The Trees for a Change Team
*Kim* Founder/Treehugger-in-Chief
"The roots for Trees for a Change really sprouted when I was 5 and decided to start my own business selling glittered pine cones on a card table in front of my house. Ever since then I have wanted to own my own business, and I just had to figure out how to combine that desire with my love for nature and making things.
Many years back I started to feel overwhelmed by the commercial focus put on gift giving, especially at Christmas. I noticed that most of the people I cared about already had enough "stuff," so I started making their gifts instead of buying them a new pair of slippers.
My family and friends have endured many of my unique (and sometimes scary) creations over the years including windchimes, photo calendars, garden stepping stones, kaleidoscopes, gift baskets, mixed CDs, keepsake boxes, and jars of olives I picked and cured myself. I give something different each year, and by now they probably wonder what I will come up with next.
New information about climate change has created an urgent need to focus on the environment even more than before. I got the idea for Trees for a Change when I was reading that one of the best things you can do to fight global warming is to plant a tree. Planting a tree in the name of someone you care about really seemed like the perfect gift idea: it benefits the planet, it makes you feel good to be giving a unique and personal gift, and it makes the person you are planting the tree for feel good because something wonderful has been done in their name and because you didn't give them a gift they will eventually get rid of at a yard sale.
Many months and a lot of work later, we opened for business, excited about the chance to share our enthusiasm for planting trees. I hope you find our Tree Gift to be a beautiful and meaningful way to celebrate another person while doing something good for the earth and her future generations. Please know that when you order a gift from Trees for a Change, your gift has been created with the care and attention I would put into gifts for my own family.
I am thrilled to offer you Trees for a Change because a change in the way we give gifts can mean a change in the world. Thanks for stopping by."
*Elizabeth* Customer Service
"I have always been a dirt worshipping tree hugger at heart. Blessed with Sierra Club parents, who still hike in their late 70's, I've been clearing trash from trails, side-stepping fragile vegetation and communing with wild animals since I was knee-high.
The natural world is my spiritual teacher. I've learned how to be still in it and wonder at the cycle of life and death, the beauty and strength, and to try to apply that understanding to better relate to the rest of the world in a kind and loving way.
Working in customer service for Trees for a Change has given me a unique and amazing opportunity to help people connect to each other and the natural environment. I get to hold the heartfelt intentions of the sender as I prepare tree gifts for the receiver, and then send them off with reverence for both parties and the seedling that gets planted in their honor or memory. What a sweet thing to participate in! It's so much more than a task--it's truly healing the earth--people and forests both. I'm proud to be part of the amazing vision and people of Trees for a Change."
*Laurie Lynn* Special Projects
"When Laurie Lynn was a kid in Denver, CO, she made an agreement with the Earth: I won’t hurt you, and you don’t hurt me. So far, both parties have been keeping their end of the deal.
In college, Laurie Lynn’s planet-saving practices focused on social justice issues (and what some might have called troublemaking), and her undergraduate degree in Multicultural Women’s Studies sparked a six-year career as an advocate for survivors of domestic abuse.
In 2005, she entered the Green MBA program, now housed at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA, where she graduated with an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise and a firm belief that business has the ability to change our world through stewardship of our planet and the people who live here.
With the Trees for a Change fundraising program, Laurie Lynn combines her passion for people and her connection with the planet to thoughtfully offer schools and groups the capacity to make money, support community, raise awareness, and help our forests all at the same time. Honestly, it doesn’t get much better than that."
*Nadja* Internet Marketing Intern
"I’ve been an environmentalist since the first time that I watched Fern Gully at the ripe young age of 4. My development was catalyzed by my move to California from Texas at the age of 15. Stepping onto historically liberal soil was like a homecoming for my young heart. The rest is, as they say, history.
Eight years later, I am in the midst of transferring to complete a B.S. in Environmental Studies. A born-and-raised city girl, I have only just begun to explore my local environment and apply my academia to the outdoors. The connection between values and lifestyle is an important one; after all, what is the first if not applied to the latter?
Which brings me to my work with Trees for a Change. I decided earlier this year that I wanted to invest my time and energy in environmentally friendly work now. Why wait until I graduate? When I heard of Trees for a Change, and the fact that it’s a local, entrepreneurial, three-woman-show, I immediately decided that I wanted to contribute to their sincere endeavors. I started out by volunteering just a few hours of my time per week, and a little over a month later, I was promoted to an intern position as an official member of Trees for a Change. Yay! I’m happy to be a part of a company that is working to restore precious forests by giving joy to others because, after all, it feels good to stand by Trees :)"
Green Business Practices
Trees for a Change is committed to the environment and to environmentally responsible practices and policies. We recycle everything we can, and believe in using products with the highest recycled content possible. The following supplies related to our business are made with 100% Post Consumer Waste recycled materials or fibers:
*certificate paper *letterhead *business cards *brochures *Tree Gift Cards *photo mailers *packing materials *shipping labels *wood frames *paper towels *toilet paper
No tree will be harmed in the operation of our business, if we can help it!
If you are interested in where we get all these fabulous recycled office supplies, check out our Links page.
*Kim* Founder/Treehugger-in-Chief
"The roots for Trees for a Change really sprouted when I was 5 and decided to start my own business selling glittered pine cones on a card table in front of my house. Ever since then I have wanted to own my own business, and I just had to figure out how to combine that desire with my love for nature and making things.
