Good Morning SuperForest!
We ended last year by beginning a project called the Save-A-Seed Coalition.
The SASC is an informal group that any of our fellow bloggers may join, as there is but one requirement: write a post.
In this post all one must do is mention the Millennium Seed Bank, and the existence of the SASC, and whammy, you’ve joined in the fun!
The idea being that with enough bloggers posting and linking to one another, all mentioning the Millennium Seed Bank, we will accomplish many amazing goals at once:
1.) We’ll get to know one another.
Through this exercise we at SuperForest have gotten to know many amazing bloggers around the world, from Cliff in Connecticut who designs jewelry, to Maaja in Kerala, India, who is teasing us by withholding her mothers secret recipe for coconut chutney. We’ve all joined together because we’re interested in using modern environmental techniques to spread the message of preservation and resource protection.
2.) Those who read us will probably read you.
And vice versa! The more blogs that link together the greater the chances for sharing great information.
3.) It will raise awareness about the Millennium Seed Bank.
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings, they say. Well, every time a blogger posts about a subject, a worthy idea gets lifted higher on the “worthy ideas pile.” The Millennium Seed Bank is a worthy idea because it is so cheap to preserve a plant species ($3,000) compared to trying to preserve anything else, like an animal species or an ecosystem.
That the MSB is a non-profit, non-political, non-sect organization makes its objective practically controversy free. They want to collect and preserve a small fraction of the plant species on Earth, how could we not use our internet skillzzz to help them accomplish this?
4.) Many hands make light work.
To ask one person to contribute three grand to save a species is a bit heavy. But asking a ten thousand people to each contribute 3 cents seems much more doable. By spreading the “ask” far and wide across the internet, we increase our chances of meeting our goals. Already, the SASC has raised $2,023.71! Our single largest contribution was $900.00, and our smallest was $5.00, but 27 SuperForesters answered the call when we asked them for help, and we are well on our way to preserving one single species.
5.) It is fun.
In the way that chain letters were kind of thrilling but far too big a pain to take part in, the SASC is built to snowball without all the usual hassle of collaboration. One post, one time, is all it takes. And if you are thrilled with the way you are taking a part in something that will grow, gain in momentum, and could potentially lead to the MSB being fully funded and secure, then you can post to your hearts content. Plus you get to meet all of your fellow SASC members and see what they’re excited about.
6.) It could lead to still greater things!
Imagine, if a coalition of united bloggers can help raise enough money to preserve a plant species for hundreds of years, what else could they do? Could they build an outreach clinic? Could they save a school? Could they support the arts? End hunger?
What other amazing things can a sympathetic group, united in cause and philosophy, do to change the world for the better?
That is what SuperForest is setting to find out.
There is a quote that serves as the guidepost for all of Team SuperForest, for whether they know it or not, it is the basis for the Humanifesto:
“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
-Thomas Paine
These are the thoughts that drive us. What can be done when we work together, now that the web has made working together so easy?
The following amazing bloggers have joined the SASC and are helping snowball the idea of collaborative modern environmentalism.
Ladies and gentlepeoples, we proudly present the Save-A-Seed Coalition!
SuperForester Anung!
SuperForester Maaja!
SuperForester Fri!
SuperForester Tracy!
SuperForester Jenn!
SuperForester Laurie!
SuperForester Shawna!
SuperForester Cliff!
SuperForester Leigh!
SuperForester Christine!
SuperForester Jesse!
SuperForester Lindsay!
SuperForester Silvia!
SuperForester Sonja!
SuperForester Mimi!
SuperForester Neal!
16 bloggers! With over thirty blogs between them! Thirty posts and links back to the MSB! $2,000 raised already! Add the members of Team SF to that list and we’ve 27 bloggers untited thus far!
It’s working!
Here is the master plan: We would very much like the SASC to be 50 bloggers strong. 50 bloggers would be huge.
So we are asking all those who’ve joined the SASC who know other bloggers to spread the word and ask them if they’ll join in the fun. (And you, right now, reading these words, join us. It’s about time you started your own blog anyway.)
Write a post. Include these two links:The Millennium Seed Bank & The Save-A-Seed Coalition
(Email us when you’re done and we all get to see: superforestnyc(at)gmail(dot)com.)
When we get to 50 bloggers we begin phase two: Get Mainstream Attention – Boingboing, wired, Huffpo, Swissmiss, Gems Sty, NotCot, Slashdot, Reuters, BBC, NYTimes. A mention on any of these would be a huge momentum boost.
The more people paying attention the greater our chances of succeeding in making sure the world understands the worth of affordable species preservation, and that the MSB can carry out its noble duties with the full support of those who stand to reap the benefits of their work, which is all of humankind.
The internet is nothing more than a huge global argument over what is best in life, what is most worthy?
We put forward the motion that modern collaborative action in support of noble causes is where it’s at.
And so we resolve to re-double our efforts! We will work tirelessly to raise the additional $1,000 dollars, and we will relentlessly champion the MSB and the good people that work there.
SuperForester Christine has created lovely new SASC logos, and she’s got a whole quiver of them ready to roll for those who’ve joined the SASC and would like to have a cute widget for their blogs!
Soon, the SASC will have its own microsite, where you will be able to view its mission statement, see who has joined, learn how much we’ve accomplished together, and download cool bespoke widgets. Fun fun times!
Thank you to all the members of the Save-A-Seed Coalition, to all who have contributed to the MSB, and to SuperForester Christine for designing these great new logos!
Love to All and stay tuned for more fun,
Jackson and Team SuperForest
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