This is the how Steve Jobs answered my email. At 9:35am on September 2, 2011, I forwarded an article entitled: Steve Jobs, World’s Greatest Philanthropist from the Harvard Business Review, to the WeForest founder, Bill Liao, with the question, “Do you know Steve Jobs? I’d LOVE to connect with him…” By 9:42am, there was not [...]
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How Steve Jobs Answered My Email
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Steve Jobs" "Bill Liao", Brazil, forest, trees, WeForest on October 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
WeForest Founder Bill Liao: A Long Journey to TED
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bill Liao, clouds, forest, global cooling, global warming, Huffington Post, TED, trees, WeForest on August 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bill Liao, Founder of WeForest, wants to plant 2 trillion trees by 2020, to halt global warming. He’s made the commitment not to fly again until that goal has been achieved. For a man with over 3 million frequent flyer miles across 5 different programs, that’s no small thing. This is a man who walks his talk. Literally.
The squeeze: Brazil cuts off credit to illegal loggers – AlertNet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amazon, Brazil, deforestation, forest on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With fines for illegal deforestation rarely paid, Brazil is using a novel approach to save the Amazon: block those who clear land illegally from accessing credit. And, refreshingly, the system seems to be working. By Daniel Cooney for http://blog.cifor.org/
#CALL4TREES – A Conversation about HOPE with Julia Butterfly Hill, Changents and We Forest team members about how YOU can help reverse global warming
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged #CALL4TREES, Awakening the Dreamer, Brazil, Changents, climate, conversation, Earth, ECObank, forest, global warming, hope, Julia Butterfly Hill, Pachamama, rainforest, Symposium, trees, WeForest on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Join us for a rare opportunity to have a conversation about HOPE with environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill. (You remember, the young woman who lived on a platform atop a 1,500 year old tree for 2 years to prevent it from being cut down.)
Julia will be joining me, along with the international team from WeForest, our friends at Changents, and hopefully, our field partners in Brazil.
Money Now Grows on Trees
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brazil, cloud, Earth, farmers, forest, permaculture, rainforest, trees on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve all been told that money doesn’t grow on trees. But is that really true? Maybe it depends upon how you define “money.” Webster defines it as …something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value… So on this Earth Day, 2011, what if we make the choice to value people who [...]
The State of the World Forests report by the UN for the International Year of Forests 2011
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged climate change, forest, global, international, rainforest, sustainable, united nations on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The year 2011 has been designated ‘The International Year of Forests’ by the United Nations General Assembly. This builds on momentum already generated in other international arenas, such as those related to climate change and biodiversity, to bring even greater attention to forests worldwide. Work is progressing rapidly on international forest issues and this edition [...]
