10 Ways to Help Save Rainforest in Half an Hour or Less
Over 500,000 acres saved: Make a difference with these 10 quick and easy ways to help. You will be joining the individuals, schools and businesses who have already helped WLT and its project partners purchase and protect over 500,000 acres of rainforest and other threatened wildlife habitats.
The most effective ways you can help WLT save rainforest is to:
Here are 8 other quick and easy things you can do to help WLT save rainforest and other wildlife habitats:
3. Tell the world about our rainforest projects
What you can do:
Spread the word on your favourite social network
Follow us, like us or tweet about us and share the WLT news updates directly from our website. Tell your friends why you support WLT – your own words will mean more to them than promotional text.
Find us on these networks: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+ | Pinterest | YouTube | Flickr | MySpace | Care2
Send a Wildlife eCard to a friend
One great way to tell someone about the WLT is to send them one of our free wildlife eCards.
How this helps save rainforest: The more supporters we have, the more land we are able to save. Word of mouth is one of the most effective ways of marketing - and it's completely free!
4. Save rainforest for free with a click of your mouse
What you can do: Bookmark The Rainforest Site and Ecology Fund websites and visit every day.
How this saves rainforest: By clicking on the 'Save Land' buttons, advertisers on the sites pay for habitat in WLT and WLT-US project areas to be saved - you pay nothing.
5. Raise money for WLT while you shop
What you can do: Thousands of brands have registered with sites such as Give as you Live, allowing you to continue your shopping as normal and raise money for WLT at the same time. Other options include using a Virgin Money Charity credit card and signing up to LOVEFiLM. See Shop to Save Rainforest for more.
How this helps save rainforest: These shopping options generate donations to the World Land Trust at no extra cost to you.
See also Gifts that help save rainforest »
6. Join the discussion
What you can do:
Comment on our news stories
Tell us what you think by leaving a comment on the latest WLT news articles or blogs.
Chat on Wildlife Webcams
Talk with other wildlife enthusiasts as you watch our wildlife webcams streaming live from the rainforest.
How this helps save rainforest: Frequent comments and lively discussions help us to improve our web presence, attracting more visitors and ultimately donors.
7. Save rainforest when you search the web
What you can do: Use www.everyclick.com/uk/worldlandtrust as your search engine.
How this helps save rainforest: Everyclick donates half its revenues to charity and it does not cost the WLT, or you, a penny.
8. Raise money for the rainforest when you sell on eBay
What you can do: All you need to do is select World Land Trust as the benefiting charity.The listed charity items will appear with an “eBay for charity icon” along with the WLT logo.
How this helps save rainforest: For each item successfully sold on eBay a percentage of the price (chosen by you) is directed to WLT.
9. Recycle and support the WLT
What you can do:
Recycle your empty printer cartridges
If you live in the UK, you can support the WLT by donating your empty Inkjet and Toner cartridges.
Recycle your car with Giveacar
Donate your unwanted and scrap car (in the UK) to support the WLT.
How this helps save rainforest: A portion of the proceeds from these recycling schemes is donated to the World Land Trust.
10. Link to the WLT
What you can do:
Add a WLT link to your email signature
Here is an example:
Take positive action today: £5 plants a tree that helps re-establish wildlife habitats in REAL places, FOREVER. www.worldlandtrust.org/supporting/donate
Link to the World Land Trust from your own website
Select from several banners or plain text links and then simply copy and paste the code into the page where you would like the link to appear.
How this helps save rainforest: You will not only help generate traffic to our site directly, but by increasing our link popularity, the WLT will improve its ranking in the search engines. The better the ranking, the more traffic and donations we will get and the more rainforest we will be able to save.
Give as you Live
Shop through Give as you Live and you will raise money for WLT