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		<title>Love Thy Nature</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m Sylvie Rokab, an Emmy-nominated and award-winning and documentary filmmaker. I&#8217;m the Director of a new film, Love Thy Nature,  a work-in-progress documentary that shows how our deeper connection to Nature and the Planet is key to solving our environmental crisis. While the film makes its point logically (through interviews with experts), it also [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.igivetrees.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sylvie_head_262x336.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-506" alt="sylvie_head_262x336" src="http://www.igivetrees.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sylvie_head_262x336.jpg" width="183" height="235" /></a>Hi, I&#8217;m Sylvie Rokab, an Emmy-nominated and award-winning and documentary filmmaker. I&#8217;m the Director of a new film, <em>Love Thy Nature</em>,  a work-in-progress documentary that shows how our deeper connection to Nature and the Planet is key to solving our environmental crisis.</p>
<blockquote><p>While the film makes its point logically (through interviews with experts), it also immerses viewers in an awe-inspiring and sensual cinematic journey that awakens a reverence for the natural world.</p></blockquote>
<p>Today I want to introduce you to someone who shares my love of Nature&#8217;s beauty and poetry, and takes bold and fearless action, as I do, to honor and preserve our Planet. </p>
<p>Please meet Alana Lea, the founder of iGiveTrees. I ask you to GIVE GENEROUSLY to her tree planting initiative for Earth Day. And as we know, Every Day is Earth Day.</p>
<p>Alana will describe below what the iGiveTrees campaign has done over the last few years. They&#8217;ve given nearly 5,000 organically grown trees back to an endangered rainforest in Brazil, through crowdfunding.</p>
<p>That means, people like you and me, can each <strong>be part of a solution to climate change.</strong></p>
<p><strong>If everyone in who reads this would sponsor at least one tree – or better yet one tree a month – together we can restore a whole forest back on the planet. </strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>How globally cooling is that?</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong></strong></strong><strong> -Sylvia Rokab</strong></p>
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<p><em><strong>Just $5 plants and maintains an organically grown rainforest tree for two years.</strong></em></p>
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<p>And, when YOU GIVE TREES, YOU GET A LOT OF MUSIC! Recording artists Michael Bernard Beckwith, Rickie Byars Beckwith, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Hayley Sales, Niki Haris, Charles Holt, Marianne Lewis, Gary Malkin, Jami Lula, Ester Nicholson, Ben Dowling and Faith Rivera are gifting you their songs to support the process.</p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what Alana has to say&#8230;<br />
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<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-37" title="planting trees in Cunha" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/planting2-300x204.jpg" width="300" height="204" /><strong>My name is Alana, and some people call me &#8220;a real world Lorax.&#8221;</strong> Like the Lorax in the storybook, I speak for the trees. And today, I&#8217;m asking you to join me in a LOVING call to action!</p>
<p>When I learned that <strong>93% of the Brazilian rainforest where I was born has disappeared</strong>, I moved into action by starting a reforestation project with rural partners. When you help me to give the Gift of Trees, they go to subsistence farm families to plant on their deforested land. We are planting hope.</p>
<p><strong>You are actually supporting an entire grassroots network of social enterprises: sustainable seed harvesters, an association of organic tree nurseries, small NGOs and farm families who live on degraded land. Together, we are the stewards of the planet&#8217;s precious natural resources.</strong></p>
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<p>Since beginning in 2009, the project has attracted a global community of supporters: Agape International Spiritual Center, Brad Yates (EFT Wizard), Carolyn MacDougall (Teecino founder), DC Cordova (CEO of Money and You), Deborah Koff-Chapin (founder of the Touch Drawing Center), Katherine Woodward Thomas (author of &#8220;Calling in The One&#8221;), Marie Diamond (featured in &#8220;The Secret&#8221;), Martin Dunkerton (author of &#8220;Awakening Your Riches&#8221;), Ryan Eliason (creator of the Social Entrepreneur Empowerment series), George Kao (creator of the Enlightened Business Bootcamp), Steve Bhaerman (co-author of &#8220;Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future&#8221;) and Vicki Robin (author of &#8220;Your Money or Your Life&#8221;) are among them.</p>
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<p><strong>NOW we invite YOU to join us in GIVING THE GIFT OF TREES!<br />
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<p>We plant trees&#8230;thousands of trees&#8230;with a goal of millions of trees. This reforestation process supports global cooling, the return of wildlife and Nature&#8217;s biodiversity. And our hundreds of species of tropical trees have a better chance of growing to maturity, faster, able to sink more carbon than trees planted in the backyards of the Northern Hemisphere.</p>
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<p>Join us in giving trees to rural communities, while starting a non-profit, native seedbank project at the same time. Your gifts support the grassroots efforts of social entrepreneurs, as well as the NGOs and communities they serve. Our common goal is to reverse global warming, while supporting the people who have taken the initiative to sustainably harvest seeds, organically grow trees and supply organizations who teach subsistence farm families how to replant and steward their rainforest.</p>
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<p>These <strong>non-tax-deductible &#8220;crowd funding&#8221; donations</strong> make the purchase and distribution of these trees possible, at no cost to the recipients. We work directly with small, local NGO partners in the community who are focused on teaching organic agroforestry in targeted areas of need.</p>
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<p><strong>Since 2009, we&#8217;ve been able to give 5,000 trees back to the rainforest</strong> and have the capacity to do hundreds of times more over the next few years.</p>
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<p><strong>AFTER MAKING YOUR CONTRIBUTION WATCH YOUR INBOX FOR MUSIC DOWNLOADS TO COME TO YOU FROM ALL OF THESE RECORDING ARTISTS.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-159" title="Michael Bernard Beckwith - Transcendance" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_transcendance1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Michael Bernard Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, known to millions for his appearances in the movie &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; He&#8217;s giving you the sound track &#8220;Adventure in Paradise&#8221; from his newest CD to celebrate 2012. &#8220;TranscenDance&#8221; is a totally unique, genre-bending collection of songs with his POWERFUL teachings set to undulating dance music composed by Madonna composer/producer Stephen Bray. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-157" title="Rickie Byars Beckwith - We Let it Be" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RickieBB2.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Rickie Byars Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Choir. As a musical artist and co-writer with Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, she is considered one of the most important voices in the Sacred Music field, performing at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and many other top venues. She offers you a the song to open your heart &#8211; &#8220;Let It Be&#8221; performed live at the Michael Bernard Beckwith PBS Special: &#8220;The Answer Is You.&#8221; www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-181" title="Ben Dowling" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DowlingCD1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Ben Dowling</strong> offers you his instrumental &#8220;Awakening&#8221;from his album &#8220;The Path of Peace&#8221;</p>
