A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children -Audubon ------ The world’s forests need to be seen for what they are.. giant global utilities, providing essential services to humanity on a vast scale. Rainforests store carbon, which is lost to the atmosphere when they burn, increasing global warming. The life they support cleans the atmosphere of pollutants and feeds it with moisture. They help regulate our climate and sustain the lives of some of the poorest people on this Earth. -Prince Charles ------ We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking. -Jacques-Yves Cousteau ------------ The only way to avert the catastrophe of neglect is though an evolutionary leap in the way we see and feel our context. We need to experience nature and the universe within ourselves. -Tom Hayden ------------ If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. -Chinese Proverb

RainTrust Newsroom

RainTrust is active all over the world. News comes in all the time, so check the News Section of the website Regularly.

North America

Jaguar Vodka Starts a Reserve

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Jaguar Vodka has signed an agreement to create a major rainforest reserve within the RainTrust Reserve. Starting with 2000 Acres, each drink and bottle purchased increases the size of the Jaguar Vodka Reserve and part of the proceeds to protect the land are specifically allocated for the preservation of the endangered Jaguar.

With the creation of this reserve in their name, Jaguar is supporting RainTrust in its effort to sustainably conserve the indigenous cultures and rich biodiversity of the Amazon. Jaguar Vodka's policy to create awareness engaging it's clientele is another example of how RainTrust's market approach is working for all stakeholders.

RainTrust presents Minister John Baird a RainTrust Sponsored Acre

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Gary Schwartz on behalf of RainTrust, presenting one sponsored acre of Raintrust conservation land to The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment for the Government of Canada at the Deloitte’s Green Awards gala September 19th, 2007.

Mexican Conservation Agreement

In October 2007 David Plattner the CEO of RainTrust LLC made a visit to Mexico in order to initialize the RainTrust foundation operations in this country. The Fundación RainTrust Mexico was founded and historical agreements reached throughout the conservation and environmental arenas.

The Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico Mr. Juan Elvira met with David Plattner to be briefed on the organization’s goals, methodology and purposes. The Minister asked RainTrust Mexico to support the certified gum tree industry in the southern part of Mexico where more than 100 cooperatives have been very badly hit by hurricane Dean and much help is needed.

April 20th 2008

Happy Earth Day 2008, and thank you for your interest in combatting global warming!
We at Raintrust are excited about our partnership with Active International, one of Rockland County's premier businesses.
Through this partnership, Raintrust is providing the opportunity for Active International to sponsor over 100,000 acres of Amazon Rainforest land in a reserve that will be in the exact size and shape of Rockland County. With the funds raised from community sponsorship of this ACTIVE reserve, Raintrust will be able to continue towards it's goal of protecting one billion acres of Rainforest land around the globe by the end of 2009. Please return to this website soon for further details about this exciting initiative.

RainTrustpartners with one of the largest entertainment companies, LiveNation

LiveNation partners with RainTrust to start an innovative call-to-action via mobile phones with Live Nation, the world's largest live music company and the largest promoter of live concerts in the world and second-largest entertainment venue management company.

Under this agreement, RainTrust’s txt 4EARTH program was run at Live Nation Venues last summer. Music fans sponsored one square foot of the rainforst and saw the results on the large screen jumbotrons at 17 live concerts including: Aerosmith, Rush, Dep Leppard/Styx and Foreigner, Brad Pasiley, Alman Bros, Luis Miguel and the Dave Matthew Band.