Monday, June 16, 2008 at 1:39 pm by Jeremy Sherwood
If a tree gets planted in the forest will anyone hear?
Opus Interactive has joined with Arbor Day Foundation in their mission to “…inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees.” Arbor Day Foundation is the largest nonprofit tree-planting organization, with nearly one million members and averages over 12 million trees planted each year.
So with that, the question becomes with almost 12 million trees each year, why need more? Well over 400 million trees need to be planted in America’s forests after recent forest fires. For the last 3 years we have had record number of forest fires. In addition, hundreds of thousands of acres have been destroyed by insect infestations. The replanting of our forests is vitally important for soil erosion control, food for wildlife, cleaner air, and aids in purification of our rivers, streams, and lakes. Below is a great video from the Arbor Day Foundation that shows excactly that point.
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At Opus Interactive we feel that this is extremely important to do something about. So with a partnership with Arbor Day Foundation, we are helping in Replanting America’s Forests one tree at a time. For each customer we have, we purchase trees in their behalf. In addition, we double that purchase to represent trees for Opus Interactive. Our goal is to create an Opus Interactive Family Tree Forest, comprised of trees that represent us and our customers. Feel free to help support this great cause at Arborday.org.
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