<p>A beautiful piece of meditation music generating a field of contemplative, unhurried loveliness by Agape International Spiritual Center&#8217;s pianist Ben Dowling. Perfect for quieting the mind and soul. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-175" title="Niki Haris" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/NikiHaris1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Niki Haris</strong> offers &#8220;Lord Don&#8217;t Move My Mountain&#8221;</p>
<p>Niki Haris&#8217;s live performances and recording experience reads like a who&#8217;s who of the music world! With names such as Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Santana, Stanley Turrentine, the Righteous Bros., Julian Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Whitney Houston and Madonna, she always gets us movin! www.NikiHaris.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-153" title="Charles Holt - I AM" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_CH_IAm.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Charles Holt</strong> offers you his song &#8220;I Am&#8221;</p>
<p>With a vocal quality &#8220;somewhere between Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder,&#8221; Charles Holt&#8217;s debut album &#8220;I Am&#8221; is a rich audio-biography that follows him from his roots in Southern gospel through the blues, soul, funk, jazz, to Broadway and beyond. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-179" title="Marianne Lewis" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MarianneLewis1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Marianne Lewis</strong> offers you her song &#8220;There is Nothing to Fear&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist, songwriter, award winning filmmaker, actress and spiritual coach, Marianne&#8217;s gift to us feels like a lullaby. Simple yet potent, it reminds us to trust in the Presence of Love. www.MarianneLewis.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-156" title="Jami Lula - Healin Goin On" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_JL_Healin.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Jami Lula</strong> offers you his powerful &#8220;There&#8217;s a Healin Goin On&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist extraordinaire and Spirit Music Minister &#8211; shares his latest release &#8220;There&#8217;s A Healin Goin On.&#8221; Packed with great songs, great musicians, great performances and gorgeous production, this recording represents the best we&#8217;ve see of Jami&#8217;s awesome talent. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-173" title="Munay" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/munay.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Gary Malkin</strong> offers you his Piano composition &#8220;Portal Del Amor.&#8221; Gary is is a seven time Emmy® award-winning composer, producer, performer, and public speaker dedicated to making a difference by creating music-driven media and experiences that inspire the heart and catalyze individual and societal healing. Featuring Tito La Rosa on Winds and Global Fusion Percussionist, Ian Dogole. www.WisdomOfTheWorld.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-154" title="Ester Nicholson - One Heart" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_EN_Child.jpg" width="125" height="120" /><strong>Ester Nicholson</strong> offers you her song &#8220;One Heart&#8221; from her album &#8220;Child Above the Sun&#8221;</p>
<p>An extraordinary artist who has performed with everyone from Rod Stewart to Bette Midler, Ester is a demonstration that no person is beyond redemption and that life-changing renewal is possible for everyone &#8211; regardless of personal history or current circumstance. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p>Emmy® award-winning Positive Music Artist, singer &amp; songwriter, Faith specializes in groovy conscious music to support personal transformation &amp; everyday enlightenment! www.FaithRivera.com</p>
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<p><a href="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-199" title="Haley Sales" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /></a><strong>Haley Sales</strong> offers &#8220;Not In His Garden&#8221;(featuring Donavon Frankenreiter) from her album &#8220;When The Bird Became A Book.&#8221; Hayley Sales resonates with audiences around the world. Whether she’s winning “Best New Mainstream Artist” at the Canadian Radio Music Awards or being named an “O’Neill Girls Ambassador,&#8221; she is infectious. &#8220;Making music that is getting airplay while at the same time bringing the heart of music back into the music industry,” says Sales, “that is what I hope to do.” www.HayleySales.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-46" title="Alana Lea" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/alana4.10.jpg" width="116" height="114" />We welcome you to this global community of renewal!</p>
<p>Great Full Hugs,<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m Adam Hall, the Founder of the Earthkeeper Movement, dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the Planet with limited, sustainable development. Today I want to introduce you to someone who shares my love of the Earth, and works boldly and fearlessly as I do to honor and preserve our Planet. Please meet Alana [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;m Adam Hall, the Founder of the Earthkeeper Movement, dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the Planet with limited, sustainable development.</p>
<p>Today I want to introduce you to someone who shares my love of the Earth, and works boldly and fearlessly as I do to honor and preserve our Planet. Please meet Alana Lea, the founder of iGiveTrees. I ask you to GIVE GENEROUSLY to her tree planting initiative for Earth Day. And as we know &#8211; Every Day is Earth Day.</p>
<p>Alana will describe below, what the iGiveTrees campaign has done over the last few years. They&#8217;ve given nearly 5,000 organically grown trees back to an endangered rainforest in Brazil, through crowdfunding.</p>
<p>That means, people like you and me, can each <strong>be part of a solution to climate change AND stand up to GMO producing chemical companies.</strong></p>
<p>And, we are supporting a grassroots network of sustainable seed harvesters, an association of organic tree growers, a small rural NGO, and farm families who live on degraded land, who are being challenged by Monsanto and Dow&#8217;s presence, hidden behind household name international NGOs, who partnered with their government (sound familiar?).  These simple people of Brazil are being challenged in their rights to <strong>COLLECT SEEDS</strong> and <strong>GROW ORGANIC TREES.</strong></p>
<p><b>They have 200,000 trees from last year&#8217;s crops sitting in their nurseries right now.</b> They don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;ll be in business next year.  If we buy their trees now, we can reforest 250 acres of the most diverse and endangered rainforest on the planet (not the Amazon &#8211; but the Atlantic Rainforest &#8211; already 93% gone). The money will help them to stand up to the giants they face and to stay in business, without using toxic chemicals.</p>
<p><strong>If everyone in who reads this would sponsor at least one tree – or better yet one tree a month – together we can restore a whole forest back on the planet. <strong>How globally cooling is that?</strong></strong></p>
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<p><em><strong>Just $5 plants and maintains an organically grown rainforest tree for two years.</strong></em></p>
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<p>And, when YOU GIVE TREES, YOU GET A LOT OF MUSIC! Recording artists Michael Bernard Beckwith, Rickie Byars Beckwith, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Hayley Sales, Niki Haris, Charles Holt, Marianne Lewis, Gary Malkin, Jami Lula, Ester Nicholson, Ben Dowling and Faith Rivera are gifting you their songs to support the process.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what Alana has to say&#8230;</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-37" title="planting trees in Cunha" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/planting2-300x204.jpg" width="300" height="204" /><strong>My name is Alana, and some people call me &#8220;a real world Lorax.&#8221;</strong> Like the Lorax in the storybook, I speak for the trees. And today, I&#8217;m asking you to join me in a LOVING call to action!</p>
