It seems like Earth Day was just yesterday, but here we are at
World Environment Day, which falls on every June 5th. The focus
of this year’s United Nations – sponsored event is climate
change. What can you do? How about planting a tree? The UN is
kicking off a campaign which aims to plant 7 billion trees, one
for every person on the planet, by 2010. Too tired to plant? Too
wet outside? (It’s been raining for days here in DC!) You’re not
off the hook that easily! You can plant your trees virtually.
The campaign’s Twitter account is trying to reach 10,000
followers by Friday midnight. The UNEP will plant one tree for
every follower at http://twitter.com/UNEPandYou. (As of this
writing, they were short by several thousand, so try to give
them a hand!) And then there’s Mokugift, which has a beautiful
interface you can access either from its IPhone app or from its
website. Through Mokugift and a simple $1 donation, you can
plant trees in 12 African, Asian or Central American countries.
And they’ve just launched a