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1. Saving the
Rainforest
Project
By Jessica and Lani

2. Proposal
This proposal is about raising money to help
save the Rainforests by donating to
Rainforest Alliance.

3. Goal
$1,000 or more would be the ideal amount
raised for donation throughout the 2012-
2013 school year.

4. Rainforest Alliance- Their Work
 Education- Inform kids on their role in
biodiversity conservation and host teacher
training workshops in 5 different countries
about their free curriculum.
 Agriculture Sustainability- Encourage farmers
to manage and sustain ranchlands so they do
not have to move around a lot.
 Forest Sustainability- Helps ensure corporations
and forest-based businesses conduct
responsible logging.

5. Their Work (cont.)
 Tourism Sustainability- Provides websites
and other tools with places one can go
without harming the flora and fauna.
 Fighting climate change- Address
environmental problems through
education and helping businesses
conserve the rainforests so it can absorb
greenhouse gases and resist climate
change.

6. Donating to Rainforest
Alliance
 80% of the donation goes directly to the
cause, 20% towards other costs
 “Your donation does more than just
protect beautiful landscapes. It
safeguards endangered species,
mitigates the effects of climate change
and ensures sustainable livelihoods for the
millions of families that depend on
forests.” –Rainforest Alliance

7. How To Donate
 Because the donation would be over
$1000, the school would become a
canopy associate.
 After the money is collected, a check will
be sent to Rainforest Alliance with this
form: http://my.rainforest-
alliance.org/site/DocServer/Printable-
Donation-Form.pdf?docID=741

8. Fundraiser #1
 Popcorn concession- All proceeds made
through selling popcorn at 2 or 3 Cooney
football games would go towards the
cause (Christine Leutner has agreed to
underwrite the initial popcorn kernel cost)
 Possible games: September 28th, October
5th, and October 12th

9. Fundraiser #2
 Selling friendship bracelets during lunch from Oriental
Trading (http://www.orientaltrading.com/friendship-bracelets-
a2-24_506-12-1.fltr?Ntt=friendship+bracelet+string)
 The bracelets are $5 per dozen ($.42 each). Ordering
1500 would cost $625 in which we would pay for with
previous fundraising money, then earning it all back plus
much more by selling them for $2 each. After
subtracting the $625, we will have $1250 in earnings for
the cause if we sell all the bracelets.
 Oriental Trading provided us with permission for resale

10. Fundraiser #3
 Dog/pet wash
 Location to be determined (a park)
 Previous funds will be used to buy pet
shampoo
 Ideally held in late May

11. Why should we save the
rainforest?
 Rainforest belt provides homes for ½ of the earths
animals, 2/3 of the plants, and indigenous people.
Thousands more plants and animals are yet to be
discovered there.
 Climate regulation- Trees soak in and release
rainwater into the air. Without that, DROUGHTS (
Summer 2012?) and famine can become more
common. Also, trees cleanse the air. Deforestation
causes 18-25% of the annual CO2 emissions.
 Prevents soil erosion- Removing trees prevents soil
from using their nutrients therefore letting heavy
rains wash away soil and clogging rivers rather
than absorbing the water.

12. Why? (Cont.)
 Medicine- Over 25% of modern day medicine
contains plant from the rainforest. Only 1% of it’s
plants are being used in medicine, there are so many
more possibilities to be discovered but may not be if
deforestation continues. It is said that a possible
cancer cure is out there, we just have to find it.
 Products- Rainforests provide us with nuts, bananas,
coffee, spices, rubber, resins, fibers, and more.
For these reasons and more, it is clear that the
rainforest needs saving.

13. What are we saving it from?
 Logging- loggers drive heavy machinery in the
forests ruining soil. They then cut down trees in
such a way that it takes hundreds of years to
restore that part of the crucial canopy. It disturbs
habitats of animals and indigenous people too.
 Agriculture- This is 70% of the cause of
deforestation. Sections of forests are being totally
cleared for crops and cattle. Cash crop farmers
focus on the money and not the environmental
impact they make. When the land is too ruined to
use any more they clear away more and do it
again.

14. Problems (cont.)
 Large dams- they destroy the forest, people’s
land and culture, increase waterborne disease,
causes coastal erosion which leads to
earthquakes, and pollutes.
 Mining and industry- creates unwelcome roads,
completely clears land portions, and severely
pollutes air, water, and land.
 Tourism- Land is taken advantage of for profit
and is advertised before a secure management
plan is put in place. Tourism creates problems
such as road installation, water pollution and
cultural exploitation.

15. Please Consider…
Donating to Rainforest Alliance would
be an experience to help us grow, learn,
and do something good for the world. The
rainforests of our world are in danger and
we can help protect them. Please consider
this proposal. Thank you!
"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to
unchanging principles."
-Jimmy Carter

16. Sources
 www.savetherainforest.org
 www.rainforestconcern.org
 www.news-medical.net
 www.rainforest-alliance.org