I’m sure you’ve all heard of Greenpop, no? Jeremy Loops is a big fan, and he’s a cool guy so if he’s a fan you should probably be one too. Anyway here’s the deal. They are trying to be Captain Planet and save good old mother nature, but they’re not all weird like PETA so they’re doing it by throwing a tree planting, people educating, music festival in Zambia (a way better idea than creepy Pokemon spoofs) and now they need your help.
We like this idea because:
A) It’s fun
B) It’s a whole lot more productive than telling people they’re dicks. Nobody wants to hear that.
C) It’s definitely on the more moderate side of crazy.
So the deal here is a kind of “you scratch the trees’ backs, and they scratch yours” (and ours) deal. Our job is to get you to buy trees (not for yourselves though, you selfish dicks, for Zambia). If we get you to buy more trees than anyone else we get to go take part in this awesome tree-planting, people-educating music festival.
What you get out of this deal is a severe case of the warm fuzzies and a chance to win a stay at Umlani Lodge for two days and two nights. The person who raises the most trees will also win a FREE WEEK (yes, all caps, baby) at the Trees for Zambia Festival of Action (slow-mo explosions not guaranteed).
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If you’re already won over by the above, please donate to our campaign to raise funds with Greenpop. We’re only looking for 3000ZAR as an initial amount so come on, okes.
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See? It’s a win-win-win. If you need anymore encouragement here is why we think this whole thing is pretty damn cool and why we are getting involved (beyond the essentially free holiday – the karmic hard labor of planting trees, not withstanding).
1) Do It For The Trees
I am personally a massive greenie beanie (I walked around for most of today with my pockets full of dead batteries to take to the recycling/hazardous waste disposal thingamajig) so the fact that Zambia is tree murderin’ a twenty-fifth of their forests (250k-300k hectares – that’s a big area, so big I am struggling to find something to compare it to) every year makes me pretty damn bleak about life. I am also pretty damn povo so the best I can do is convince you to give your money to the trees.
2) Everybody Loves Festivals
Also, everybody loves festivals, and this is an action festival which must be the best kind (there’ll be slow-mo explosions, right?). They’re usually an excuse to forsake all decency and humanity and go completely buck wild. Even better still is that one will be completely guilt free because it will be going buck wild planting trees and, barring someone burning said trees down again, it’s pretty much a get out of jail free card for any shenanigans you get up to during down time.
3) Adventures All Round
An adventure for you, and you and you! Look under your chair, there’s an adventure! I wouldn’t say I’m ADHD because that is maligning people who actually are pretty badly affected by said disorder, but I am easily bored and always on the lookout for something new and exciting. I know all the Trekkies go on about space being the final frontier but I rate we haven’t had enough of the frontiers right here just yet. Besides, we need to look after them in case space turns out to be kak (NB: it usually does). I’m also kinda lazy and Zambia is a lot closer than space so as far as adventures go this one seems like the better option.
So feel warm inside and stuff like that… then give us (the trees) all your money.