Monday, January 14, 2008

Give back more than you take


What happens when you take more than you give back? 

Eventually the well runs dry. It is not that difficult to understand. We simply need to become consumers with a conscience.

What if we could turn around even a part of our high-consumption lifestyle so that we actually gave back more than we took? Wouldn’t that feel good?

There is a program which enables you to do this, either as a business or as an individual. It is called Buy-One-Give-One-Free (
B1G1 Free).

As an author I have a conscience, a responsibility not just about what I write, but about the fact that publishing my books entails cutting down trees.

Through B1G1 Free, I found a practical way to reduce or reverse my carbon debt.

I made a donation to the
Isha Foundation's Project Green Hands, through which I was able to affordably support the planting and care of 200 trees.
If you haven't already seen the new BBC documentary EARTH, on wildlife and global warming, then visit http://www.loveearth.com/uk.

Here you can easily donate to the World Wildlife Fund to help protect endangered species.

It is possible to think about your business in this way. By giving more than we receive, we may save the earth and ourselves in the process.

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