Trees For Our Children

Earth Hour is tomorrow!!

How can you be part of it? EASY! Between 8 to 9:00 PM in your local time zone, just turn off the lights and give Mother Earth a break!

Invite your friends and try making plans for how to spend that hour! Perhaps a glow in the dark Ultimate Frisbee game, romantic adventure or stargazing activity is the way to go!

It’s crazy how just a little contribution from so many caring people can really add up. One study I saw found that during Earth Hour, the decline in pollution would be like over 42,000 cars being taken off the road. What a difference!!

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—Tony Mantova

In case you havent heard, March 31st (Monday) is Earth Hour!  Where for one hour people are encouraged to turn off all of their energy consumption and give the planet a much needed break!  The staff at Trees For Our Children hope that all of our readers will embrace this opportunity to add a positive change to our planet!

Our staff will be taking part in Earth Hour next week!  We look forward to bringing you those stories and hope that you will add some of your own!

—Tony Mantova

Trees For Our Children is encouraging its readers to participate in Earth Hour on March 31st!

—Tony Mantova

Hello friends!

It was just a few short weeks ago that I was talking to Tony and we hit on this great idea — what if we offered people (all of you) the chance to stop global warming and leave a better world for our children? Would anyone take that chance?

We believed we could find people who would.

TreesForOurChildren.org is dedicated to working for a stronger and healthier planet, and therefore a brighter future for our children. We are accomplishing this through the planting of trees in cemeteries. Why cemeteries? Cemeteries are one of the safest places for a tree. Cemeteries won’t ever be paved over or developed, and the law requires that cemeteries maintain massive trust funds to care for and maintain the cemetery land. National forests can be sold, or opened up for logging or oil drilling (ANWR anyone?), cemeteries are forever.

As our site develops over the next few weeks take a minute to check back and see what’s happening. Soon we’ll offer to plant a tree just for you so you know you made a tangible difference in our world, and keeping you up-to-date with eco-news and tips for greening our planet.

—Heston Glenn

Hat Tip to EcoSpace…

Everyone gets sniffles here and there, which most of us take care of with disposable tissues. But these tissues are wasteful.

Let’s bring back the handkerchief!

Kleenex uses pulp from clear-cuts of ancient forests like the Canadian Boreal. The Boreal Forest is one of the largest intact forests left on earth. Activists have been raising awareness by placing notes in Kleenex boxes across the U.S. and Canada with the message: “Wiping away ancient forests”. Kleercut.net provides information about this campaign.

However, the Kleercut solution is to boycott Kleenex and use only “eco-certified” disposable tissue. I’d rather stop using any kind of tree to blow my nose, ancient or not. I made some of my own hankies by cutting up old clothes - but you don’t need to go to that extreme as hankies are available in many stores.

The other day I asked an elderly man on the bus if he uses a handkerchief. He sure did and even pulled it out for me to see. He explained the folding method: Using a big enough piece of cloth, you blow. Then you fold the cloth in half, so the next blow has a fresh piece of cloth. Keep folding over into smaller rectangles and squares after each blow, and then when the hankie is used up, put it with your dirty clothes to be washed. Then put a fresh handkerchief in your pocket!

There is also the plug-and-blow method, where you plug up one side of your nose and blow out onto the ground when nobody is looking! However, that is not always proper, especially in the middle of a busy street. So, in conclusion, hankies are the way to go!

—Tony Mantova

This is the official blog of “Trees For Our Children,” home of a loose network of environmental activists that are teaming up with cemetery owners to plant trees, grow forests and ultimately help reduce greenhouse gases and reforest North America!

We want to encourage everyone to contribute to the friendly and diverse discussion as we offer perspectives about the trees we plant and how they like their new habitat, talk about the need to raise awareness for the environment, and even what personal choices you can take to make your part of this planet just a little bit greener!

We ask you to respect other people’s opinions, speak your mind, and above all, have fun!

So please be patient as we work behind the scenes to set up our official website! We encourage everyone to enjoy our blog in the meantime! Right now we are making improvements and getting ready to sell trees for what is promising to be an exciting year!

—Tony Mantova