my baby tree

after realising that my efforts in planting trees in the friends of the earth 2010 tree challenge was burnt + washed away in a hill fire, i wanted to find some other way of doing my part in giving back in some way + making sure we continue to build a sustainable future.

i found out about wwf's 'my baby tree' program + decided to support in the reforestation of rinjani's forest in lombok island, indonesia. i purchased some as gifts for a few new babies of friends + clients - i think it's a wonderful collaboration of life + nature growing together (ok i won't get too sappy). in particular for my clients whom we have done baby announcements + thank you cards, it just seemed appropriate. of course, i got one for myself.

this is him:

he's actually alive + you have to water them every two weeks. shouldn't be too hard... you can keep them in these containers + carry them around, or take them out + plant them. i think i'll keep mine in for now + see how he grows.

you just need to register them online + you get a certificate and they actually plant a tree on your behalf (you can name them) in rinjani's forest, indonesia. you get the details of their coordinates so you can find them on google earth! how awesome is that?!!

mine is tree #1495 + he's a klokos tree, check him out:

i've decided to call him koko.

so to my other fellow baby tree owners - cwensuela, adelyn, romeo + sophie, i hope you look after + learn about your trees. maybe we can go visit them one day :)

note. we will be purchasing a baby tree for every client going forward. yes, we're building a forest.

for non clients - it's easy to get one yourself or as a gift, just go to wwf's my baby tree, they are only hk$149!