Celestial Seasonings and Trees for the Future Team Up to Plant Trees

cstrees Are you a tea drinker who wants to help pave the way for a greener environment? I know I am, which is why I think it’s so cool that Celestial Seasonings, the makers of delicious, all natural teas, have paired up with Trees for the Future, a nonprofit organization which helps communities around the world plant trees through seed distribution and agroforestry training, to plant one million trees in developing countries around the world.

How can you get involved? It’s easy – I just planted a tree and so can you!

1. Purchase Celestial Seasonings Teas between now and March 31, 2009 and for every box of tea you buy, Celestial Seasonings will sponsor the planting of trees all around the world – up to one million trees in all.

2. You can visit the website – www.celestialseasonings.com/trees – where you can participate in an interactive program that turns “virtual trees” into reality by planting a tree in a virtual forest generated entirely by fellow users. For each virtual tree planted, Celestial Seasonings will sponsor the planting of one real tree in a developing country by Trees for the Future.

The website also explains how trees benefit the environment and economies of emerging nations by improving the quality of their water, air and soil, promoting biodiversity and generating additional income.

Since 1988, Trees for the Future has planted more than 70 million trees in Central America, Africa and Asia – helping thousands of communities improve their livelihoods and their environment. These newly planted trees remove approximately 1.5 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year.