From the Inbox: Help Us Offset pollution from 25,000 cars

Dear Friend, An area of tropical forest the size of Manhattan disappears every four hours. But CI’s Evergreen Partners are doing something about it. One acre at a time, we’re helping save tropical forests from destruction. Become a CI Evergreen Partner and protect an acre of tropical forest each and every month – for just 50 cents a day. As an Evergreen Partner, you will: protect 12 acres of tropical forest from destruction. (That’s about the size of nine football fields.) offset the emissions from nearly 500 cars, trucks, and SUVs for an entire year. Protecting tropical forests slows the production of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change – and every acre you protect is equal to taking 40 vehicles off the road this year. ensure that forests continue to provide critical habitat for millions of plants and animals that call them home. help support millions of local people who rely on tropical forests for fresh air, clean water, and traditional remedies. It costs just $15 a month to become a CI Evergreen Partner. Please join us. Our goal is to recruit at least 50 new Evergreen Partners to protect an acre every month. Together, we will protect more than 600 acres – the equivalent of taking 25,000 cars off the road for a full year! Together, we have the power to protect a lot of tropical forest. Let’s do it. Sincerely, Beth Wallace VP, Marketing Communications and Membership iStockphoto© CI/photo by Enrico Bernard

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