Undiscovered Earth

Trees for Zambia – Get Free Volunteer Placement by Selling Trees

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:13:19 +0000

For three weeks in July 2012, Greenpop is hosting a reforestation and eco-education project in Livingstone, Zambia; the country with one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. We will plant over 5000 indigenous and fruit trees and host valuable educational sessions for children and subsistence farmers. This will be the start of an ongoing campaign to make Zambia a greener and more sustainable place. Watch the mini clip launch video by following this link: http://www.greenpop.org/projects/trees-for-zambia/

We fully rely on the support of volunteers to make this initial 3-week voluntourism project a success. Tree loving people from around the world will join community members, school children and local business people to plant trees, spread environmental education, attend workshops, listen to interesting speakers, as well as enjoy local entertainment in the evenings. It will be an exciting conference of action, sharing, and learning.

Volunteers are all camping at the beautiful Maramba Lodge and will spend their days planting trees at schools with children, forest areas with community leaders and on subsistence farms with the farmers. Misha Teasdale, co-founder Victoria Falls in the Peace Park – practically right in the spray of the falls. We’re really excited for this.”

Besides their involvement with planting trees and education, volunteers will also have the opportunity to learn about relevant conservation issues through a series of workshops and lectures. These will be hosted by local and international environmental experts.

Read More – Press release_Trees For Fees – pdf

Environmental News – Thursday, May 17, 2012

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:03:13 +0000

Quote of the Week

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:24:48 +0000

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and
the stars; you have aright to be here.
- Desiderata

Environmental News – Tuesday, May 15, 2012

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:13:15 +0000

When the World Was Big

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:10:43 +0000

Environmental News – Monday, May 14, 2012

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:41:39 +0000

Video – Karen Bass – Unseen Nature Moments

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:48:38 +0000

Environmental News – Friday, May 11, 2012

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:19:31 +0000

Poem for the Planet – by Amanda Hastie

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:34:08 +0000

I see here, I see there,
I see everywhere,
Men full of greed,
Looking to succeed,
No matter the mean,
For they are keen.

They go and they capture,
They laugh as they torture,
For they see not that they destroy,
For all they care is to enjoy,
To win superiority is their aim,
Thinking its only a game.

It fills me with sorrow,
What awaits for tomorrow,
What once shone,
Soon to be all gone.
A world full of emptiness,
My heart full of sadness,
The beauty of this world is dying at such a pace,
Oh what a disgrace to be part of this race.

Environmental News – Thursday, May 10, 2012

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:28:48 +0000