Friends of the Trees

Trees are essential organs of the biosphere. They maintain a healthy soil structure, the balance of the ground water table and the microclimate, a benevolent state of air electricity and even the force of the magnetic field of the Earth.
Soil erosion, floods, landslides, magnetic storms as well as changes in weather and climate are inevitable effects of global deforestation.

Since the dawn of consciousness, humans have chosen the presence of old, mighty trees for ritual and prayer, for contemplation, council and community gatherings, and for the deeper study of the laws of life, nature and spirit. An abundance of evidence for this reaches back six thousand years and more. The role of trees in the spiritual development of the human race is pan-cultural and pan-religious. And generally underes

Friends of the Trees invites you to support the Rainforest initiative of Prince Charles. The more people are behind him, the more he can take influence at the UN Climate Change Conference 7 to 18 December 2009 in Copenhagen to stimulate the will for forest protection.

You can sign up right here without leaving this website – or visit Prince Charles' Rainforest SOS site to learn more and watch the testimonials of the Dalai Lama, Princes William and Harry, Jools Holland, actors Daniel Craig ("James Bond"), Harrison Ford ("Indiana Jones"), Robin Williams, and many others. Other supporters include Tesco, BT, Coca Cola and McDonalds.

Times are a-changing: Major British footwear companies are now demanding information from their leather suppliers wether the material is sourced from cattle grazing on illegally deforested lands in the Amazon. And British supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Marks & Spencer) have begun to boycott beef from such farms. Three major chains in Brazil – Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Pao de Acucar – had already taken action before the British (The Guardian, 3 August 2009).

Nevertheless, the daily loss of rainforest is astronomic. As the Prince of Wales says:

'If we lose the battle against tropical deforestation, we lose the battle against climate change.'

TREES for TIBET

A brave woman from Ireland
walks through Spain to rise donations for local community tree planting
in Tibet.

See her travel log

TREES and BANKING

Are you tired of not knowing how much your savings are used in the arms trade or to steal from the Earth and poorer nations?
With some relief we can say we are banking with Triodos Bank which is a pioneer in ethical banking and just won the World’s Most Sustainable Bank Award.
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