Blog to Save the Atlantic Forest

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The Atlantic Forest needs your help!

It is one of the most endangered forests in the world according to The Nature Conservancy. In the last 100 years it has been reduced to only 7% of the area it once covered - and the deforestation is continuing.

SALVEASERRA is a fantastic organisation working to restore the Atlantic Forest by educating farmers about sustainable agro-forestry.

Farms in the Rainforest were opened with non-sustainable production methods that led to severe soil, water and landscape degradation which in turn led to increasing rural poverty and migration to the cities.

SALVEASERRA have pioneered a unique, two-pronged approach which addressess both the degradation of the environment and the plight of the rural poor. Local farmers are trained in agro-forestry technology and vegetable garden production to help them achieve more lasting and profitable agricultural results, be more self-sufficient and to take care of the environment.

Want to help SALVEASERRA restore the Atlantic Forest?

All you have to do is blog about them - and get as many people as you can to join with you!

How will that help?

Well . . . the clever folk at Zemanta have been working with Social Actions, an initiative that aggregates civic causes from more than 50 databases, to create a tool that recommends charitable causes to bloggers while they write. In recognition of their great work they were awarded 2nd prize at the Change The Web Challenge.

Zemanta have chosen to donate the $3000 prize money to charity - and the good guys at Social Innovation Greenhouse @ Weber Shandwick have generously offered to match that donation. But its up to bloggers to decide who gets the money.

The 5 charities with the most blog posts get to share the money!

What can SALVEASERRA do with its share of $6000? Plenty!

Consider this:
$50 buys 50 seedlings of fruit, palm or other rainforest trees
$100 makes it possible to plant and care for 30 of those trees
$50 buys 1000 vegetable seedlings such as lettuce, broccoli and carrots
$600 takes 30 community members for a full day environmental education programme
$2000 will donate an irrigated, organic vegetable garden that will feed 5 families and provide surplus produce to sell at market.

You have until the 6th of June to get your post out there and help SALVEASERRA! Find out more here.


This blog post is part of Zemanta's "Blogging For a Cause" campaign to raise awareness and funds for worthy causes that bloggers care about.

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