Green World Campaign

It’s amazing what one seed can grow.

one dollar = four trees

Your gift to green the world is tax-deductible.

How can we combine shrinking our own carbon footprint with stepping up to help our global neighbors? The Green World Campaign is adopting new programs from India to Mexico.

One principal focus is Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is a country that has lost three-quarters of its remaining trees in the last twenty-five years. Forest cover is now down to just 3%. This land, the birthplace of all humanity, has grown barren. (It's the usual story: the greed of the former dictatorship; unwise land policies; the desperate poor cutting trees for fuel.) Since 1985, the year of the "Live Aid" concert, food production has declined by two-thirds, and twice as many Ethiopians are going hungry.

Here's the good news: we can now make a sustainable change, now, that will really change this picture. The Green World Campaign has helped plant trees in Butajira and Katbare. Now, with its partner, MELCA (Movement for Ecological Learning and Community Action), it is helping communities plant trees that protect and restore the Menagesha Suba forest, preserving its biodiversity, and supporting indigenous cultures.

Trees will be planted in ecologically sound ways. Each fast-growing, non-invasive tree will absorb a ton of CO₂ over its lifetime, taking a bite out of global warming.