<p>When I learned that <strong>93% of the Brazilian rainforest where I was born has disappeared</strong>, I moved into action by starting a reforestation project with rural partners. When you help me to give the Gift of Trees, they go to subsistence farm families to plant on their deforested land. We are planting hope.</p>
<p><strong>You are actually supporting an entire grassroots network of social enterprises: sustainable seed harvesters, an association of organic tree nurseries, small NGOs and farm families who live on degraded land. Together, we are the stewards of the planet&#8217;s precious natural resources.</strong></p>
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<p>Since beginning in 2009, the project has attracted a global community of supporters: Agape International Spiritual Center, Brad Yates (EFT Wizard), Carolyn MacDougall (Teecino founder), DC Cordova (CEO of Money and You), Deborah Koff-Chapin (founder of the Touch Drawing Center), Katherine Woodward Thomas (author of &#8220;Calling in The One&#8221;), Marie Diamond (featured in &#8220;The Secret&#8221;), Martin Dunkerton (author of &#8220;Awakening Your Riches&#8221;), Ryan Eliason (creator of the Social Entrepreneur Empowerment series), George Kao (creator of the Enlightened Business Bootcamp), Steve Bhaerman (co-author of &#8220;Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future&#8221;) and Vicki Robin (author of &#8220;Your Money or Your Life&#8221;) are among them.</p>
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<p><strong>NOW we invite YOU to join us in GIVING THE GIFT OF TREES!<br />
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<p>We plant trees&#8230;thousands of trees&#8230;with a goal of millions of trees. This reforestation process supports global cooling, the return of wildlife and Nature&#8217;s biodiversity. And our hundreds of species of tropical trees have a better chance of growing to maturity, faster, able to sink more carbon than trees planted in the backyards of the Northern Hemisphere.</p>
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<p>Join us in giving trees to rural communities, while starting a non-profit, native seedbank project at the same time. Your gifts support the grassroots efforts of social entrepreneurs, as well as the NGOs and communities they serve. Our common goal is to reverse global warming, while supporting the people who have taken the initiative to sustainably harvest seeds, organically grow trees and supply organizations who teach subsistence farm families how to replant and steward their rainforest.</p>
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<p>These <strong>non-tax-deductible &#8220;crowd funding&#8221; donations</strong> make the purchase and distribution of these trees possible, at no cost to the recipients. We work directly with small, local NGO partners in the community who are focused on teaching organic agroforestry in targeted areas of need.</p>
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<p><strong>Since 2009, we&#8217;ve been able to give 4,700 trees back to the rainforest</strong> and have the capacity to do hundreds of times more over the next few years.</p>
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<p><strong>AFTER MAKING YOUR CONTRIBUTION WATCH YOUR INBOX FOR MUSIC DOWNLOADS TO COME TO YOU FROM ALL OF THESE RECORDING ARTISTS.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-159" title="Michael Bernard Beckwith - Transcendance" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_transcendance1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Michael Bernard Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, known to millions for his appearances in the movie &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; He&#8217;s giving you the sound track &#8220;Adventure in Paradise&#8221; from his newest CD to celebrate 2012. &#8220;TranscenDance&#8221; is a totally unique, genre-bending collection of songs with his POWERFUL teachings set to undulating dance music composed by Madonna composer/producer Stephen Bray. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-157" title="Rickie Byars Beckwith - We Let it Be" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RickieBB2.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Rickie Byars Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Choir. As a musical artist and co-writer with Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, she is considered one of the most important voices in the Sacred Music field, performing at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and many other top venues. She offers you a the song to open your heart &#8211; &#8220;Let It Be&#8221; performed live at the Michael Bernard Beckwith PBS Special: &#8220;The Answer Is You.&#8221; www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-181" title="Ben Dowling" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DowlingCD1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Ben Dowling</strong> offers you his instrumental &#8220;Awakening&#8221;from his album &#8220;The Path of Peace&#8221;</p>
<p>A beautiful piece of meditation music generating a field of contemplative, unhurried loveliness by Agape International Spiritual Center&#8217;s pianist Ben Dowling. Perfect for quieting the mind and soul. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p>Niki Haris&#8217;s live performances and recording experience reads like a who&#8217;s who of the music world! With names such as Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Santana, Stanley Turrentine, the Righteous Bros., Julian Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Whitney Houston and Madonna, she always gets us movin! www.NikiHaris.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-153" title="Charles Holt - I AM" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_CH_IAm.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Charles Holt</strong> offers you his song &#8220;I Am&#8221;</p>
<p>With a vocal quality &#8220;somewhere between Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder,&#8221; Charles Holt&#8217;s debut album &#8220;I Am&#8221; is a rich audio-biography that follows him from his roots in Southern gospel through the blues, soul, funk, jazz, to Broadway and beyond. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-179" title="Marianne Lewis" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MarianneLewis1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Marianne Lewis</strong> offers you her song &#8220;There is Nothing to Fear&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist, songwriter, award winning filmmaker, actress and spiritual coach, Marianne&#8217;s gift to us feels like a lullaby. Simple yet potent, it reminds us to trust in the Presence of Love. www.MarianneLewis.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-156" title="Jami Lula - Healin Goin On" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_JL_Healin.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Jami Lula</strong> offers you his powerful &#8220;There&#8217;s a Healin Goin On&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist extraordinaire and Spirit Music Minister &#8211; shares his latest release &#8220;There&#8217;s A Healin Goin On.&#8221; Packed with great songs, great musicians, great performances and gorgeous production, this recording represents the best we&#8217;ve see of Jami&#8217;s awesome talent. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-173" title="Munay" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/munay.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Gary Malkin</strong> offers you his Piano composition &#8220;Portal Del Amor.&#8221; Gary is is a seven time Emmy® award-winning composer, producer, performer, and public speaker dedicated to making a difference by creating music-driven media and experiences that inspire the heart and catalyze individual and societal healing. Featuring Tito La Rosa on Winds and Global Fusion Percussionist, Ian Dogole. www.WisdomOfTheWorld.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-154" title="Ester Nicholson - One Heart" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_EN_Child.jpg" width="125" height="120" /><strong>Ester Nicholson</strong> offers you her song &#8220;One Heart&#8221; from her album &#8220;Child Above the Sun&#8221;</p>
<p>An extraordinary artist who has performed with everyone from Rod Stewart to Bette Midler, Ester is a demonstration that no person is beyond redemption and that life-changing renewal is possible for everyone &#8211; regardless of personal history or current circumstance. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-155" title="Faith Rivera - Peace Today" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_FR_Peace.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Faith Rivera</strong> offers you her heart-popping song &#8220;Peace Today&#8221;</p>
