R&S Joins Earth Day Network’s A Billion Acts of Green Campaign

WASHINGTON, DC – Earth Day Network announced today that its Billion Acts of Green® campaign clicked ahead by 1 million Acts with the addition of tree-planting pledges in China from its partner Roots & Shoots Shanghai.

Roots & Shoots Shanghai has pledged to plant 1 million trees through 2014, as part of Earth Day Network’s effort to collect one billion Acts of environmental service before the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, aka Rio+20. To date, over 72 million Acts have been recorded.

“As we reach for our lofty goal of collecting a billion Acts of Green worldwide, great partners like Roots & Shoots are critical to amplifying the voice of the movement,” said Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network. Rogers added that A Billion Acts of Green® aims to spur government leaders in Rio to take action by showing them how strongly the world’s citizens care about sustainability.

“The desert landscape of Inner Mongolia was harsh but very beautiful. Knowing that the trees our team planted will help protect this landscape and its people in the future makes the hard work well worth it,” says Kim Baymiller, a Shanghai R&S volunteer.

About Earth Day Network

Earth Day Network was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Our mission is to broaden, diversify and mobilize the environmental movement worldwide as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. We pursue our mission through a combination of education, public policy, and consumer activism campaigns. The organization has a global reach, with a network of more than 22,000 partners and organizations in 192 countries. Earth Day Network is a 501(c)3 organization located in Washington, D.C.