Buy Christmas Trees… and Help Save the Environment

November 29, 2005 - Press Dispensary - If you want to protect the environment, how about buying Christmas trees - the ideal, thoughtful gift? Not Norwegian Spruce or fir varieties for draping in tinsel and baubles or the stripling sold in a pot by the local garden centre. But a fully grown, 60m high, ancient hardwood in the middle of the Amazon rainforest! This 'go green for Christmas 05' idea is being promoted by Link Information Systems (http://www.greenmail4me.com) - a secure email provider which encourages consumers to cut their demand for paper and, therefore, reduce demand for precious trees.

For £1 each, consumers and companies can own these trees in a reserved part of the rainforest, so they can't be chopped down. Logging and forest burning cause more poisonous CO2 (carbon dioxide) to be released into the atmosphere, adding to the greenhouse effect. Despite the Amazon producing 20% of the Earth’s oxygen, the rainforest is being destroyed at the rate of two football pitches every minute to fuel demand for wood and paper. Some experts predict it will disappear within 20 years if action is not taken now, causing further disastrous effects on climate change.

Purchased trees are protected forever and are managed by local people, providing work and food in a sustainable way. At http://www.greenmail4me.com, rainforest trees can be bought as gifts. On the site, individuals can also measure the carbon dioxide their lifestyle creates and balance this against the number of Amazon hardwoods they need to buy.

Paul Mustoe, CEO of Link Information Systems, comments: “Buying trees in the Amazon makes a gift with a difference. They can't be planted in a garden or turned into a mahogany sideboard - but people who buy and receive the trees can gain satisfaction that, in a small way, they are contributing towards fighting climate change and helping protect our environment. The gift is for now and the tree is for life.”

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For a number of years, Link Information Systems - a Bedford, UK-based company - has specialised in making company email safe. This led to research about how to achieve savings in paper and transport cost which, in turn, benefits the environment. Link Information Systems encourages consumers to reduce their demand for trees in the rainforest. It campaigns to conserve what is left of the forest by persuading companies and consumers to buy trees to protect them from being felled.

For further information please contact:
Paul Mustoe, CEO, Link Information Systems
Tel: +44 (0)1234 350622 Email:
Site: www.greenmail4me.com

Aidan Cartwright, technical director
Tel: ჸ (0)1234 350622
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