EARTH University
Unites 31
Countries Around
The World
Today To
Simultaneously
Plant 1,000,000
Trees
Today, Saturday,
June 5, 2010,
World
Environment Day,
EARTH University
will unite its
alumni and
friends in 31
different
countries to
plant over one
million trees.
The global
event, called
EARTH Plants the
Future, is a
concrete and
practical action
to mitigate
current
emissions of
greenhouse gases
and will fix
approximately
87,500 tons of
carbon dioxide
annually.
(Vocus) June 5,
2010 -- On
Saturday, June
5, 2010, World
Environment Day,
EARTH University
will unite its
alumni and
friends in 31
different
countries to
plant over one
million trees.
This global
event, aptly
named EARTH
Plants the
Future, is a
concrete and
practical action
to mitigate
current
emissions of
greenhouse gases
and will fix
approximately
87,500 tons of
carbon dioxide
annually. This
event, which is
being made
possible thanks
to the efforts
of EARTH
faculty,
students,
sponsors,
friends and
alumni, is part
of EARTH
University’s
20th Anniversary
celebration. “We
have surpassed
our goal. Thanks
to all the
people who
believed in this
initiative, we
are able to give
the planet a
breath of fresh
air with more
than one million
trees,” affirmed
José Zaglul,
President of
EARTH
University.
“Over the course
of its 20 years,
EARTH has
responded to the
urgent need to
address
environmental
destruction and
climate change
and its
graduates have
been
instrumental in
introducing
sustainability
in their work
and
communities,” he
adds.
In Costa Rica,
EARTH University
has organized
the main
tree-planting
event on its
campus which
will be attended
by Costa Rican
President Laura
Chinchilla and
Vice-President
Alfio Piva,
along with 1600
sponsors,
allies, press,
business people
and friends of
the Institution.
In the United
States, five
alumni of EARTH
University will
join the EARTH
Plants the
Future campaign
and planted
1,100 trees in
Canistota, South
Dakota. Another
15 alumni of
EARTH
University, all
of them current
students at the
University of
Florida, planted
1,500 trees on
five acres of
land at
Gainesville’s
Prairie Creek
Preserve,
managed by
Alachua
Conservation
Trust. “We
planted long
leaf pine (Pinus
palustris), a
once common tree
in the coastal
plains of the
southeast United
States, but one
that has been
over harvested,”
commented Laura
Avila, EARTH
University, ’01,
who will
participate in
the efforts. In
Atlanta, Trees
Atlanta is
participating
through their
NeighborWoods
tree maintenance
project. In
Washington D.C.,
members and
volunteers of
the Earth
Conservation
Corps will plant
a butterfly
garden in Oxun
Run Park in
honor of the
many butterfly
species in Costa
Rica.
EARTH Plants the
Future is being
made possible
thanks to the
generous global
sponsorship of
CNN
International
and Cummins Inc.
Celebrating its
20th Anniversary
in 2010, EARTH
University
(http://.www.earth.ac.cr)
was founded with
the support of
the United
States Agency
for
International
Development (USAID),
the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation and
the Government
of Costa Rica to
prepare young
people from
economically-depressed
communities in
Latin America,
the Caribbean
and other
regions,
including Africa
and Asia, to
become agents
for change in
their
communities.
EARTH offers a
four-year
undergraduate
program in
agricultural
sciences and
natural
resources
management,
providing a
world-class
scientific and
technical
education that
emphasizes
values, ethics,
entrepreneurship
and
environmental
and social
commitment.
Through the
generous support
of donors, EARTH
University
provides
opportunities to
young people who
want to make a
difference in
the world but
lack the
financial
resources for
higher
education.
EARTH University
Foundation
(http://.www.earth-usa.org)
was formed to
support the
educational
vision of EARTH
University
through generous
gifts from the
global community
and other
programs and
initiatives. The
Foundation is a
registered
501(c)(3) public
charity
headquartered in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
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