Great news! Our pilot project leader in Haiti, Sonève Désir, is confirmed to be alive! His house has been destroyed but he is fine. More information to come, as we know. Buzz Read More...
If you have not signed up for our e-newsletter, now's the time to sign up! (the above graphic shows where) If you missed our latest e-mail blast, here's a copy: http://ow.ly/ZusFThe current blast has the latest on what's going on - including in Haiti.Thanks for all the support. Keep planting trees and saving lives! icons by: Design was here Read More...
Ishetu has worked for Eden Reforestation Projects at the highland project site, Arbegona, Toshine nursery for two years. "I am an elder and a community leader," says Ishetu. Junga has been mentored by Dawit Kebede, Eden Reforestation Project's supervisor in Ethiopia, for three years and has been a part of the whole process, from planting the seeds, to watering, to transplanting the seedlings and more.Now, Read More...
We've had a fantastic year and we want to share about it with you. Here is our 2 page letter containing updates about our different project sites around the world - available to view, print or download.icons by: Design
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As many friends of ERP know, we kicked off a partnership with Simple Shoes during the months of September and October.
Our goal was to spread the word via e-mail, tweets and Facebook sign ups. For every newsletter sign up with Simple Shoes, a donation was made for the planting of ten trees. Additionally, if an ERP champion referred our announcements through Simple's Facebook and twitter Read More...
For all of you Twitter fans out there, we are now live on Twitter and can be followed via SMS, Tweetdeck, Tweetie - whatever your favorite app is.
Our address is:
http://twitter.com/eden_reforest
Updates are brief and fun.
Even better: you can embed our updates in your blog or website, using Twitter's embeddable widgets.
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In Both Ethiopia and Madagascar!
Even though the rains were late in Ethiopia again this year, they did eventually come and they came in full force to our projects in the Rift Valley and the Highlands. Over 1,600,000 new seedlings were quickly planted at our three forestry sites, breaking the record for number of trees planted AND our own projected number of 1,500,000 for trees planted this year.
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Recently, someone who is very close to Eden Reforestation Projects lost her husband. She asked that in lieu of flowers, caring friends and relatives would donate to Eden Reforestation Projects instead. So far, over $1,600.00 has been raised in his honor.
This past July, we heard of a Vacation Bible School (VBS) in Santa Barbara that decided to challenge their participants to support Read More...
We received a fabulous letter from a local school and we wanted to share it with you:
Dear Eden Reforestation Projects
Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful work. On Earth Day, I shared with my second grade class the Reforestation 101 video. They were inspired to bring in dimes the next two weeks, totaling $61. Other classes in my school also caught on, and our Read More...
The Eden Projects has a new local hero, 11 year old Eden Fenwick! When Eden heard about the efforts to plant trees through fundraising, she came up with the idea to both raise money to plant trees and clean up the planet. Her method is simple, gather bottles and cans to recycle and send the proceeds to the Eden Projects. She initially began with collecting cans at her home and later involved Read More...