Grow-Trees.com Today, businesses are increasingly recognizing the value of investing in climate change and going green. Involvement in green action gives employees and employers the push to create a large impact but it’s equally necessary to apply the correct approaches to involve these people in creating shared value. Investing in trees with Grow-Trees.com provides a […]
– By Guest Blogger Rajiv Vij, Life and Executive Coach, Author and Speaker “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it.” ~ Mark Twain. I too have been guilty of this. I thought I was doing my bit by segregating waste, using more recycled products, buying more organic food, avoiding plastic, using […]
We are proud to be associated with companies like TATA AIA Life Insurance, who are not only ensuring the life of their customers but also of marginalized tribal communities of India. Their core value of considering the consumer paramount and creating distinctive opportunities for development is truly prevalent in any activity undertaken by them. TATA […]
ABOUT GROW-TREES Grow-Trees.com is a social enterprise, launched and dedicated to the Planet on World Environment Day, June 5, 2010. It is the Official partner of the United Nations Environment Program’s Billion Tree Campaign, WWF’s Cities for Forests Campaign, and The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, and has been recognised by the YPO-WPO Global […]
Worldwide, our forests are facing challenges. With every passing moment, climate change is reaching closer to its saturation. The land is losing its fertility due to chemical abuse to meet the growing demands. Current land-use patterns can no longer support regenerative agriculture. Local communities, often the most susceptible segments, are stuck dealing with natural disasters […]
As per Nielsen, the market research firm, 68% of consumers in Australia are willing to pay more for products from companies who support worthy causes concerned with the environment. India has been at the forefront of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) paradigm, much before the introduction of Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, which […]
The Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) of India has been an abode for the iconic Tigers for the longest time. This land of dynamic dry deciduous forests are surrounded by the River Ken. Spread over an area of 542.67 square km, it has been declared as the twenty-second Tiger reserve of India and the fifth in […]
The continued destruction of mangrove swamps in poor countries to provide shrimp for people living in rich countries is simply the market operating in a vacuum untroubled by ethics. — Charles Clover ( In The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat (2008) Present in the tropical and […]
Native plants are those that occur naturally in a region in which they have evolved. They provide the ecological basis upon which life depends, including that of birds and people. Without them and the insects that co-evolved with them, local birds cannot survive. For example, research by the entomologist Doug Tallamy has shown that native […]
Climate change crisis has reached its heights where officially it is being changed into something called “climate emergency”. Innumerable organisations have started various initiatives to control this menace. But what needs to be given primary attention while addressing the climate crisis is – engagement and involvement of local communities. It has been proven that the […]