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		<title>14 Facebook Groups and Applications That Helps You Save Our Environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Leufstedt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are 14 applications and groups for Facebook, a social networking website, which will easily help you to save our environment and climate. If you know about any others please let us know by making a comment. Plant trees: iChapters &#8230; <a href="http://www.green-blog.org/2008/09/21/14-facebook-groups-and-applications-that-helps-you-save-our-environment/"></a>]]></description>
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<p>Here are 14 applications and groups for <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com">Facebook</a>, a social networking website, which will easily help you to save our environment and climate. If you know about any others please let us know by making a comment. </p>
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<ol><strong>Plant trees:</strong></p>
<li><a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/iChapters/7061939610">iChapters</a> will plant one tree for every person that joins their Facebook page. Their goal is to plant 100,000 trees.</li>
<li>For every ten people who joins <a href="http://www.tree-nation.com/">TreeNation&#8217;s group</a> they&#8217;ll plant one tree.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7616322820">Hotspex</a> will plant one tree with your proverbial &#8216;name&#8217; on it if you join their group.</li>
<li>If you add this application to your Facebook account <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=18465625765">Outreach International</a> will plant one tree.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=10820316983">Earthkeepers Facebook application</a> allows you to plant virtual trees and share seeds with your friends. Each tree grown to adulthood will be planted in the real world to fight deforestation, desertification, and drought.</li>
<li>For every 50 people who joins <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12906572587">EcoTopia&#8217;s group</a> they will plant one tree.</li>
<li>You can plant a sponsored tree for free, or buy a tree for $1, if you add <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=4802052647">PlantYourTree.com&#8217;s application</a> to your Facebook account. <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=7940697030">Plant-trees.org&#8217;s application</a> is similar and allows you to buy a tree for $1.</li>
<p><strong>Reduce your carbon footprint:</strong></p>
<li>With this application from <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2767940010">Big Green Switch</a> you can put yours and your Facebook friends&#8217; eco-credentials to the test by issuing and completing challenges to reduce your carbon footprints. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=15623100001">The Climate Pledge application</a> allows you to &#8220;pledge&#8221; any number of actions to reduce your contribution to global warming. Then you can invite your friends to do the same, and watch as your total reductions (your pledges, plus all of your recruits) add up.</li>
<li>With the <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=5652114079">MakeMeSustainable Facebook application</a> you can see your impact on a larger scale by tracking both the actions you take to reduce your carbon footprint and your ability to mobilize your community and friends. </li>
<p><strong>Other:</strong></p>
<li>Help <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=14883159795">re-green Greensburg</a>! This Facebook application will donate $1 towards replanting the trees in Greensburg if you add it to your account.</li>
<li><a href="http://apps.new.facebook.com/wecansolveit/">The We Campaign application</a> lets you earn points from actions you take. For every 10 points you earn a donor will give $1 to help halt global warming. </li>
<li>For every 25 people that <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2321006312">join this group</a> £1 will be donated to help solve climate change through C&#038;C.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=4613299989">Yatrips application</a> makes it easy for you to share rides to the places you want and need to go with your friends and to make new friends, while directly helping to reduce climate change. </li>
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