POSTED BY aaron Feb 16, 2007
EP donates a Baobab tree. Help us name it.
We got turned on to a great idea by Marshall K who’s filling in at techcrunch this week. A new community website, Tree-Nation, allows visitors to give a donation that goes towards planting a tree and fighting desertification in the poorest nation on Earth, Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria.)
The [for profit] organization hopes to plant 8 million trees in the middle of the Saharan desert forming a park in the shape of a heart that would be visible by satellite imagery.
Some might think this sounds a bit left of center. Some might think it sounds fishy. We think it sounds pretty noble. So we donated.
And now we need a name for our tree (Tree-Nation lets you locate and name your tree,) so we’re soliciting your help. Any ideas for a Baobab tree that lives 2,000 years and helps fight desertification, poverty and global warming all along the way?
Read more about the program via the United Nations Environment Programme site and more about desertification in Niger at NYTimes.
February 16th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
“Wood Pulp”
February 19th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
“Brad74″
February 19th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
What kind of monkey is going to live in a tree named “Brad74″? Thanks for your suggestion, but, come on.
February 19th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
A cool monkey.
Alright, how about just “Brad”?
February 19th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Upon further research, it would appear as though it would be a Red Colobus Monkey (Procolobus badius), which was recently discovered in the Niger Delta, according to the Cambridge Journal.
Given this new information, I think you call it “Procolobus Bradius74″.
February 19th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Casa Procolobus Bradius74… It’s in the running.
February 28th, 2007 at 10:20 am
The…
Earth Monger
Ground Clencher
Sky Reacher
…or Fred.
Thanks for the tip on that cool company.
-Sara
March 6th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
I presume this is where I leave name for your tree. The name offered are rther sick, but here is a good one based on the reason for its mission of hope.
As a tree that lives so long and with the mission and/or reason/prupose for puroise I woiuld name it [The Evoution Tree] as that is what needs to take place with humanity to evolve.
Best wishes on promoting this.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I presume this is where I leave name for your tree. The name offered are rther sick, but here is a good one based on the reason for its mission of hope.
As a tree that lives so long and with the mission and/or reason/prupose for puroise I woiuld name it [The Evolution Tree] as that is what needs to take place with humanity to evolve.
Best wishes on promoting this.
March 15th, 2007 at 10:05 am
tana, the italian word that means “shelter”. children often use this term during their jokes and games
March 21st, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Name the tree:
Pulp This
March 27th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I second the vote for naming it Wood Pulp
April 1st, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Either name it
Black Magic
or
False Hope
Black Magic if you believe anthropogenic CO2 has caused global warming. False Hope if you believe, like the Russian Physics Society, current temperatures are caused by increased solar radiation.
(Link: http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/01/peer-reviewed-global-cooling.html )
If you really care about Niger, pray the Russians are right. Earth will cool significantly by mid-century if they are. Africa will be wetter as a result, and with luck, your tree will drown.
April 9th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Wow, the comment above me sure is bitter.
I would have to go with a cliche name…
The Prince
Who doesn’t love the children’s book which featured not only time travel, but baobab’s tearing apart planets!
April 26th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I would name your tree:
Pulp Reality
(maybe Pulp Realitree if you’re feeling creative)