Donation to Rainforest Rescue instead of X-mas Cards

In our company we think about what’s happening to the earth regarding the climate change and environmental crisis. With our On Demand Service our goal is to help companies saving energy by replacing their legacy integration tool with our hosted service. The energy used having many clients running on each of their own servers is reduced to one single server.

To contribute even more we also decided to donate the money we spent on sending out x-mas cards to the BOS Organizations Samboja Lestari conservation project in Borneo. The donation is not just the purchase of square metres of rainforest, it’s also an indispenasable contribution in safeguarding the long-term protection of an incomparable habitat of orangutans and protecting the environment for future generations.

By means of a unique reforestation concept BOS is creating a sanctuary for orangutans, sunbears and other endangered species on Borneo -maybe the last one. Satellite pictures here on the internet make it possible to observe the progress of this concept.

During the last decades the once species-rich rainforest of Samboja Lestari was cleared and burnt down relentlessly. Nutrient-consuming elephant grass took over completely. What remained was an ecological waste land. Nowadays it is already visible that this doesn’t have to stay – since 2001 BOS is creating new rainforest. An innovative concept of reforestation and protection is changing this area of over 16 mio sqm into a natural habitat again. In tropical Borneo plants grow much faster than in Europe. Already within a few years the first orangutans can be released to share their freedom with other animals. A nature reserve is being created for the permanent use of humans, animals and plants in Samboja Lestari (“eternal Samboja”).

Read more about BOS – Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

Other interesting sites:

The Prince’s Rainforests Project

The Prince’s Rainforests Project works with governments, business, NGOs and individuals to increase global recognition of the contribution of tropical deforestation to climate change and to find ways to make the rainforests worth more alive than dead.

The Amazon Conservation Association

The Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) is a 501©3 nonprofit organization that is active in Peru and Bolivia. Its mission is to conserve the biological diversity of the Amazon.