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Twitter for Trees! UNEP to Plant 100,000 Trees for 100,000 Followers

The United Nations Environment Programme will be planting 100,000 trees for 100,000 Twitter followers in honor of World Environment Day, June 5th 2009. The effort supports the Billion Trees Campaign’s goal to plant a total of seven billion trees – one for every person on the planet – by year’s end.
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Figs & Ginger Earth Day Giveaway

Planning on planting a tree for Earth Day? (Of course you are, right?!) Figs & Ginger, who create the most adorable handmade eco-friendly jewelry ever, want to thank you for helping out the earth. Take a photo or video of yourself planting a tree and send it over – the first 50 people to do [...]

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Trade Your Stuff and Plant a Tree for Earth Day with Swaptree

This Earth Day, swap your old books, CDs, movies and video games for new stuff – and have a tree planted for every transaction you make – on Swaptree.com. Swaptree, a free online trading service, has teamed up with the Nature Conservancy’s ‘Plant a Billion Trees’ initiative with a goal of 10,000 trades completed and [...]

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Macedonians Plant Six Million Trees in One Day

Extensive wildfires in Macedonia over the past two summers destroyed millions of trees, but the hills and forests of this Balkan country will be green again before too long. Thousands of Macedonians came together in a major reforestation drive, and planted six million trees in a single day.
From Reuters:
“Our goal is to make Macedonia “greener” [...]

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Get Trees for Your City Using Your American Express Card

American Express® is giving its cardholders a chance to win up to $300,000 worth of trees for their city with the ‘Root for Your City’ contest, going on until October 31st.  How it works is simple: look for participating merchants in your area on the American Express® website, or watch for the tree icon in-store. [...]

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Stumbleupon Going Green for Earth Day: Turn Your Thumbs Up Into Trees!

If you’ve been thinking about checking out Stumbleupon but haven’t gotten around to it yet, do it now! On Earth Day, April 22nd, they’re teaming up with Tiki Barber (former New York Giants running back and current Today Show correspondent) to plant a tree for every thumbs-up you give.
If you’ve been living under a rock, [...]

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