Give A Little Green On Earth Day And Beyond

We wanted to share with our readers a special green campaign, introduced to us by Julia Barmeier, who works for GlobalGiving, an online marketplace for philanthropy that connects donors directly to international grassroots development projects.

She reads this blog and thought our readers might be interested in a new campaign called “Give a Little Green” that GlobalGiving launched earlier this month in honor of Earth Day on April 22 http://www.globalgiving.com/green/.

Here is what she has to say, “As we seek to combat global warming, the developing world faces a double burden: Climate change threatens poor communities with both environmental and economic devastation in the form of floods, droughts, and ruined harvests. Every developed country in the world has come to its wealth and well-being through a carbon-intensive path, that if repeated across the developing world today would cancel out any current or future efforts we make to address global warming. GlobalGiving Green seeks to reverse this trend.

The campaign benefits earth-changing grassroots projects from supporting training in solar energy at a technical institute in Sierra Leone to cultivating forests in Indonesia. Give a Little Green allows people to connect directly to the green causes they care most about, ensuring that even the smallest donation goes a long way. As an incentive, GlobalGiving will match 50% of the donation on all gifts to Give a Little Green projects. The campaign will run through April 28 or until the $25,000 in matching funds has run out.

Your help informing the readers of Green Earth Friend about this unique campaign would go a long way to help reduce our contribution to global warming in the U.S. and in the developing world. And, it’s a great way to celebrate Earth Day!”