logged. Well, people on the Internet do love the environment. 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