10 Reasons You Should Donate $2.5 A Week To This Charity
Let me introduce to you HalfCut, an incredible non-for-profit organisation doing its part to save our world. And what a job they are doing! HalfCut is a charity that works to increase awareness of the damage being done to our rainforests, and raises funds to save them.
Here are 10 epic reasons that you should donate $2.5 each week to HalfCut.
Rainforests produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Put quite simply, the rainforests are the lungs of the earth, and without them we would not be able to survive.
Because rainforests absorb the carbon dioxide which is a massive contributor to climate change, they actually play a critical role in regulating the global temperature.
The rainforests are home to millions of species of animals and plants. They are the richest source of biodiversity on our planet. As a passionate vegan, I believe it is our duty to protect the land and all the creatures that inhabit it.
Every $2.50 that you donate protects one acre of rainforest. On top of this, your donation is matched $1 for $1, doubling the impact of rainforests protected.
What is happening to our rainforests is that they are getting bought up and used for agriculture. This means deforestation is occurring and the lands are being used as pasture for animals. This alternative is horrible – and it’s a solid reason as to why we need to act now.
Rainforests create vital rainfall. For example, the Amazon alone creates 50-80% of its own rainfall through transpiration. Deforestation of the rainforests affects global weather by altering wind and ocean current patterns, and changes rainfall distribution – this has disastrous repercussions for our planet.
The land parcels bought by HalfCut are given to local indigenous or environmental groups, so they can protect their land and their communities. By donating to HalfCut, you are supporting these highly threatened groups of people.
The land purchases are also highly strategic; often, parcels of land are protected by buying just the perimeter of land around a rainforest at risk. As the land is then given to the local indigenous or environmental groups, they can deny logging companies access to their land and in turn, this means the parcel in the centre is land-locked and no machinery can gain access to it.
If you raise over $1,000 in the HalfCut campaign, you can secure yourself the amazing opportunity to stay at the Benella Rainforests Reserve eco-lodges in the heart of the Daintree. This gives you the opportunity to see the rainforests you are helping to protect.
By donating to this charity, you are empowering YOURSELF to take action against global deforestation by protecting the last remaining tropical rainforests. You are also helping to spread the message that over 50% of the world’s forests are gone, creating the perfect reason to get people talking about it, and acting to save them.