Saturday, June 5, 2010

Happy World Environment Day

Today, June 5th, is World Environment Day
and is part of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Every year, a different city is chosen as the host city in North America.

This year is Pittsburgh's turn.
You can read about all of their efforts here.

As part of the day, Earth University has organized their

They plan to simultaneously plant at least 200,000 trees in more than 26 countries.

You can be part of this.
You can buy a tree here for $5

OR

You can go to their site and plant a virtual tree.
For every 20 virtual trees that are planted, sponsors will donate one free tree to the effort.

Go here for more virtual planting info.

Have a Happy World Environment Day!

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