<p>Emmy® award-winning Positive Music Artist, singer &amp; songwriter, Faith specializes in groovy conscious music to support personal transformation &amp; everyday enlightenment! www.FaithRivera.com</p>
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<p><a href="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-199" title="Haley Sales" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /></a><strong>Haley Sales</strong> offers &#8220;Not In His Garden&#8221;(featuring Donavon Frankenreiter) from her album &#8220;When The Bird Became A Book.&#8221; Hayley Sales resonates with audiences around the world. Whether she’s winning “Best New Mainstream Artist” at the Canadian Radio Music Awards or being named an “O’Neill Girls Ambassador,&#8221; she is infectious. &#8220;Making music that is getting airplay while at the same time bringing the heart of music back into the music industry,” says Sales, “that is what I hope to do.” www.HayleySales.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-180" title="Katherine Woodward Thomas" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KatherineWoodwardThomas.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Katherine Woodward Thomas</strong> offers you her first recording in over a decade, &#8220;Love Song.&#8221; Formerly a professional singer, the bestselling author of &#8220;Calling in the One” and co-founder of the Feminine Power Global Community, Katherine has had the privilege of teaching over 200,000 people worldwide, both in person and in virtual learning communities. www.KatherineWoodwardThomas.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-46" title="Alana Lea" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/alana4.10.jpg" width="116" height="114" />We welcome you to this global community of renewal!</p>
<p>Great Full Hugs,<br />
Alana Lea</p>
<p>P.S Check out one of our inspiring videos!</p>
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<p><strong>This video is from the 2011 benefit concert created by the Los Angeles Kids For Environmental &amp; Social Action, that resulted in great impact&#8230; You must see to believe!</strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Hi, I&#8217;m Debra Giusti, the founder and promoter of Harmony Festival. Many of you have enjoyed the music, art, ecology, healthy living, and spirituality offerings that Harmony Festival brought to so many over the years. Today I want to introduce you to someone who embodies commitment to all of these qualities. Please meet Alana [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.igivetrees.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/debra_bio-1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-461" alt="debra_bio-1" src="http://www.igivetrees.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/debra_bio-1.jpg" width="200" height="208" /></a>Hi, I&#8217;m Debra Giusti, the founder and promoter of Harmony Festival. Many of you have enjoyed the music, art, ecology, healthy living, and spirituality offerings that Harmony Festival brought to so many over the years.</p>
<p>Today I want to introduce you to someone who embodies commitment to all of these qualities. Please meet Alana Lea, the founder of iGiveTrees. I ask you to GIVE GENEROUSLY to her tree planting initiative for Earth Day.</p>
<p>Alana will describe below, what the iGiveTrees campaign has done over the last few years. They&#8217;ve given nearly 5,000 organically grown trees back to an endangered rainforest in Brazil, through crowdfunding.</p>
<p>That means, people like you and me, can each <strong>be part of a solution to climate change AND stand up to GMO producing chemical companies.</strong></p>
<p>And, we are supporting a grassroots network of sustainable seed harvesters, an association of organic tree growers, a small rural NGO, and farm families who live on degraded land, who are being challenged by Monsanto and Dow&#8217;s presence.<b> </b>Hiding behind household name international NGOs, who partnered with their government (sound familiar?), these simple people are being challenged in their rights to <strong>COLLECT SEEDS</strong> and <strong>GROW ORGANIC TREES.</strong></p>
<p><b>They have 200,000 trees from last year&#8217;s crops sitting in their nurseries right now.</b> They don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;ll be in business next year.  If we buy their trees now, we can reforest 250 acres of the most diverse and endangered rainforest on the planet (not the Amazon &#8211; the Atlantic Rainforest &#8211; already 93% gone). The money will help them to stand up to the giants they face and to stay in business, without using toxic chemicals.</p>
<p><strong>If everyone in who reads this would sponsor at least one tree – or better yet one tree a month – together we can restore a whole forest back on the planet. <strong>How globally cooling is that?</strong></strong></p>
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<p>And, when YOU GIVE TREES, YOU GET A LOT OF MUSIC! Recording artists Michael Bernard Beckwith, Rickie Byars Beckwith, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Hayley Sales, Niki Haris, Charles Holt, Marianne Lewis, Gary Malkin, Jami Lula, Ester Nicholson, Ben Dowling and Faith Rivera are gifting you their songs to support the process.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what Alana has to say&#8230;</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-37" title="planting trees in Cunha" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/planting2-300x204.jpg" width="300" height="204" /><strong>My name is Alana, and some people call me &#8220;a real world Lorax.&#8221;</strong> Like the Lorax in the storybook, I speak for the trees. And today, I&#8217;m asking you to join me in a LOVING call to action!</p>
<p>When I learned that <strong>93% of the Brazilian rainforest where I was born has disappeared</strong>, I moved into action by starting a reforestation project with rural partners. When you help me to give the Gift of Trees, they go to subsistence farm families to plant on their deforested land. We are planting hope.</p>
<p><strong>You are actually supporting an entire grassroots network of social enterprises: sustainable seed harvesters, an association of organic tree nurseries, small NGOs and farm families who live on degraded land. Together, we are the stewards of the planet&#8217;s precious natural resources.</strong></p>
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<p>Since beginning in 2009, the project has attracted a global community of supporters: Agape International Spiritual Center, Brad Yates (EFT Wizard), Carolyn MacDougall (Teecino founder), DC Cordova (CEO of Money and You), Deborah Koff-Chapin (founder of the Touch Drawing Center), Katherine Woodward Thomas (author of &#8220;Calling in The One&#8221;), Marie Diamond (featured in &#8220;The Secret&#8221;), Martin Dunkerton (author of &#8220;Awakening Your Riches&#8221;), Ryan Eliason (creator of the Social Entrepreneur Empowerment series), George Kao (creator of the Enlightened Business Bootcamp), Steve Bhaerman (co-author of &#8220;Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future&#8221;) and Vicki Robin (author of &#8220;Your Money or Your Life&#8221;) are among them.</p>
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<p><strong>NOW we invite YOU to join us in GIVING THE GIFT OF TREES!<br />
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<p>We plant trees&#8230;thousands of trees&#8230;with a goal of millions of trees. This reforestation process supports global cooling, the return of wildlife and Nature&#8217;s biodiversity. And our hundreds of species of tropical trees have a better chance of growing to maturity, faster, able to sink more carbon than trees planted in the backyards of the Northern Hemisphere.</p>
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<p>Join us in giving trees to rural communities, while starting a non-profit, native seedbank project at the same time. Your gifts support the grassroots efforts of social entrepreneurs, as well as the NGOs and communities they serve. Our common goal is to reverse global warming, while supporting the people who have taken the initiative to sustainably harvest seeds, organically grow trees and supply organizations who teach subsistence farm families how to replant and steward their rainforest.</p>
