RETREET BLOG

RETREET redefines disaster relief by engaging communities to replant lost trees.


 
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
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Some of our favorite links from the past week:

The Bamboo Bikes Initiative in Ghana teaches women how to build bicycles using resources that are available locally.

Qatar has epic plans to turn the desert into a lush forest.

Lance Armstrong give us a sneak peak into his new gig, fixing flats.

Ghost Forests allow us to know precisely when an earthquake struck.

Arbor Day and Earth Day are coming up fast! Lots of cause to celebrate. Get on your bikes and ride!

 


 
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
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You are sure to be impressed by The Great Green Wall, a colossal environmental initiative that twenty African nations have embarked upon to address detrimental impacts of desertification in the Sahara. 

The next time you send a package, consider using lifeBOX, a cardboard container filled with seeds from which at least ten difference species of tree will grow.

Remember Methuselah from SS&Tvol13, the oldest tree in the world?  Learn more about bristlecone pines and what is likely to happen to them as global temperatures rise.