Help Plant a Billion Trees with CaraGreen
Join CaraGreen and participate in the Nature Conservancy’s Plant A Billion Trees program in 2010. CaraGreen’s goal is to plant 1,000 trees to help their effort to save the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
This forest is one of the world’s most endangered tropical forests, with only 7% of its original area remaining. Coastal development, urban expansion, agriculture, exotic plantations, ranching, and illegal logging have all contributed to the degradation of this once vast and lush landscape.
Tropical forests are the lungs of the earth, storing enormous amounts of carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen in a never-ending cycle of life. The Atlantic Forest helps regulate the atmosphere and stabilize global climate. And, forests support 1 billion people on earth - their livelihoods, water supplies, energy and cultures. Plus, the Atlantic Forest is home to 23 species of primates, 1,000 species of birds, and over 20,000 species of plants, many of which are found nowhere else on earth.
The Conservancy is working to restore 2.5 million acres of land and planting 1 billion trees over the next 7 years. This reforestation effort will remove 10 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, which is comparable to taking 2 million cars off the road. The ecological and economical effects of the Plant A Billion Trees campaign will be felt locally and globally.
At just $1 a tree, there’s never been a conservation project of this scale that's been so within the world's reach. To get the campaign started, CaraGreen is planting 400 trees in honor of our best customers in 2009. We hope you’ll join in to help ensure even more lasting results for the earth’s last great places. Just click the image to get started!
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