The Rainforest Site
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The Rainforest Site is a Click-to-donate site on the internet where users can save rainforests around the world by simply clicking on a button. Each click saves over 11 square feet (1 m²) of rainforest. As of the end of June 2005, visitors to The Rainforest Site have saved over 30,000 acres (121 km²) of rainforest from destruction.
The site was started on May 1, 2000. Visitors to the site do not have to pay any fees, and only one click per day is counted per person (or per computer) toward the total.
The site is owned by Greg Hesterberg and Tim Kunin.
[edit] International Sites
- Die Regenwaldseite - German Internet site similar to the Rain Forest site their first sponsors were the large German political parties (CDU, SPD, FDP, Die Grünen).
[edit] Similar Sites
The Hunger Site is owned and operated by CharityUSA.com, which also includes:
- The Rainforest Site to purchase and preserve rainforest land
- The Breast Cancer Site to fund mammograms for low-income women
- The Literacy Site to provide books to children in low-income families
- The Animal Rescue Site to give food and care to abandoned animals in shelters
- The Child Health Site is a combination of three earlier sites in the network:
- The Child Survival Site to provide vitamin A supplements to prevent blindness and disease
- The Kids AIDS Site to provide medications to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- The Landmine Site to provide prostheses to people who lost limbs in landmine explosions