Many years back I started to feel overwhelmed by the commercial focus put on gift giving, especially at Christmas. I noticed that most of the people I cared about already had enough "stuff," so I started making their gifts instead of buying them a new pair of slippers.
My family and friends have endured many of my unique (and sometimes scary) creations over the years including windchimes, photo calendars, garden stepping stones, kaleidoscopes, gift baskets, mixed CDs, keepsake boxes, and jars of olives I picked and cured myself. I give something different each year, and by now they probably wonder what I will come up with next.
New information about climate change has created an urgent need to focus on the environment even more than before. I got the idea for Trees for a Change when I was reading that one of the best things you can do to fight global warming is to plant a tree. Planting a tree in the name of someone you care about really seemed like the perfect gift idea: it benefits the planet, it makes you feel good to be giving a unique and personal gift, and it makes the person you are planting the tree for feel good because something wonderful has been done in their name and because you didn't give them a gift they will eventually get rid of at a yard sale.
Many months and a lot of work later, we opened for business, excited about the chance to share our enthusiasm for planting trees. I hope you find our Tree Gift to be a beautiful and meaningful way to celebrate another person while doing something good for the earth and her future generations. Please know that when you order a gift from Trees for a Change, your gift has been created with the care and attention I would put into gifts for my own family.
I am thrilled to offer you Trees for a Change because a change in the way we give gifts can mean a change in the world. Thanks for stopping by."
*Elizabeth* Customer Service
"I have always been a dirt worshipping tree hugger at heart. Blessed with Sierra Club parents, who still hike in their late 70's, I've been clearing trash from trails, side-stepping fragile vegetation and communing with wild animals since I was knee-high.
The natural world is my spiritual teacher. I've learned how to be still in it and wonder at the cycle of life and death, the beauty and strength, and to try to apply that understanding to better relate to the rest of the world in a kind and loving way.
Working in customer service for Trees for a Change has given me a unique and amazing opportunity to help people connect to each other and the natural environment. I get to hold the heartfelt intentions of the sender as I prepare tree gifts for the receiver, and then send them off with reverence for both parties and the seedling that gets planted in their honor or memory. What a sweet thing to participate in! It's so much more than a task--it's truly healing the earth--people and forests both. I'm proud to be part of the amazing vision and people of Trees for a Change."
*Laurie Lynn* Special Projects
"When Laurie Lynn was a kid in Denver, CO, she made an agreement with the Earth: I won’t hurt you, and you don’t hurt me. So far, both parties have been keeping their end of the deal.
In college, Laurie Lynn’s planet-saving practices focused on social justice issues (and what some might have called troublemaking), and her undergraduate degree in Multicultural Women’s Studies sparked a six-year career as an advocate for survivors of domestic abuse.
In 2005, she entered the Green MBA program, now housed at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA, where she graduated with an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise and a firm belief that business has the ability to change our world through stewardship of our planet and the people who live here.
With the Trees for a Change fundraising program, Laurie Lynn combines her passion for people and her connection with the planet to thoughtfully offer schools and groups the capacity to make money, support community, raise awareness, and help our forests all at the same time. Honestly, it doesn’t get much better than that."
*Nadja* Internet Marketing Intern
"I’ve been an environmentalist since the first time that I watched Fern Gully at the ripe young age of 4. My development was catalyzed by my move to California from Texas at the age of 15. Stepping onto historically liberal soil was like a homecoming for my young heart. The rest is, as they say, history.
Eight years later, I am in the midst of transferring to complete a B.S. in Environmental Studies. A born-and-raised city girl, I have only just begun to explore my local environment and apply my academia to the outdoors. The connection between values and lifestyle is an important one; after all, what is the first if not applied to the latter?
Which brings me to my work with Trees for a Change. I decided earlier this year that I wanted to invest my time and energy in environmentally friendly work now. Why wait until I graduate? When I heard of Trees for a Change, and the fact that it’s a local, entrepreneurial, three-woman-show, I immediately decided that I wanted to contribute to their sincere endeavors. I started out by volunteering just a few hours of my time per week, and a little over a month later, I was promoted to an intern position as an official member of Trees for a Change. Yay! I’m happy to be a part of a company that is working to restore precious forests by giving joy to others because, after all, it feels good to stand by Trees :)"
Green Business Practices
Trees for a Change is committed to the environment and to environmentally responsible practices and policies. We recycle everything we can, and believe in using products with the highest recycled content possible. The following supplies related to our business are made with 100% Post Consumer Waste recycled materials or fibers:
*certificate paper *letterhead *business cards *brochures *Tree Gift Cards *photo mailers *packing materials *shipping labels *wood frames *paper towels *toilet paper
No tree will be harmed in the operation of our business, if we can help it!
If you are interested in where we get all these fabulous recycled office supplies, check out our Links page.
Contact Information
Trees for a Change
PO BOX 4351
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
(707) 508-9262
customerservice@treesforachange.com
Trees for a Change
PO BOX 4351
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
(707) 508-9262
customerservice@treesforachange.com
Customer Service Pledge
Customer satisfaction is our goal, so it is very important to us that you are happy with the products and service we provide. If you are ever dissatisfied in any way, please let us know so we can make things right.
Customer satisfaction is our goal, so it is very important to us that you are happy with the products and service we provide. If you are ever dissatisfied in any way, please let us know so we can make things right.
