With an emphasis on the social and environmental health of the planet, we have decided this Holiday Season to help The Future of Life and their goal of planting one billion trees in ten years. Mixed Market donates 20 percent of the revenue generated through its site to The Future Of Life.

Mixed Market supports The Future of Life and its flagship program, Trees for the 21st century^TM. This initiative aims to teach children about the value of the environment; expand the world inventory of trees to protect and improve natural resources; and, have children value long term stewardship of trees, Earth's "perfect organic machines."

The Future of Life has made it their goal to plant one billion trees in ten years in response to a challenge from Wangari Maathai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and whose Greenbelt Movement has planted over 30 million trees in Kenya. They believe their goal as not only achievable, but necessary to protect and improve the environment for future generations.

To meet this challenge, FOL has begun a national partnership with the Girls Scouts of the USA to include Trees for the 21st Century^TM as a patch program.  To introduce the program and in honor of the Girl Scouts' 95th anniversary, FOL has pledged 95 trees to each Girl Scout Councils in the United States and overseas. To date, 146 Councils across 47 states are participating. Through this and other partnerships with youth organizations, FOL has the potential to reach 18 million children and youth, and over two million adult leaders.

The success of the program was proven at the initial planting events in fall 2006 with two Girl Scout councils planting more than 5,500 trees over two weekends.  Since then, 15,000 trees have been planted by 146 councils. The response from both the adult leaders and the girls is overwhelmingly positive.