Plant trees to fight poverty

Dear Friend, Last month, Earth Day Network made a major commitment through the Global Poverty Project: We're going to plant 10 million trees in impoverished areas around the world in five years.  And we need your help to make it happen. For every dollar you donate, we'll plant one tree. Why trees? Trees reverse the impacts of land degradation and provide food, energy and income, helping communities to achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability. Trees also filter the air and help stave off the effects of climate change. With the reality of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and more frequent and violent storms and floods, tree cover to prevent devastating soil erosion has never been more important. Donate today to plant trees where they're needed most. It's the world's poor whose health and livelihoods suffer the most from the effects of environmental degradation. But while those in poverty bear the brunt of these environmental problems, they contribute very little to the problems' causes. That's unjust, and we have to do something about it. You can do something about it through your generous donation to plant trees in the areas of the world where they'll do the most good for the most vulnerable populations. The planet is losing nearly 15,000,000 hectares of forest each year. Through our Canopy Project, Earth Day Network has been working tirelessly to reverse this devastating deforestation by planting millions of trees in places like Uganda, Brazil, Haiti, Mexico and more. These trees are not only healing the planet, they're mending local economies and improving the quality of life for those living in extreme poverty. But we have to do more. Please consider contributing to this critical effort today. Thanks for all your support, Kathleen Rogers President, Earth Day Network