Through a Barefoot Books partnership with Eco-Libris, I plant a tree
for every book, and for every 10 notecards, sold by Swimming Lizard. This applies to
every purchase: online orders, in person, or phone/email orders.
And now you can support the Eco-Libris program directly by ordering book stickers for all the books you and your family read, at a discounted rate only available through Swimming Lizard. The stickers and mailing materials are made from recycled paper.These book stickers make a meaningful gift for any bibliophile -- send them inside one of my beautiful notecards!You
can also choose not to receive stickers, and your entire payment will
go toward planting more trees, rather than printing and mailing costs.Eco-Libris works with its
planting partners to plant your trees in developing countries.
From the Eco-Libris site: "Our planting partners are organizations
that work in developing countries. Their planting and
conservation activities are an integral part of their
efforts to help local communities in these countries
move towards a sustainable future. We make sure that
your trees will be planted where they provide significant
value for both the environment and the local communities,
who are very much involved and play an important part
in the planting projects."
"Eco-Libris wants you to receive the
best value for what you pay to balance out your books.
Firstly, since not all trees survive during their growth,
we plant 1.3 trees for every tree you pay for - for
example, 13 trees will be planted when you pay for 10
trees. In this way we significantly increase the chance
that at least 10 trees will actually mature and live
happily ever after.
Secondly, our planting partners not
only plant the trees, but also manage and monitor the
planting areas afterwards. In most cases they employ
local workers who work with the local communities and
are also responsible for following-up, monitoring and
evaluating the planting sites."