this could be a post about earth day, but wait … it actually *IS* a post about earth day

One dollar, one tree, one planet.

it’s been a long run up to earth day — work, work, work — so, much like at the wedding, y’all are going to have to make due with the loosely-affiliated ramblings of a distracted man.

(stream of conscious, #1)

happy earth day! speaking of which …

(stream of conscious, #2)

i want to say a very special thank you to those who have donated to support my Plant a Billion Trees campaign so far. speaking of which …

(stream of conscious, #3)

i just realized i have no way of finding out who you are unless you tell me. so, if you donated feel free to toot your own horn in the comments. speaking of which …

(stream of conscious, #4)

easily my favorite comment so far:

aight, aight, I planted some damn trees. ya happy now?

this morning, i was a *weeeeee* bit down because i’m not likely to make my self imposed deadline of 200 trees by earth day, but this comment — and the obviously righteous and noble passion for conservation that pours from each syllable — has inspired me to push on. speaking of which …

(stream of conscious, #5)

great news! I have decided to extend my personal campaign for Plant a Billion Trees through Arbor Day. you obviously wanted more of my great posts on the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, and i obviously don’t want to fail horribly on my first attempt at direct fund raising. speaking of which …

(stream of conscious, #6)

arbor day is this Friday, so you have three more days to help me plant 200 trees. then, it’s a whole lot more snarkiness, and a whole lot less convincing you to support a worthy cause. speaking of which …

(stream of conscious, #7)

I love you guys … 🙂

Comments

7 responses to “this could be a post about earth day, but wait … it actually *IS* a post about earth day”

  1. Coleen Avatar

    Hey babe, I bought some trees too. Do you want me to talk you up on my blog? I don’t know if it will help, but I can try….

  2. Stu Avatar
    Stu

    Great seeing you last night, love the web site. Are you sure that ramblings are numbered like that tho?

  3. heather gm Avatar
    heather gm

    Planted some trees on your behalf. Yay trees. I bet you make your goal by arbor day.

    “we grow a lot faster than trees, he said, so we miss a lot of stuff.”
    storypeople.com

  4. Alice Avatar
    Alice

    Hi Evan! planted you some trees this morning. Happy Arbor Day!

  5. rumi Avatar
    rumi

    he only needs 9 more stinkin trees! 9 clams or the hippie gets whacked, guy

  6. (anonymous) Avatar
    (anonymous)

    ok, u are there now fuck off 🙂

  7. nzinga Avatar
    nzinga

    oh, i’m too slow. well, i planted some anyway. nothing wrong with surpassing your goal. it is still arbor day, right? i mean, it is in CA anyway.

    hope you’re well.