Environmental Awareness - Not just a hippy trend ;-)

I guess really, as we're getting this site set up, this is a good time to begin a blog on the topic of environmental awareness. More and more people are coming to realize just how important the topic is... and not just awareness, but being proactive in doing their part.

Take the band Linkin Park for example. Always loved their music, Chanda and I saw them in concert back in '02, just as they were coming onto the mainstream scene. Didn't score tickets to the upcoming tour unfortunately. I've been long aware that the band began their own disaster-relief charity named "Music for Relief", but now I come to learn the Linkin Park Underground is also donating to American Forests.
Here's a quote from the LP website:

LP UNDERGROUND DONATES TO AMERICAN FORESTS AND MUSIC FOR RELIEF
January 18, 2008
To support Music for Relief and to show appreciation to the fans, LP Underground is making a contribution to Music For Relief on behalf of the fans. By joining the LPU, not only did LPU members get exclusive LPU merch and access to exclusive membership benefits, they are part of a community that is donating to a meaningful cause. In turn, Music For Relief is submitting LPU’s donation to the cause that matters most to the LPU. LPU members recently voted on their favorite cause, and with 50% of the votes, American Forests will be receiving the LP Underground donation that will fund the planting of 100,000 new trees!

American Forests works to protect, restore and enhance the natural capital of trees and forests. Each LPU member is each planting a tree to help our environment. LPU’s donation of 100,000 trees will help to absorb CO2 at a rate of 1.3 million pounds per year! The trees will help to restore areas damaged by wildfire where critical wildlife habitat has been lost and to clean our air and water. Healthy forests filter water, remove air pollution, sequester carbon, and provide homes for wildlife.

Thank you to the LP Underground members!

American Forests: American Forests helps people improve the environment with trees and forests. It is the nation’s oldest nonprofit citizens conservation organization. American Forests is a world leader in tree planting for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests. American Forests helps people plan and implement local actions to restore and maintain healthy ecosystems and communities. American Forests is a 501© (3) nonprofit organization, founded in 1875. For more information, visit americanforests.org

Music For Relief: Founded by members of Linkin Park, Music For Relief is a 501© (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters and the prevention of such disasters. Since its inception in 2005, Music for Relief has raised over $2.5 million for the victims of the tsunami tragedy in Southeast Asia and hurricanes Katrina and Rita. MFR has organized a benefit concert featuring multi-platinum artists & numerous celebrity guests, sent musicians and volunteers to Southeast Asia and the U.S. Gulf Coast to help rebuild and donate supplies to people in need, and planted over 355,000 trees to help reduce global warming. For more information visit musicforrelief.org
LP Underground: To join or to learn more about LPU, visit www.lpunderground.org.

Good stuff guys. Just goes to show, you don't have to be a hippie to care about the trees ;)
-Damien