Dear Friends and Family:
LET'S MAKE THIS A GREEN HOLIDAY SEASON! Have you been searching for an ecologically friendly way of stepping out of the commercialism and psychological distress that seems ever more the dominant mood of the Holidays? I know I certainly have. Well this time Natsumi Nakamura, the cello player in one of the string quartets I play in, has come up with a fantastic idea. Her husband is the creator of Mokugift, an On-line company designed to give people a way to plant trees as a way to offset the relentless march of Global Warming. I have researched it. It is a very good company and a very sound idea.
If you are looking for a present to send me for Christmas of Hanukkah this year, go to his Website, listed below. There you will see an interesting description of his project and a way to send Virtual trees to people as gifts. I have an island in his virtual world. Purchase a tree or several trees and send them to my Island. Every tree you purchase corresponds to an actual tree that will be planted by Sustainable Harvest International, a highly rated company that plants trees to off set global warming. Most of the trees will be planted in parts of the world like the Amazon Rain forest where they will make the most difference in offsetting global warming and will help the economies of very poor countries.
Anything you can do to help in the project will be a PERFECT way of sharing the Holiday spirit with me and will make me very happy. Imagine, you can find a way to offset the thousands of trees we needlessly slaughter to put up Christmas trees in our homes. I know I will be sending a lot of trees as my Holiday gift to you.