It is easy to be ‘Green’
For every wristband that you buy, one acre of rainforest is saved for one year.
It’s that easy, so buy as many as you can!
In case you haven’t figured it out by now, Save Your World’s mission is to do everything we can to protect our natural world – plain and simple. We’re a small company, made up of family and friends who really want to do something to preserve what’s left of our natural world so future generations are able to enjoy it.
Our mission is straightforward. The hard part is getting others to join us. Don’t get us wrong, they want to help, but don’t have the time and/or money.
So we’re making it easy for people to contribute. Hence, the Save Your Rainforest™ wristband with all proceeds going towards saving a South American rainforest.
Save Your World™ partnered with Conservation International, who in 2002 signed an innovative agreement to lease 200,000 acres of pristine rainforest located along the upper reaches of Guyana’s largest river, the Essequibo River. Under the terms of the agreement Conservation International pays the government’s Forestry Commission exactly what they would have received had the area been logged. But instead of cutting the trees the area is protected and kept in its pristine state – a conservation concession rather than a timber concession.
When you purchase just one limited edition wristband (don’t worry, we’ll make as many as you want to buy!), you’re saving one acre of rainforest for one year. We know this is hard to imagine, but it’s true. We make saving the rainforest easy.
Guyana
 Guyana is a small, lightly populated country on the north coast of South America. About three-quarters of Guyana is forested, roughly 60 percent of which is classified as primary forest. Guyana's forests are highly diverse: the country has some 1,263 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles, and 6,409 species of plants. According to an assessment by the ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organization), forests in Guyana can be broken down as follows: rainforest (36 percent), montane forest (35 percent). swamp and marsh (15 percent), dry evergreen (7 percent), seasonal forest (6 percent), and mangrove forest (1 percent). http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20guyana.htm
The forests of the former British colony of Guyana have come under greatly increased pressure in recent years, as foreign logging companies have been granted felling rights over much of the country’s interior. Such threats seem likely to grow as the country is further opened up by the development of a highway joining Guyana’s coastal capital of Georgetown with the southern border of Brazil.
Indigenous peoples comprise about 6% of the national population, and consist of numerous groups including the Wai-wai, Wapishana, Akawaio and Makushi. http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/s-Guyana
Reversing Trends For Our Future
By Peter Seligmann (http://www.conservation.org/xp/frontlines/science/04010501.xml)
Across this planet that is our home, billions of people live in the horror of poverty. They don’t have the resources they need to live healthy, productive lives, and they have no way to get them.
The ecosystems that provide those resources – clean fresh water, food, energy, raw materials -- are being depleted and destroyed. And so far, no matter how advanced our technology and how wondrous our progress in medicine, science, and other fields of knowledge, we cannot create new, global-scale, natural life support systems, any more than we can bring back extinct species of plants and animals.
Therefore, we must use the ecosystems we have more wisely to have any hope of meeting human needs in the future. New research by 1,360 scientists and other experts confirms that protecting our planet and its resources is not a special interest, but a human interest.
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment released (March 30) by the United Nations and partner organizations shows we are overwhelming our planet’s natural ability to sustain us.
Ecosystem services that naturally clean our air and water, replenish our soil, and maintain our climate are at risk today as never before. Also diminishing are raw materials that keep our economies humming, and energy sources to cook our food, power our cars, and light our homes and businesses. http://www.conservation.org/xp/frontlines/science/04010501.xml
"We want to preserve the area's biodiversity and demonstrate to the world that conservation concessions are an opportunity for countries to capitalize on vast forests of high conservation value," said Mittermeier. "Conservation concessions offer a land use alternative that conservationists, development agencies, governments and local communities can all support since the ultimate objectives include the long term protection of biodiversity and the stimulation of economic development," he added.Conservation International July 18, 2002 http://www.conservation.org
We want you to be 100% confident in your contribution.
How does SaveYour World™ offer $1 shipping on wristbands?
Save Your World™ wants to optimize the funding for the Essequibo Conservation Concession. For this reason, we use the United States Postal Service as our primary shipping method. Keeping shipping to a minimum allows the Save Your Rainforest™ wristband proceeds to reach their fullest potential.
When we say "ONE WRISTBAND = ONE ACRE OF RAINFOREST SAVED FOR ONE YEAR!"
We mean it!
The "SaveYour Rainforest™" wristbands are made from 100% high quality Silicone. The wristbands are designed at 8" to fit all shapes and sizes. Save Your World™ can fulfill single unit orders to large quanities, depending on you or your organization's needs.
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