Tree-Nation will plant 8 million trees in Africa in the shape of a huge heart to fight Global Warming and Poverty. It will create the park in Niger which is one of the poorest countries in the world, and one that suffers the most from climate change and desertification. http://www.tree-nation.com
It has recently become affiliated with the United Nations Environment Program in support of each others projects. http://www.unep.org/billiontreecampaign/CampaignNews/21Dec-treenation.asp
It has built a great new kind of website that creates a community through a new mapping tool. Inspired by Google maps, Tree-Nation leaders have built their own special version to be able to plant 8 million trees, all with blogs and profiles. http://tree-nation.com/community_map.php
So via the Tree-Nation website you can buy trees for yourself or offer and send one to someone you love, and people are doing this for Weddings, Valentines, new born babies, birthdays, to advertise a business, or simply to share some thoughts. You can plant a tree on a virtual map and a real tree will be planted in the same place in the real world. The virtual trees all have Tree-Blogs and Profiles so that you can keep in touch with the recipient and interact with others who have bought trees via our community. You can share ideas, photos, messages, make contacts and debate on environmental issues.
Check out the Tree-Nation website for more.
1 comment
March 4th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Frank Zaski
Good places to plant more trees are the medians in our highways. Most medians are totally bare except for weeds. The benefits of foresting the medians could be substantial – CO2 sequestering, beautification, traffic calming and even improved safety.
Tree funding can come from the State, grants and corporations and many volunteers may be available to plant trees from corporations, service organizations, church and environmental groups. (State approved training and safety supervision would be needed.) Groups could adopt a section for planting and be recognized just as they do for highway cleanup.
The few places where there are forested medians are a welcomed site – and aren’t beautiful highways good for all of us?