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Join VIDASelect to Help Save the Amazon Rainforest
VIDA Select is raising money to help save the Amazon rainforest, which is currently being devastated by fires, and assist in the preservation of one of the world's most important ecosystems. Donations go directly to Rainforest Action Network (https://www.ran.org/)
VIDA Select has donated $400, and Founder Scott Valdez has matched that donation. As a team, we are hoping to raise $1500. Of course, your contribution is completely voluntary. If you do contribute, feel free to do so anonymously if preferred. Even the most modest donation will help make an impact!
*All donations to this non-profit are tax deductible.
A note from Scott:
"Not only have I spent many years in South America, I am also passionate about protecting the environment and our future. The Amazon is home to more plants and animals than any other place on earth. 400 to 500 Indigenous tribes inhabit the Amazon. And then there are the trees!
Did you know there are 4X more trees in the Amazon than stars in the Milky Way? These trees make their own rainfall, releasing approximately 20 billion tons of moisture into the atmosphere daily, seeding the rain clouds that travel the earth. The rivers also carry 1/5th of our planet's fresh water to sea. Of course, we all also know that the trees and plants pull in toxic levels of carbon dioxide and release oxygen back into the atmosphere!
Many have called the Amazon 'the lungs of the world.' Experts also say it's the most important land system for reducing climate change, storing 11 years of global carbon emissions and keeping the world cooler. In fact, climate change experts widely consider the Amazon to be key to the future of the planet!
How's that for important? Anything we can do to help put out the fires and take care of the rainforest in the aftermath, is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your contribution to this important cause!"
More information about Rainforest Action Network:
Rainforest Action Network campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action.
A few facts about the Amazon Rainforest:
- The Amazon rainforest is the world's biggest rainforest, and can be found across nine Latin American countries.
- Some 21 million people call the Amazon home, including an estimated 50 remote tribes who have not yet made contact with modern civilization.
- Although these numbers are contentious, best scientific estimates suggest there are at least 40,000 plant species, 3,000 types of fish, 1,300 bird species, 430 mammals, and a staggering 2.5 million different kinds of insects.
Other things you can do to help the Amazon Rainforest:
- Ecosia.org is a search engine that plants a tree for every 45 searches you run.
- Sign Greenpeace's petition telling the Brazilian government to save the Amazon rainforest and protect the lands of indigenous and traditional communities: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stand-with-the-guardians-of-the-amazon/
VIDA Select has donated $400, and Founder Scott Valdez has matched that donation. As a team, we are hoping to raise $1500. Of course, your contribution is completely voluntary. If you do contribute, feel free to do so anonymously if preferred. Even the most modest donation will help make an impact!
*All donations to this non-profit are tax deductible.
A note from Scott:
"Not only have I spent many years in South America, I am also passionate about protecting the environment and our future. The Amazon is home to more plants and animals than any other place on earth. 400 to 500 Indigenous tribes inhabit the Amazon. And then there are the trees!
Did you know there are 4X more trees in the Amazon than stars in the Milky Way? These trees make their own rainfall, releasing approximately 20 billion tons of moisture into the atmosphere daily, seeding the rain clouds that travel the earth. The rivers also carry 1/5th of our planet's fresh water to sea. Of course, we all also know that the trees and plants pull in toxic levels of carbon dioxide and release oxygen back into the atmosphere!
Many have called the Amazon 'the lungs of the world.' Experts also say it's the most important land system for reducing climate change, storing 11 years of global carbon emissions and keeping the world cooler. In fact, climate change experts widely consider the Amazon to be key to the future of the planet!
How's that for important? Anything we can do to help put out the fires and take care of the rainforest in the aftermath, is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your contribution to this important cause!"
More information about Rainforest Action Network:
Rainforest Action Network campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action.
A few facts about the Amazon Rainforest:
- The Amazon rainforest is the world's biggest rainforest, and can be found across nine Latin American countries.
- Some 21 million people call the Amazon home, including an estimated 50 remote tribes who have not yet made contact with modern civilization.
- Although these numbers are contentious, best scientific estimates suggest there are at least 40,000 plant species, 3,000 types of fish, 1,300 bird species, 430 mammals, and a staggering 2.5 million different kinds of insects.
Other things you can do to help the Amazon Rainforest:
- Ecosia.org is a search engine that plants a tree for every 45 searches you run.
- Sign Greenpeace's petition telling the Brazilian government to save the Amazon rainforest and protect the lands of indigenous and traditional communities: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stand-with-the-guardians-of-the-amazon/
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