The Reset Button on Trees!

My son is awesome, let's get that straight, but he is not known for picking up his stuff.  Probably he gets that from me.

Lately we have had lots of discussions about responsibility for the *stuff* that we always seem to be stepping on.  We threaten a new ultimatum every week, but nothing seems to change.  There are still Legos all over the dining room floor.  The world could be coming to an end because of all his stuff and it probably wouldn't change his behavior.  It is a rare parent who doesn't have to deal with this issue.  The instinct to walk away from one's own mess appears to run very deep.  And we, as parents, often conveniently forget that we are not entirely innocent, ourselves.

By now, you know where this blog post is going.  How about let's not go there.

My big, metaphorical, point is that we have an opportunity to make things better by helping to clean up our own messes.  We have a large pool of ready labor, eager and willing to plant trees.  People in deforested countries know that they helped create the mess -- and they have a huge motivation to help clean it up.  All they require is some training and a liveable wage, and they can begin to improve their own lives, and our world's environment.  But the longer they have to scrape by on unlivable wages, the more trees they will harvest and the more the earth will suffer for it. 

We, as buyers of international forest products, need to accept our own responsibility for this mess.  People in these countries will help pick up the mess, but we, as responsible parties, must also contribute to the effort.

The good news is that the reforestation movement is catching on, and our planting partners are at the forefront of these efforts.  Millions of trees have already been planted and millions more are coming soon.

And that's where you, and Plant22, come in.  With this ready overseas workforce, we can, literally, hit the environmental reset button in countries like Haiti, Ethiopia and Madagascar.  The work is already well established.  And Plant22 has been contributing to the effort -- despite having no revenue stream whatsoever!  But now you can start to help us, and profits from your support will go directly to fund these vast reforestation efforts.

I am in the development stages with a number of products which you will soon see here.  Please keep in touch and, in the meantime, consider supporting The Eden Projects with a donation toward their reforestation efforts.

-Karl
V.P. of Earthling Solutions
Plant22.com