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<p>These <strong>non-tax-deductible &#8220;crowd funding&#8221; donations</strong> make the purchase and distribution of these trees possible, at no cost to the recipients. We work directly with small, local NGO partners in the community who are focused on teaching organic agroforestry in targeted areas of need.</p>
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<p><strong>Since 2009, we&#8217;ve been able to give 4,700 trees back to the rainforest</strong> and have the capacity to do hundreds of times more over the next few years.</p>
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<p><strong>AFTER MAKING YOUR CONTRIBUTION WATCH YOUR INBOX FOR MUSIC DOWNLOADS TO COME TO YOU FROM ALL OF THESE RECORDING ARTISTS.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-159" title="Michael Bernard Beckwith - Transcendance" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_transcendance1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Michael Bernard Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, known to millions for his appearances in the movie &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; He&#8217;s giving you the sound track &#8220;Adventure in Paradise&#8221; from his newest CD to celebrate 2012. &#8220;TranscenDance&#8221; is a totally unique, genre-bending collection of songs with his POWERFUL teachings set to undulating dance music composed by Madonna composer/producer Stephen Bray. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-157" title="Rickie Byars Beckwith - We Let it Be" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RickieBB2.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Rickie Byars Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Choir. As a musical artist and co-writer with Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, she is considered one of the most important voices in the Sacred Music field, performing at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and many other top venues. She offers you a the song to open your heart &#8211; &#8220;Let It Be&#8221; performed live at the Michael Bernard Beckwith PBS Special: &#8220;The Answer Is You.&#8221; www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-181" title="Ben Dowling" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DowlingCD1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Ben Dowling</strong> offers you his instrumental &#8220;Awakening&#8221;from his album &#8220;The Path of Peace&#8221;</p>
<p>A beautiful piece of meditation music generating a field of contemplative, unhurried loveliness by Agape International Spiritual Center&#8217;s pianist Ben Dowling. Perfect for quieting the mind and soul. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-175" title="Niki Haris" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/NikiHaris1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Niki Haris</strong> offers &#8220;Lord Don&#8217;t Move My Mountain&#8221;</p>
<p>Niki Haris&#8217;s live performances and recording experience reads like a who&#8217;s who of the music world! With names such as Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Santana, Stanley Turrentine, the Righteous Bros., Julian Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Whitney Houston and Madonna, she always gets us movin! www.NikiHaris.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-153" title="Charles Holt - I AM" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_CH_IAm.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Charles Holt</strong> offers you his song &#8220;I Am&#8221;</p>
<p>With a vocal quality &#8220;somewhere between Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder,&#8221; Charles Holt&#8217;s debut album &#8220;I Am&#8221; is a rich audio-biography that follows him from his roots in Southern gospel through the blues, soul, funk, jazz, to Broadway and beyond. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-179" title="Marianne Lewis" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MarianneLewis1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Marianne Lewis</strong> offers you her song &#8220;There is Nothing to Fear&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist, songwriter, award winning filmmaker, actress and spiritual coach, Marianne&#8217;s gift to us feels like a lullaby. Simple yet potent, it reminds us to trust in the Presence of Love. www.MarianneLewis.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-156" title="Jami Lula - Healin Goin On" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_JL_Healin.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Jami Lula</strong> offers you his powerful &#8220;There&#8217;s a Healin Goin On&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist extraordinaire and Spirit Music Minister &#8211; shares his latest release &#8220;There&#8217;s A Healin Goin On.&#8221; Packed with great songs, great musicians, great performances and gorgeous production, this recording represents the best we&#8217;ve see of Jami&#8217;s awesome talent. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-173" title="Munay" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/munay.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Gary Malkin</strong> offers you his Piano composition &#8220;Portal Del Amor.&#8221; Gary is is a seven time Emmy® award-winning composer, producer, performer, and public speaker dedicated to making a difference by creating music-driven media and experiences that inspire the heart and catalyze individual and societal healing. Featuring Tito La Rosa on Winds and Global Fusion Percussionist, Ian Dogole. www.WisdomOfTheWorld.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-154" title="Ester Nicholson - One Heart" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_EN_Child.jpg" width="125" height="120" /><strong>Ester Nicholson</strong> offers you her song &#8220;One Heart&#8221; from her album &#8220;Child Above the Sun&#8221;</p>
<p>An extraordinary artist who has performed with everyone from Rod Stewart to Bette Midler, Ester is a demonstration that no person is beyond redemption and that life-changing renewal is possible for everyone &#8211; regardless of personal history or current circumstance. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p>Emmy® award-winning Positive Music Artist, singer &amp; songwriter, Faith specializes in groovy conscious music to support personal transformation &amp; everyday enlightenment! www.FaithRivera.com</p>
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<p><a href="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-199" title="Haley Sales" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /></a><strong>Haley Sales</strong> offers &#8220;Not In His Garden&#8221;(featuring Donavon Frankenreiter) from her album &#8220;When The Bird Became A Book.&#8221; Hayley Sales resonates with audiences around the world. Whether she’s winning “Best New Mainstream Artist” at the Canadian Radio Music Awards or being named an “O’Neill Girls Ambassador,&#8221; she is infectious. &#8220;Making music that is getting airplay while at the same time bringing the heart of music back into the music industry,” says Sales, “that is what I hope to do.” www.HayleySales.com</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m Ryan Eliason, the Visionary Entrepreneur Coach. Many of you have worked with me over the last few years, to grow your enterprise into a sustainable, fullfilling livelihood. And, you have probably heard along the way, that I&#8217;ve worked with the hundreds of people who have started social enterprises that are doing some amazing [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-384" alt="20130215-125544.jpg" src="http://www.igivetrees.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130215-125544.jpg" width="165" height="238" />Hi, I&#8217;m Ryan Eliason, the Visionary Entrepreneur Coach. Many of you have worked with me over the last few years, to grow your enterprise into a sustainable, fullfilling livelihood.</p>
<p>And, you have probably heard along the way, that I&#8217;ve worked with the hundreds of people who have started social enterprises that are doing some amazing work in the world. Today I want to introduce you to one of them, Alana Lea, and ask you to MATCH OR SURPASS MY GIFT to her tree planting initiative.</p>
<p>Alana will describe below, what the iGiveTrees campaign has done over the last few years. They&#8217;ve given nearly 5,000 trees back to an endangered rainforest in Brazil, through crowdfunding.</p>
