Read a book, plant a tree.

Eco-libris would like to help reduce our ecological footprint. Specifically, through reducing our consumption of books. But don't worry, books are here to stay.

Instead of reducing the amount of books, the idea behind Eco-Libris is very simple: they sell a $1 sticker you can place in a book to indicate it has been 'compensated' for as Eco-Libris will plant a tree with that $1.

1 book = 1 sticker = 1 tree.

It turns out they plant 1.3 trees for every dollar, that is, 4 trees for every $3, because about 1/3rd of planted trees don’t make it, and the goal is to have surviving trees, not just to plant them. That $1 doesn't just plant a tree to wither and die or survive and flourish as chance would have it, but a healthy tree guaranteed.

Eco-Libris takes a small percentage of the $1 to sustain themselves, and then contracts out with 3 different tree-planting non-profit organizations they’ve selected, in Africa and Central America.

Want to do your part? Visit Eco-Libris at ecolibris.net.