Planting Seeds for Future Forests and The Water that nourished us..

This is a part of me, and a permanent part of paying it forward. Thanks to my friends and clients in the past year I have used a good amount of paper, and will continue to. This has been for very important reasons, to educate and to promote events that educate, enlighten, and relax folks. I have been looking for ways to give back. I think I found a couple, and today, Earth Day, I’m going to start a new one..

Many years ago, one of my best experiences was working for a group whose core model was Planting Seeds. It was an educational group planting the seeds of legalization and medical marijuana. Now, it’s time to branch out and take that a step further.

I have had the privilege to have done a great deal of printing in the past year for many great people and organization, as well as other merchandise and products for them, and I have learned a great deal from the experience. Now, it is time to plant the Future Forests, even if paper is not the end product of these. I am starting with one organization, Trees for the Future, they are working on planting trees in agroforestry and working with the indigenous populations in the areas they serve. I am looking for other groups to donate a portion to that deal in reforestation, but it seems time to start now, and Earth Day seems like a good day..

Then I took a break.. And the song that came on? We are Water. Perfect timing. Thinking back on today’s Holiday and the past weekend, there was only one thing I could do.. A donation was made to the One Drop Foundation. One Drop was founded by Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque De Soleil. And to be honest, it has a wonderful name, if we can help people with One Drop of safe water, we can help them with so much more.. Almost 1 Billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water (Not counting the Fluoride issue in the US, simply basic safe water). And according to the Foundation poor quality water is the second-highest cause of infant mortality worldwide. We are over 65% water, this has to change.. Hopefully this organization can help out.

Also, at some point this year I will be offsetting all my travel and my estimated energy usage. That will have to come later, and I look forward to working with those groups and organizations that would like to do the same. This is but a start, Paying it in Arrears, and Paying it Forward..

Happy Earth Day, And Happy Earth Existence..