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(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) December 8, 2009 - In a new joint effort, Mokugift and Justin.tv are joining forces to promote a campaign to help stop global climate change via tree planting.  The goal is to gather the momentum of the broadcasters and members of Justin.tv to plant at least 1 million trees by Earth Day 2010. Broadcasters on Justin.tv will be able to add a special mokugift widget to their channel page that will enable viewers to plant a tree for $1 each.  The widget will show the total number of trees planted via each broadcaster’s widget.  Viewers will also be able to share their tree planting activity via Facebook and other social networks to inspire friends to join the fight against climate change.  Participants will be able to follow their progress through the campaign page showing the up to date total across all Justin.tv broadcasters and also a leader board for the top broadcasters.

The Justin.tv tree planting campaign is launching on December 8th, during the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.  World leaders are convening in Copenhagen to negotiate and agree upon how world governments will cooperate and make the critical changes we need to make now in fighting climate change before we pass the point of no return. Deforestation is responsible for about 15% of global carbon emissions.  Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) has been talked about for years but the summit at Copenhagen is the first opportunity to see it implemented on a global scale. REDD would allow countries to trade on the carbon value of their forests. If successful, it could be a relatively inexpensive way to quickly reduce deforestation, cut emissions and preserve the habitats of some of the most endangered species on the planet.

OneClimate, a Justin.tv broadcaster, will be covering the Copenhagen climate conference at http://www.justin.tv/petersanderstead, starting Monday the 7th at 6pm Central Europe time, 9am Pacific time. During this continual coverage, there will be shows at 3am, 5am, 7am, 9am, and 11am Pacific time. Tune in for the latest including interviews, details on the science, live video feeds of the conference and demonstrations. Viewers will have the opportunity to comment and ask questions, so stop in and be a part.

Mokugift and Justin.tv have provided the tools, now we need everyone to participate. Come join Justin.tv tree planting campaign in our goal to plant 1 million trees by next Earth Day.  Get your widget today at http://www.justin.tv/mokugift  Then, view the live coverage by OneClimate at http://www.justin.tv/petersanderstead, your very own front seat to the climate conference.  

About Justin.tv

Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv is the largest online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live video. With more than 41 million unique visitors per month and over 500,000 channels broadcasting live video, Justin.tv is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, Justin.tv is funded by Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

About Mokugift

A social venture focused on customer experience and tangible, positive benefit to the environment and society, Mokugift makes it easy and rewarding to plant trees, for $1 apiece, through online “gifting.” Giving a mokugift tree is similar to sending an e-card, and recipients can proudly display their trees online at Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo!, and 50 other popular Web sites. 

An official partner of the United Nations Environment Programme's Billion Tree Campaign, mokugift collaborates with award-winning nonprofit agroforestry organizations such as Trees For The Future and Sustainable Harvest International to plant trees in twelve countries: Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Burundi, Senegal, Zambia, India, the Philippines and Haiti.  Using environmentally sustainable methods, farmers in these countries plant mokugift trees to restock existing forests and enable more diverse, productive and economically sustainable land-use systems.

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(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) SANTA BARBARA, CA (December 2009) - With the ever-increasing consumer demand for environmentally responsible materials in the product and packaging industries, many new substrates and processes have been brought to market in recent years.  Using buzzwords like sustainable, eco-friendly and recyclable, there is no shortage of companies trying to jump on the green bandwagon.

Committed to eco-social projects and endeavors, Be Green is the first food fiber packaging company to achieve the coveted Cradle to Cradle CertificationCM.  Cradle to Cradle Certification requires the use of environmentally safe and healthy materials, design for material reutilization, renewable energy and energy efficiency, efficient use of water and strategies for social responsibility.

An eco-intelligent alternative to thermoformed and injection molded plastics, their unbleached bulrush pulp enables them to utilize a multitude of readily renewable fibers, including bulrush (cattail reed), bamboo and sugarcane.  The fibers can also be blended to create a customized mixture, suited specifically to the project and product.  Burgopak's knowledge of soy based inks is the perfect solution to cutting through the buzzwords to demonstrate a true dedication to our natural world.

There are, however, a few designers that have a thorough understanding of the production and fulfillment processes, enabling them to see through the greenwashing.  Using a team with many years of manufacturing experience, Chicago packaging design agency Burgopak has established itself as an industry expert, originating practical yet brilliantly compelling structural and graphic designs like Bloomingdale’s “Little Brown Card.”

