Praise from “The Articulate” online journal!
The staff at Trees For Our Children would like to thank The Articulate, an online magazine that focuses on issues effecting youth, for their courageous news coverage of TFOC’s latest news!
—-
A new website promising to help environmentally-conscious people reforest North America brings a welcoming alternative. Trees For Our Children (treesforourchildren.com) is the recent idea proposed by a loose network of active citizens who want to raise awareness about the need to plant trees.
The innovative website discusses the need for more forestland and asks for people to help finance the trees through the timber purchase and planting process. But rather than asking for vague contributions toward forestry goals and benchmarks that can at times be confusing, Trees For Our Children allows the customer to pay for an individual tree and experience the knowledge that their commitment helped with the global reforesting movement.
Trees For Our Children claims that global environmental concerns such as climate change, deforestation, and erosion can be countered by the simple act of planting more trees. An act, they say, which “produces oxygen, stores carbon, and promotes Green values.”
When asked about demographic outreach, site administrator Tony Mantova said that he hoped “to reach out to younger generations who may not have the time, either due to their collegiate or work schedules, to go out into their backyards and community forests to plant trees.” Mantova continued, “With our website, we can talk to these folks and encourage them to contribute to the green movement through online activism and participation!” Site administrators said they look forward to growing the website with new features like environmentally targeted blogs, research and news-feeds.
Trees For Our Children guarantees the safety and protection of its forestry efforts with the support of large cemetery properties that need trees for beautification. Site Administrators note that “trees that are planted by us [Trees For Our Children] are actually much more safer than those in the National Forests because you usually don’t hear about forest fires or logging companies destroying habitat on cemetery ground!”
Trees For Our Children hopes to continue growing and making a difference in the global effort to make our planet a better place.