There is a Chinese proverb that says: 很多手做出輕的工作. Which - in the even you don't read Chinese - says "Many hands make light work". This saying rings true for just about any large scale endeavor. A great example of this is the show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. If you've ever watched the show, you know how amazing it is. In the time it takes my wife to pick out a paint color Read More... Extreme Reforestation Makeover
There is a Chinese proverb that says: 很多手做出輕的工作. Which - in the even you don't read Chinese - says "Many hands make light work". This saying rings true for just about any large scale endeavor. A great example of this is the show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. If you've ever watched the show, you know how amazing it is. In the time it takes my wife to pick out a paint color Read More...
From the mind of the President
The Eden Projects has a growing number of European, Australian, and Canadians aligning themselves with our already diverse list of individuals and groups that support the idea of "Planting Trees and Saving Lives." With the increase in diversity comes a broadening of motivation. Do we care more about people, or environment, or both? There appears to be an even split
There’s nothing sports fans love more than a big come from behind victory. How sweet it is-when a
team “snatches victory out of the jaws of defeat”! That happened nine days ago as the LA Clippers
erased a 27 point deficit to beat the Grizzlies by 1 in Game 1 of their best of seven series. Just as the
vast majority of LA, the country, and the NBA world of fans began to tune out, Chris Paul/Blake
From the Mind of the President-
We are asked on a regular basis, "what is the survival rate of the trees you plant at the reforestation site?" The specific answer varies somewhat from nation to nation and also as the conditions change with our many reforestation sites, but I'll quickly summarize so you and I don't get bored reading a long blog.
After working in Ethiopia for 7.5 years, we are
This is unreal. Within the next couple months, we’re going to hit an OUTRAGEOUS milestone. 50 MILLION trees!!! We’re more than a little bit excited about it. And you helped make it possible (thank you!!!)
A few days ago we were sitting in the office bantering about how we should celebrate the milestone. Fireworks? Probably SLIGHTLY out of the budget. A massive party complete
This week is always a bit of a whirlwind for us. Earth Day comes which is kind of our "Pro Bowl", and then the Super Bowl of Tree Planting...Arbor Day! While ordinarily we use our blog time to share amazing stories about what's happening in parts of the world where we're fortunate to serve, this week we would simply like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supports our efforts. It is
Every year Americans spend somewhere around $45 billion on pet food. About $15 billion of that massive amount of money is spent on cat food. I've never been a big cat fan, but my wife is. So, eventually we are going to end up with a cat, or I am going to end up sleeping on the couch.
There is so much doom and gloom environmentalism these days, but the fact remains that there are enough resources
Our first weekend in Madagascar, we went on a trip with our friends to an amazing rainforest called Ranomafana. My first impression was; WHAT A COOL NAME! Literally it means hot water. Though it is supposedly safe from deforestation techniques as a national park, there was still cutting and burning happening all around the area.
But this place still lived up to its amazing sounding name as it was