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The Global
Crisis and You
You know that the planet faces a myriad
of problems: global warming and climate
change, resulting in violent weather changes
and rising oceans; the loss of millions of
acres of forest every year and, with it, the
extinction of countless species of plants
and animals. You know of the resulting
spread of deserts, of the threat to the
world food security an the rapidly
disappearing supply of drinkable water.
You know the planet is warming up. We
know that burning oil, coal, and other
fossil fuels contributes to global warming
by adding to a heat-trapping blanket of
carbon dioxide around the planet. We know
that carbon dioxide, regardless of where it
is produced, distributes itself evenly
throughout the global atmosphere. We know
the island nation of Tivalu has signed a
treaty with New Zealand so it’s population
has a place to move to when the oceans
swallow up their island. We know Bangladesh
is losing much of its land to the growing
sea.
You know the African Sahel is losing the
battle to the encroaching Sahara Desert. We
know that rising average global temperatures
have already caused destructive and costly
climate disruptions on every continent –
heavy precipitation, heat waves, and extreme
cold – and that more disasters are likely in
the future.
You know that farmers throughout Africa,
are struggling with global climate change.
You know we have higher rates of malaria and
West Nile virus in places where they used to
be nearly non-existent.
We must look at the earth as an island in
the black sea of space. Climate doesn’t
respect boundaries, and neither does
pollution, carbon-dioxide, nor the lack
trees to produce oxygen. We only have one
world, and we all share it.
It is not too late. We are
solution-oriented people. We have developed
programs that work. And now, 1step2.net is
developing a Donate a Tree project that will
ensure the planting of thousands of trees
across South Africa.
How it
Works
1step2.net is offering you
the opportunity to donate R50 or R100
towards our Donate a Tree project. Each
donation received is saved up until we reach
R20,000 to begin planting trees. Each time
our savings towards trees for South Africa
reaches R20,000 we source the trees and land
and go do some serious gardening!
Your donation will go
towards one tree. In return, we'll send you
a photograph of the tree your donation
helped us purchase.
Donate now
or
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