At this brand-new Toronto-based kids' virtual world, all activities are tree-based. With young users' help, Arbopals plans on "being able to plant millions of trees internationally in the coming months and years." As kids aged 5-10 play, "tree-plantings are funded in 21 countries, the site's launch release says. "And in recognition of the recent earthquake in Haiti, users can go on a special … [Read more...] about Teaching kids to be green: Arbopals launches
Arbopals
Kids’ virtual world that plants real trees
Arbopals is a children's virtual world with very real environmental impact. During its just-launched beta test phase, the Toronto-based virtual world's nonprofit partners in more than 20 countries will plant a tree for each of the first 1,000 users who sign up (so far, kids in 43 countries have) – because "the UN says that to compensate for the damage we have all done to the environment, we should … [Read more...] about Kids’ virtual world that plants real trees