http://www.speakingoftrees.com ecards, tree e-cards and memorial ecard trees e-card . Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:03:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For years we have been planting trees in Central America for our TreeGreetings ecard that plants a tree as well as our commitment to replant 10 new seedling trees for each one used in our publishing business. This January I visited Managua, Nicaragua where I was hosted by Prolena, the ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2010/02/27/your-true-nature-reforestation-in-nicaragua/ The creation of simple, profitable products not only give you an additional steam of income when you are booking speeches or developing your business, but they give you much needed copyright and trademark protection. I think we all agree we want products . . . and we want them NOW! ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2010/02/20/speaking-of-products/  Last month Sayed Alimi translated Advice from a Tree into the language readable by the Afganistan people. This month he as translated Advice from a Mountain. It is my sincere wish that this poem inspire the people of Afganistan to be uplifting to each other and reach higher in cooperation ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2010/01/13/advice-from-a-mountain-afganistan/ I was talking to my friend John Springer today and he shared with me his usual profound wisdom and awareness of trees and nature. He said "When a leave waves at you, wave back!" Now that's simple and beautiful isn't it. He can be found at www.enchantedwalkabouts.com   Now how many ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2010/01/13/think-about-this/ It has been a great year and we are happy to be spreading Advice from Nature around the world. I was very touched to receive an email from an Afganistan American poet who requested permission to translate Advice from a tree into his native language. Here is what his email ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2009/12/12/your-true-nature-is-growing/ I am always inspired by a good  movie. Here I think is a great movie. The Soloist. It celebrates the gifts of a talented musician and the touching and poignant life story of him and others. Below is the listing on the movie website. The Soloist is a biographical drama about ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2009/05/24/110/ The New York Times recently had an article about London Develops a Taste for Eco-Friendly Fare. One of the restaurants mentioned was The Duke of Cambridge, an upscale London "gastro-pub." It's standard blackboard usually reserved with names of ales at other pubs- reveals instead a list of the restaurants ethical ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2008/12/29/eco-friendly-fare/ Many  more corporations have green plans in their blueprints! In new Wal-Mart stores, the baseboards and moldings are made of plastic left over from diaper manufacturing. Chipolte, has installed an energy producing wind turbine outside a new store in the Chicago suburbs. A Florida pizza chain called Pizza Fusion reuses ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2008/12/29/going-green-2/ Don't throw away those Christmas Cards-they can come in handy next year. Here are a few ideas that you might consider: On the cards where there is no picture-cut them into name tags for presents next year Cut out pieces of the cards that have great pictures. You can then assemble this ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2008/12/29/recycle-christmas-cards/ Have you heard about the Governments $25 billion dollar auto industry loan program, set up by the Department of Energy to quicken the development of fuel efficient cars? Because it is open to any company with a promise and a plan to make more fuel-efficient cars, it has set off ... http://www.speakingoftrees.com/2008/12/22/green-car-loans/