<p>That means, people like you and me, can each <strong>be part of a solution to climate change.</strong>.</p>
<p>Last year, I gave 300 trees back to the Earth, in a place where it supports a whole network of social entrepreneurs who are gathering seeds, growing trees, teaching people how to plant and maintain them. I loved doing it, and so today I&#8217;m asking you to join me and make some real impact!</p>
<p><strong>If everyone in my community who reads this would plant at least one tree &#8211; or even one tree a month &#8211; we could be responsible for replacing a whole forest back on the planet. How globally cooling is that?</strong></p>
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<p><em><strong>Just $5 plants and maintains an organically grown rainforest tree for two years.</strong></em></p>
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<p>And, when YOU GIVE TREES, YOU GET A LOT OF MUSIC! Recording artists Michael Bernard Beckwith, Rickie Byars Beckwith, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Hayley Sales, Niki Haris, Charles Holt, Marianne Lewis, Gary Malkin, Jami Lula, Ester Nicholson, Ben Dowling and Faith Rivera are gifting you their songs to support the process.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what Alana has to say&#8230;</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-37" title="planting trees in Cunha" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/planting2-300x204.jpg" width="300" height="204" /><strong>My name is Alana, and some people call me &#8220;a real world Lorax.&#8221;</strong> Like the Lorax in the storybook, I speak for the trees. And today, I&#8217;m asking you to join me in a LOVING call to action!</p>
<p>When I learned that <strong>93% of the Brazilian rainforest where I was born has disappeared</strong>, I moved into action by starting a reforestation project with rural partners. When you help me to give the Gift of Trees, they go to subsistence farm families to plant on their deforested land. We are planting hope.</p>
<p><strong>You are actually supporting an entire grassroots network of social enterprises: sustainable seed harvesters, an association of organic tree nurseries, small NGOs and farm families who live on degraded land. Together, we are the stewards of the planet&#8217;s precious natural resources.</strong></p>
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<p>Since beginning in 2009, the project has attracted a global community of supporters: Agape International Spiritual Center, Brad Yates (EFT Wizard), Carolyn MacDougall (Teecino founder), DC Cordova (CEO of Money and You), Deborah Koff-Chapin (founder of the Touch Drawing Center), Katherine Woodward Thomas (author of &#8220;Calling in The One&#8221;), Marie Diamond (featured in &#8220;The Secret&#8221;), Martin Dunkerton (author of &#8220;Awakening Your Riches&#8221;), Ryan Eliason (creator of the Social Entrepreneur Empowerment series), George Kao (creator of the Enlightened Business Bootcamp), Steve Bhaerman (co-author of &#8220;Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future&#8221;) and Vicki Robin (author of &#8220;Your Money or Your Life&#8221;) are among them.</p>
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<p><strong>NOW we invite YOU to join us in GIVING THE GIFT OF TREES!<br />
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<p>We plant trees&#8230;thousands of trees&#8230;with a goal of millions of trees. This reforestation process supports global cooling, the return of wildlife and Nature&#8217;s biodiversity. And our hundreds of species of tropical trees have a better chance of growing to maturity, faster, able to sink more carbon than trees planted in the backyards of the Northern Hemisphere.</p>
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<p>Join us in giving trees to rural communities, while starting a non-profit, native seedbank project at the same time. Your gifts support the grassroots efforts of social entrepreneurs, as well as the NGOs and communities they serve. Our common goal is to reverse global warming, while supporting the people who have taken the initiative to sustainably harvest seeds, organically grow trees and supply organizations who teach subsistence farm families how to replant and steward their rainforest.</p>
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<p>These <strong>non-tax-deductible &#8220;crowd funding&#8221; donations</strong> make the purchase and distribution of these trees possible, at no cost to the recipients. We work directly with small, local NGO partners in the community who are focused on teaching organic agroforestry in targeted areas of need.</p>
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<p><strong>Since 2009, we&#8217;ve been able to give 4,700 trees back to the rainforest</strong> and have the capacity to do hundreds of times more over the next few years.</p>
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<p><strong>AFTER MAKING YOUR CONTRIBUTION WATCH YOUR INBOX FOR MUSIC DOWNLOADS TO COME TO YOU FROM ALL OF THESE RECORDING ARTISTS.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-159" title="Michael Bernard Beckwith - Transcendance" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_transcendance1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Michael Bernard Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, known to millions for his appearances in the movie &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; He&#8217;s giving you the sound track &#8220;Adventure in Paradise&#8221; from his newest CD to celebrate 2012. &#8220;TranscenDance&#8221; is a totally unique, genre-bending collection of songs with his POWERFUL teachings set to undulating dance music composed by Madonna composer/producer Stephen Bray. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-157" title="Rickie Byars Beckwith - We Let it Be" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RickieBB2.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Rickie Byars Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Choir. As a musical artist and co-writer with Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, she is considered one of the most important voices in the Sacred Music field, performing at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and many other top venues. She offers you a the song to open your heart &#8211; &#8220;Let It Be&#8221; performed live at the Michael Bernard Beckwith PBS Special: &#8220;The Answer Is You.&#8221; www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-181" title="Ben Dowling" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DowlingCD1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Ben Dowling</strong> offers you his instrumental &#8220;Awakening&#8221;from his album &#8220;The Path of Peace&#8221;</p>
<p>A beautiful piece of meditation music generating a field of contemplative, unhurried loveliness by Agape International Spiritual Center&#8217;s pianist Ben Dowling. Perfect for quieting the mind and soul. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-175" title="Niki Haris" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/NikiHaris1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Niki Haris</strong> offers &#8220;Lord Don&#8217;t Move My Mountain&#8221;</p>
<p>Niki Haris&#8217;s live performances and recording experience reads like a who&#8217;s who of the music world! With names such as Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Santana, Stanley Turrentine, the Righteous Bros., Julian Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Whitney Houston and Madonna, she always gets us movin! www.NikiHaris.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-153" title="Charles Holt - I AM" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_CH_IAm.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Charles Holt</strong> offers you his song &#8220;I Am&#8221;</p>
