Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Thirty
January 2nd’s Tip
Start the New Year Green: We can all start the New Year green, and it doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. In addition to the steps you can follow in your daily life to become more green, you can help our earth become more green with very little money.
With Mokugift, you can plant a tree to help fight deforestation for $1. The recently upgraded version of the site allows you to choose where your tree will be planted.
Mokugift is proud to partner with two award-winning, tree-planting organizations to plant trees in twelve countries fighting deforestation and poverty: Trees For The Future (TFTF) and Sustainable Harvest International(SHI). TFTF and SHI work in communities that have seen chemical-based farming deplete their soil and poison their water sources. In some cases, their land has been effect by local mining operations that have clear-cut the forest and polluted the water table.
TFTF and SHI educate local communities about planting techniques that enrich the land and empower them to overcome poverty. As each participating family proudly graduates from these programs with healthy farming knowledge and enriched lifestyles, they inspire other families to adopt the same techniques.
Trees can be displayed on Facebook, Myspace, and other popular sites to help show others and promote the program. Planting a tree is a great way to start off the new year, and would make a good gift for someone to help them start greening their lifestyle this year.
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