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Monthly Archives: February 2011


A Hard, Dry Moment During Rainy Season

While I do my best to be patient with the process of fundraising, it’s challenging when I know how many lives – both of trees and people – hang in the balance while doing it. In this case, 25,000 trees…

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Turn the Crisis Around. Now. Please.

More reinforcement for our position that reforestation is not only critical for the environment, but also for the people who do the work of growing and planting in their local areas. We are intent to make a positive impact for…

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We Replant a Rainforest – Want to Help?

Meet Dito, one of many Dito’s you’ll find in rural Brazil. An affectionate derivative of the name “Benedict,” it seems to acknowledge a simple connection with the Earth. At least, that’s the way I see it. My best friends in…

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Kids For Environmental & Social Action host Rainforest ECObank Benefit Concert

Have you ever felt down, depressed and hopeless over the dismal condition of our planet’s environment and many of her people? Well, we did too. So we founded a group (back in 2004) to do our part in helping to…

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The State of the World Forests report by the UN for the International Year of Forests 2011

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…

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International Year of Forests 2011

On Feb. 2, 2011 the UN declared this the International Year of Forests. Good idea, we agree! Now, let’s buy, give and plant the next 25,000 trees in Mata Atlantica… Amplify’d from http://www.un.org Celebrating Forests for People Forests cover 31%…

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Deforestation DOES increase flooding risks

Since Charles Darwin University found in 2007 that “a 10% increase in trees being cut down increased the risk of flooding up to 28%, should we be surprised that a forest that was 93% destroyed (the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil)…

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Defy. Commit. Share. NOW.

Why not… – defy despair with hope? – commit to healing this wounded Earth NOW. Not next year. NOW. – share our passion to change the pictures we see on front pages, to ones that actually make us wake up…

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Cancun Agreements strengthened REDD

My concern is how long it will take to get to implementation and results-based-payment-for-performance. We need to be in action, now. Amplify’d from http://www.rainforestpartnership.org One of the most positive outcomes of the COP 16 was the progress made on REDD+. …

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