<p>With a vocal quality &#8220;somewhere between Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder,&#8221; Charles Holt&#8217;s debut album &#8220;I Am&#8221; is a rich audio-biography that follows him from his roots in Southern gospel through the blues, soul, funk, jazz, to Broadway and beyond. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-179" title="Marianne Lewis" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MarianneLewis1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Marianne Lewis</strong> offers you her song &#8220;There is Nothing to Fear&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist, songwriter, award winning filmmaker, actress and spiritual coach, Marianne&#8217;s gift to us feels like a lullaby. Simple yet potent, it reminds us to trust in the Presence of Love. www.MarianneLewis.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-156" title="Jami Lula - Healin Goin On" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_JL_Healin.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Jami Lula</strong> offers you his powerful &#8220;There&#8217;s a Healin Goin On&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist extraordinaire and Spirit Music Minister &#8211; shares his latest release &#8220;There&#8217;s A Healin Goin On.&#8221; Packed with great songs, great musicians, great performances and gorgeous production, this recording represents the best we&#8217;ve see of Jami&#8217;s awesome talent. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-173" title="Munay" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/munay.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Gary Malkin</strong> offers you his Piano composition &#8220;Portal Del Amor.&#8221; Gary is is a seven time Emmy® award-winning composer, producer, performer, and public speaker dedicated to making a difference by creating music-driven media and experiences that inspire the heart and catalyze individual and societal healing. Featuring Tito La Rosa on Winds and Global Fusion Percussionist, Ian Dogole. www.WisdomOfTheWorld.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-154" title="Ester Nicholson - One Heart" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_EN_Child.jpg" width="125" height="120" /><strong>Ester Nicholson</strong> offers you her song &#8220;One Heart&#8221; from her album &#8220;Child Above the Sun&#8221;</p>
<p>An extraordinary artist who has performed with everyone from Rod Stewart to Bette Midler, Ester is a demonstration that no person is beyond redemption and that life-changing renewal is possible for everyone &#8211; regardless of personal history or current circumstance. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-155" title="Faith Rivera - Peace Today" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_FR_Peace.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Faith Rivera</strong> offers you her heart-popping song &#8220;Peace Today&#8221;</p>
<p>Emmy® award-winning Positive Music Artist, singer &amp; songwriter, Faith specializes in groovy conscious music to support personal transformation &amp; everyday enlightenment! www.FaithRivera.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><a href="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-199" title="Haley Sales" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /></a><strong>Haley Sales</strong> offers &#8220;Not In His Garden&#8221;(featuring Donavon Frankenreiter) from her album &#8220;When The Bird Became A Book.&#8221; Hayley Sales resonates with audiences around the world. Whether she’s winning “Best New Mainstream Artist” at the Canadian Radio Music Awards or being named an “O’Neill Girls Ambassador,&#8221; she is infectious. &#8220;Making music that is getting airplay while at the same time bringing the heart of music back into the music industry,” says Sales, “that is what I hope to do.” www.HayleySales.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-180" title="Katherine Woodward Thomas" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KatherineWoodwardThomas.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Katherine Woodward Thomas</strong> offers you her first recording in over a decade, &#8220;Love Song.&#8221; Formerly a professional singer, the bestselling author of &#8220;Calling in the One” and co-founder of the Feminine Power Global Community, Katherine has had the privilege of teaching over 200,000 people worldwide, both in person and in virtual learning communities. www.KatherineWoodwardThomas.com</p>
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<p>Great Full Hugs,<br />
Alana Lea</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong></strong><strong>Be a LOVE</strong> - <strong>Give a Tree</strong> to the rainforest and you&#8217;ll get a Love Song created especially for us by Katherine Woodward Thomas, author of <em><strong>Calling in the One</strong></em>. She&#8217;s singing for the LOVE of our Lives!</p>
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<p><strong>When YOU GIVE TREES, YOU GET A LOT OF MUSIC!</strong> Join recording artists Michael Bernard Beckwith, Rickie Byars Beckwith, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Hayley Sales, Niki Haris, Charles Holt, Marianne Lewis, Gary Malkin, Jami Lula, Ester Nicholson, Ben Dowling and Faith Rivera who are gifting you their songs to help me replant an endangered rainforest! Here&#8217;s a song with the Agape International Choir to open the way&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>My name is Alana, and some people call me &#8220;a real world Lorax.&#8221;</strong> Like the Lorax in the storybook, I speak for the trees. And today, I&#8217;m asking you to join me in a LOVING call to action!</p>
<p>When I learned that <strong>93% of the Brazilian rainforest where I was born has disappeared</strong>, I moved into action by starting a reforestation project with rural partners. When you help me to Give the Gift of Trees, they go to subsistence farm families to plant on their deforested land. You are actually supporting an entire grassroots network of social enterprises: sustainable seed harvesters, an association of organic tree nurseries, small NGOs and farm families who live on degraded land. Together, we are the stewards of the planet&#8217;s precious natural resources.</p>
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<p>Since beginning in 2009, the project has attracted a global community of supporters: Agape International Spiritual Center, Brad Yates (EFT Wizard), Carolyn MacDougall (Teecino founder), DC Cordova (CEO of Money and You), Deborah Koff-Chapin (founder of the Touch Drawing Center), Katherine Woodward Thomas (author of &#8220;Calling in The One&#8221;), Marie Diamond (featured in &#8220;The Secret&#8221;), Martin Dunkerton (author of &#8220;Awakening Your Riches&#8221;), Ryan Eliason (creator of the Social Entrepreneur Empowerment series), George Kao (creator of the Enlightened Business Bootcamp), Steve Bhaerman (co-author of &#8220;Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future&#8221;) and Vicki Robin (author of &#8220;Your Money or Your Life&#8221;) are among them.</p>
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<p><strong>NOW we invite YOU to join us in GIVING THE GIFT OF TREES!<br />
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We plant trees&#8230;thousands of trees&#8230;with a goal of millions of trees. This reforestation process supports global cooling, the return of wildlife and Nature&#8217;s biodiversity. And our hundreds of species of tropical trees have a better chance of growing to maturity, faster, able to sink more carbon than trees planted in the backyards of the Northern Hemisphere.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-37" title="planting trees in Cunha" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/planting2-300x204.jpg" width="300" height="204" />Join us in giving trees to rural communities, while supporting affiliated organizations in the US at the same time. Your gifts support the grassroots efforts of social entrepreneurs in the US and Brazil, as well as the NGOs and communities they serve. Our common goal is to reverse global warming, while supporting the people who have taken the initiative to sustainably harvest seeds, organically grow trees and supply organizations who teach subsistence farm families how to replant and steward their rainforest.</p>
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<p>These <strong>non-tax-deductible &#8220;crowd funding&#8221; donations</strong> make the purchase and distribution of these trees possible, at no cost to the recipients. We work directly with small, local NGO partners in the community who are focused on teaching organic agroforestry in targeted areas of need.</p>
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<p><strong>Since 2009, we&#8217;ve been able to give 4,700 trees back to the rainforest</strong> and have the capacity to do hundreds of times more over the next few years.</p>
