Gift of Trees

Dear Friends,

This project touched my heart and I wanted to share it with you.

"Individuals can make a difference, if each of us did our bit, collectively we will make a major contribution." – Kofi Annan, Former United Nations Secretary General

Let your gift giving and receiving be unique:This holiday season and thereafter give a "Gift of Trees" to help heal the planet!

The "Gift of Trees" was designed by Project Green Hands-USA as an endeavor to raise awareness and funds for a marathon tree planting campaign in Tamil Nadu, India, initiated by Project Green Hands under the auspices of Isha Foundation, a non-profit humanitarian service organization registered both in India and the United States. Purchasing a "Gift of Trees" gift certificate from Project Green Hands-USA is a meaningful tribute towards your coworkers, friends and family as well as future generations. Kindly inform your friends and family who you know are environmentally inclined and would like to contribute towards the mitigation of global warming by giving and /or receiving such a consequential gift.

The certificate can be personalized in the name of the person(s) in whose honor the trees will be planted. The trees sponsored by these gift certificates will be planted in Tamil Nadu, India as part of Project Green Hands' 25 million tree planting initiative for the 2007-2008 year.

To learn more about Project Green Hands kindly visit our website http://www.projectgreenhands.org/.

The cost of planting and nurturing one tree to its self-sufficiency is just $1 and that of a nursery sapling is $0.50. Gift certificates are available in various denominations ($10 - $500) to fit all gift giving budgets. Kindly download, complete and mail or fax the order form from http://www.ishafoundation.org/donate_forms/PGH_Gift_Cetficate_12_1_07.pdf as per the instructions therein. Your gift certificates will be mailed to you within 3-5 business days of order receipt.

See this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4850700491697347955

Another video on Project Green Hands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf-QoJKD4mM

Quotes:

Global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, have increased markedly as a result of human activities since 1750 and now far exceed pre-industrial values …Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations … Afforestation and forest management has the highest and most economical long-term potential for the mitigation of global climate change…" - Fourth Assessment Report by the 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change' (IPCC ) presented November 17, 2007 in Valencia, Spain

"Every society needs individuals who will go on planting mango trees, without thinking whether they will get to eat the fruits or not." – Sadhguru, founder Isha Foundation

Sincerely,
Rams.