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"Ernie Hasler began working for the Ministry of Defense at Royal Ordnance in Bishopton, Scotland, when he was sixteen. From his beginnings as an apprentice engineer, he retired fifty-one years later as a health and safety advisor. He was the first advisor in Scotland to earn the NEBOSH diploma in environmental management. For years, Hasler funded the Plant Tree Save Planet charity, mainly with support from his two sisters, although his work colleagues also gave donations on his birthday. The financial donations helped women in poor nations start their own tree nurseries. The charity closed when age and poor health prevented him from properly vetting recipients. He continues funding tree planting through Trees for the Future. For example, in 2016, he funded the planting of 20,400 seedlings through Trees for the Future and continues to do so. His aim is to fund the planting of 100,000 trees. Hasler has been a voluntary trustee with Emmaus Glasgow for two decades, helping the organization transform from a concept into a thriving community of twenty-seven previously homeless people. Emmaus Glasgow now match Hasler?s giving to Trees for the Future. Hasler steering friends boat past the lair of the nuclear monsters on the River Clyde."