Friday, February 09, 2007
Perfect Alternative, Ethical Gift for Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, award-winning conservation charity Trees for Life is offering people the opportunity to buy a gift with a conscience. Its ‘I Love Pine’ Valentine’s appeal is giving people the chance to have a specially-dedicated Scots pine, or grove of pines, planted in Scotland’s beautiful Caledonian Forest on behalf of a loved one. Trees for Life's Founder and Executive Director, Alan Watson Featherstone said: “Valentine’s Day sees a huge increase in the sale of flowers, many of which are air-freighted to the UK from overseas. Our appeal allows people to replace that negative carbon footprint with something truly positive – a tree or grove that will grow for decades to come as part of a renewed forest in the Highlands, and that will help to reduce the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