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<p><strong>AFTER MAKING YOUR CONTRIBUTION WATCH YOUR INBOX FOR MUSIC DOWNLOADS TO COME TO YOU FROM ALL OF THESE RECORDING ARTISTS.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-159" title="Michael Bernard Beckwith - Transcendance" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_transcendance1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Michael Bernard Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, known to millions for his appearances in the movie &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; He&#8217;s giving you the sound track &#8220;Adventure in Paradise&#8221; from his newest CD to celebrate 2012. &#8220;TranscenDance&#8221; is a totally unique, genre-bending collection of songs with his POWERFUL teachings set to undulating dance music composed by Madonna composer/producer Stephen Bray. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-157" title="Rickie Byars Beckwith - We Let it Be" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RickieBB2.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Rickie Byars Beckwith</strong> is the founder of the Agape International Choir. As a musical artist and co-writer with Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, she is considered one of the most important voices in the Sacred Music field, performing at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and many other top venues. She offers you a the song to open your heart &#8211; &#8220;Let It Be&#8221; performed live at the Michael Bernard Beckwith PBS Special: &#8220;The Answer Is You.&#8221; www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-181" title="Ben Dowling" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DowlingCD1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Ben Dowling</strong> offers you his instrumental &#8220;Awakening&#8221;from his album &#8220;The Path of Peace&#8221;</p>
<p>A beautiful piece of meditation music generating a field of contemplative, unhurried loveliness by Agape International Spiritual Center&#8217;s pianist Ben Dowling. Perfect for quieting the mind and soul. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="33" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-175" title="Niki Haris" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/NikiHaris1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Niki Haris</strong> offers &#8220;Lord Don&#8217;t Move My Mountain&#8221;</p>
<p>Niki Haris&#8217;s live performances and recording experience reads like a who&#8217;s who of the music world! With names such as Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Santana, Stanley Turrentine, the Righteous Bros., Julian Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Whitney Houston and Madonna, she always gets us movin! www.NikiHaris.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-153" title="Charles Holt - I AM" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_CH_IAm.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Charles Holt</strong> offers you his song &#8220;I Am&#8221;</p>
<p>With a vocal quality &#8220;somewhere between Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder,&#8221; Charles Holt&#8217;s debut album &#8220;I Am&#8221; is a rich audio-biography that follows him from his roots in Southern gospel through the blues, soul, funk, jazz, to Broadway and beyond. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-179" title="Marianne Lewis" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MarianneLewis1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Marianne Lewis</strong> offers you her song &#8220;There is Nothing to Fear&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist, songwriter, award winning filmmaker, actress and spiritual coach, Marianne&#8217;s gift to us feels like a lullaby. Simple yet potent, it reminds us to trust in the Presence of Love. www.MarianneLewis.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-156" title="Jami Lula - Healin Goin On" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_JL_Healin.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Jami Lula</strong> offers you his powerful &#8220;There&#8217;s a Healin Goin On&#8221;</p>
<p>Vocalist extraordinaire and Spirit Music Minister &#8211; shares his latest release &#8220;There&#8217;s A Healin Goin On.&#8221; Packed with great songs, great musicians, great performances and gorgeous production, this recording represents the best we&#8217;ve see of Jami&#8217;s awesome talent. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-173" title="Munay" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/munay.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Gary Malkin</strong> offers you his Piano composition &#8220;Portal Del Amor.&#8221; Gary is is a seven time Emmy® award-winning composer, producer, performer, and public speaker dedicated to making a difference by creating music-driven media and experiences that inspire the heart and catalyze individual and societal healing. Featuring Tito La Rosa on Winds and Global Fusion Percussionist, Ian Dogole. www.WisdomOfTheWorld.com</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" title="space" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space.jpg" width="33" height="15" /></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-154" title="Ester Nicholson - One Heart" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_EN_Child.jpg" width="125" height="120" /><strong>Ester Nicholson</strong> offers you her song &#8220;One Heart&#8221; from her album &#8220;Child Above the Sun&#8221;</p>
<p>An extraordinary artist who has performed with everyone from Rod Stewart to Bette Midler, Ester is a demonstration that no person is beyond redemption and that life-changing renewal is possible for everyone &#8211; regardless of personal history or current circumstance. www.AgapeMe.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-155" title="Faith Rivera - Peace Today" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/panel_FR_Peace.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Faith Rivera</strong> offers you her heart-popping song &#8220;Peace Today&#8221;</p>
<p>Emmy® award-winning Positive Music Artist, singer &amp; songwriter, Faith specializes in groovy conscious music to support personal transformation &amp; everyday enlightenment! www.FaithRivera.com</p>
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<p><a href="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-199" title="Haley Sales" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HaleySales1.jpg" width="125" height="110" /></a><strong>Haley Sales</strong> offers &#8220;Not In His Garden&#8221;(featuring Donavon Frankenreiter) from her album &#8220;When The Bird Became A Book.&#8221; Hayley Sales resonates with audiences around the world. Whether she’s winning “Best New Mainstream Artist” at the Canadian Radio Music Awards or being named an “O’Neill Girls Ambassador,&#8221; she is infectious. &#8220;Making music that is getting airplay while at the same time bringing the heart of music back into the music industry,” says Sales, “that is what I hope to do.” www.HayleySales.com</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-180" title="Katherine Woodward Thomas" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KatherineWoodwardThomas.jpg" width="125" height="110" /><strong>Katherine Woodward Thomas</strong> offers you her first recording in over a decade, &#8220;Love Song.&#8221; Formerly a professional singer, the bestselling author of &#8220;Calling in the One” and co-founder of the Feminine Power Global Community, Katherine has had the privilege of teaching over 200,000 people worldwide, both in person and in virtual learning communities. www.KatherineWoodwardThomas.com</p>
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<p><strong>Be sure to bookmark the link to the THANK YOU page, after you make your PayPal payment, to find the gifts that are waiting for you&#8230;</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-46" title="Alana Lea" alt="" src="http://50.22.122.245/~czgwswyb/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/alana4.10.jpg" width="116" height="114" />We welcome you to this global community of renewal!</p>
<p>Great Full Hugs,<br />
Alana Lea</p>
<p>P.S Check out some of our videos!</p>
<p><strong>This video is from the 2011 benefit concert created by the Los Angeles Kids For Environmental &amp; Social Action, that resulted in great impact&#8230; You must see to believe!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>This video is from our own Swami Beyondananda, giving us his tree-mend-us blessing!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Please visit our <a title="rainforesteco blog" href="http://rainforesteco.wordpress.com" target="_blank">blog</a> to learn more of the stories behind the reforestation project. </strong></p>
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