Organic Pick of the Week: Excentree
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 4:18PM 
It's finally spring! And that means t-shirt weather, so this week I'm excited to show you my favorite new shirt by Excentree. This eco-friendly company uses certified organic cotton to make their limited-edition shirts and gives you the chance to plant one tree for every garment sold.
How does it work? Excentree is working with seventeen agro-reforestation projects worldwide in countries like Belize, Ethiopia, India, Haiti and Uganda. Many areas have been ravaged by logging for profit, leaving the land vulnerable and infertile, reducing soil and community protection. By planting trees in these areas, communities can begin to reclaim the land, make it work for them and become sustainable once again.
Once you get your shirt, all you have to do is visit the website they provide on the garment and enter your access code to plant a tree. And as if that wasn't cool enough, Excentree garment hang tags are made from seeded paper. So after you've planted your tree online you can plant the tag and it will grow either flowers, vegetables or herbs!
-Dorothee
Reader Comments (2)
This totally rocks! Thanks, Dorothee, and Organicnation for keeping me in the know about all the hip companies and clothes and foods out there. You are doing the work for me and I appreciate it.
Love the photo -- organicnation has the greatest backgrounds in all the photos!