Populus hotel introduces One Night, One Tree program
265-room hotel opening in Downtown Denver reveals innovative sustainability initiatives, including planting a tree with every night’s stay, regenerative agriculture and ranching practices, 100 percent renewable electricity, and zero-waste restaurants.
Populus, the country’s first carbon positive hotel, is proud to introduce its One Night, One Tree program. Coinciding with the opening of the hotel in Denver on September 18 and in partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF), Populus will plant one tree for every night’s stay, representing up to 20,000 newly planted trees in 2024.
One Night, One Tree is a part of the hotel’s overarching approach to sustainability; other efforts to offset its operational carbon footprint include collaborations with local farms to promote regenerative practices, committing to 100 percent renewable electricity, and turning all food waste into compost to be returned to local farmers.
Populus’ trees will be planted in two Colorado regions: the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, which focus on forest health improvement in response to a spruce beetle epidemic and aspen decline; and the White River National Forest, which focuses on disturbance recovery from the 2018 Lake Christine Fire and is positioned at the top of Basalt Mountain.