Burgopak’s new partnership with Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging is a natural fit, pairing Burgopak’s energetic designs with Be Green’s molded fiber manufacturing talents.  The relationship will enable Burgopak to engineer custom Be Green components for clients in any market, from packaged foods to electronics to personal care products.

Having won awards in multiple markets, including health and beauty, consumer packaged goods and pharmaceuticals, this design agency continues to prove that there’s room for innovation in the highly competitive package design industry.

Press and product inquiries, please contact:

Megan Havrda

SVP Be Green Packaging

info@begreenpackaging.com

805.456.6088

About Be Green Packaging

Our Mission is simple.  Be Green Packaging’s designs, manufacturers, and distributes Cradle-to-Cradle™ certified, tree-free, compostable packaging for the food and industrial packaging industries.

Be Green Packaging, LLC was formed in 2007 based on the ideas of:

•           Manufacturing sustainable alternatives to standard plastic, foam, and paper food packaging

•           Distribution through existing distribution channels worldwide

•           Being price neutral to plastic and many other fiber products

•           Reducing landfill waste through composting practices and building healthy soils worldwide.

About Burgopak

Founded in London in 2002, Burgopak has design studios across the world including London, Chicago, Berlin, Shenzhen and Tokyo.  Their award-winning, patented BurgopakTM sliding packages offer clients a product presentation that differentiates them from the competition.  The studios offer unrivaled package engineering and intelligent graphic designs, providing the complete package to clients of all sizes.  Burgopak uses industry-leading production and design materials and engages quality control throughout, ensuring that each package is of premium structural integrity and is printed to meet the clients’ exacting standards.

Deck the pools: Festive divers work at an aquarium in Manila

A lot of bottle: Paris boasts Christmas trees made from recycled plastic bottles

In both Paris, France and Sydney, Australia, they opted for the eco-friendly option, building their own trees entirely out of recycled plastic bottles.

Closer to home, an ice tree was unveiled at St Pancras International last night and Claridge’s in Mayfair boasts the first tree to come with a leopard.

Spotty: Claridge’s tree-and-leopard scene, designed by John Galliano

First of all, what’s the meaning you want to create for yourself and family and the message you want to send to others? More and more people are decorating a living tree in their own yard, or bringing a small live one indoors to decorate and then replant outside later. I had one friend who has built an evergreen forest in his yard, one tree at a time. The message is conservation, and the living trees in his yard carry the meaning of each holiday season for ward year after year. Don’t want to buy? You can even rent a live tree in Portland, Oregon from the Original Living Christmas Tree Company - they replant them for you in sensitive areas to conserve water and soils.

If you choose to have a cut tree indoors, a locally cut or one you cut yourself will be fresher and last longer. Don’t feel too bad about cutting a tree from a tree farm, any more than you’d regret cutting a stalk of broccoli - they are grown as a crop, and new ones are planted as the more mature ones are cut, continuing a natural cycle. Avoid the big operations that cut those weeks ahead of time, ship those long distances, wasting fossil fuels and spewing carbon into your holiday air. When you are done with the tree, place it outside and hang popcorn, suet, and other treats for birds and wildlife- some will also shelter in it. If this is not possible, or when you have to get it out of your yard, break it up or chip it, and use it as mulch in your walkways, flower beds or gardens. Apartment dwellers, see if a friend in the ‘burbs or country will take it and use it up. Don’t send it to the landfill. Or you can contact the National Christmas Tree Association about their recycling program - they take old trees and reuse them as habitat, mulch, rebuilding sand dunes on beaches and restoring the Louisiana coastline to prevent future Katrina catastrophes.

For city dwellers. A better choice might be an artificial one. But who wants petroleum based tree in the house, even if you will use it year after year? A better bet might be a Buro Tree, made from reclaimed wood, or make your own tree from recycled materials.

A Mountain Dew Tree from green and red Mountain Dew Cans - the site shows you how to make your own, and after drinking all the Dew, the sugar and caffeine buzz will give you the time and energy to do it.

Or if you’ve got a little one crawling about, how about this one made from baby food jars from Kaboose.com?

You can go to Roxycraft.com and make this one out of faux fur.

But whatever you do, keep the spirit and message of the holiday out front. If you need a reminder, you can go here to watch Charlie Brown’s original tree video. Ho ho ho!

Greenopolis.com is dedicated to our users. We focus our attention on changing the world through recycling, waste-to-energy and conservation. We reward our users for their sustainable behaviors on our website, through our Greenopolis Tracking Stations and with curbside recycling programs.