Glogster EDU Joins Trees for the Future Effort to Reforest Haiti
Glogster is supporting the effort to plant 1 million trees in Haiti through Trees for the Future.

REDWOOD CITY, CA, February 01, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Glogster EDU, a social media company focused on using social media to improve education methods and reduce the cost of paper, has joined the Trees for the Future's effort to reforest Haiti.

The 22-year-old Trees for the Future focuses on economically challenged areas not just to combat climate change. In Haiti, deforestation has had a direct effect on the spread of cholera, destruction by hurricanes and crop failures. "Almost all of the country's problems--natural disasters, food shortages, poverty--can be traced back to rampant deforestation," says Ethan Budiansky, the Caribbean-programs officer at Trees for the Future. Currently, the organization is concentrating on planting thousands of trees in the mountains around Gonaives.

Glogster EDU supports the work of Save the Trees," said Roman Smola, president and CEO of Glogster, "because it fits so closely with our own efforts to reduce the amount of paper used in American schools."

Glogster EDU is donating funds for the planting of a tree in Haiti for every Glogster EDU Premium subscription sold to or purchased for individual teachers and schools. Glogster's efforts have already passed the 7,000-tree mark and is well on the road to 20,000 trees.

Glogs, online multimedia posters or graphical microblogs from Glogster EDU, can be used to replace paper posters and portfolios with on-line documents that demonstrate a student's understanding of subjects. Classes can work collaboratively within classrooms and throughout entire schools with only electronic files. This reduction in paper use saves trees and slashes expenses while simultaneously empowering educators and students with a digital education platform for their knowledge in the form of text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more.

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