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11/2008: Planting Empowerment is set to become the exclusive supplier of carbon offsets to  Crooked Trails, a non-profit that seeks to improve economic and educational opportunities around the world by changing the way people travel. |
11/2008: Planting Empowerment launches the $100 Forest Savings Bond (FSB), an affordable way to invest responsibly. The FSB provides socially minded investors a competitive return on their investment and various social and environmental benefits. |
| 11/2008: PE participated in Washington DC’s annual Green Festival, which took place at the Washington Convention Center. The Green Festival is a gathering of socially and environmentally responsible businesses and the consumers that support them. |
| 8/2008: PE has reached the final round of the Social Venture Network's Innovation Awards Program. The SVN supports the next generation of innovators and leaders in socially responsible business. |
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8/2008: PE launches its upgraded website, offering more comprehensive information on the innovative business model, and online investments. |
| 6/2008: Planting Empowerment completed its 2nd ten hectare round of investor funded planting bewteen Arimae and Nuevo Paraiso. This year’s operation went smoothly, and now 11,000 tropical trees are soaking up the sun and growing strong! New to the plantations is a component that protects primary forest through an agreement with our Indigenous community partner, Arimae. Now, for every acre of trees financed by our investors, it protects 5 acres of important primary forest. |
| 5/2008: Once again, Planting Empowerment was recognized for its innovative socially and environmentally sustainable business model. The University of Texas at Austin awarded Planting Empowerment 2nd place at the Social Innovation Competition, held on May 2nd. PE beat out over 1,000 teams from 97 universities to make it to the final round. See the competition's details: http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/rgk/competition/index.php. |
| 3/2008: PE reached the semi-final round of the prestigious Echoing Green Fellowship competition. Two of its founders, Chris Meyer and Andrew Parrucci, were recognized for their leadership/management talents and social innovation. |
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1/2008: Planting Empowerment's first investors spent three days touring the plantations, learning about sustainable forestry, and meeting the local Panamanians who are benefitting from their investment. |
| 6/2007: 25 acres of once depleted land have been reforested with commercial hardwoods. Momentum continues to build for Planting Empowerment's next round of planting, as local Panamanians learn more about, and increasingly support, this innovative reforestation initiative. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make it a reality! |
| 4/2007: Notre Dame Social Venture Plan Competition awarded Planting Empowerment 2nd prize, recognizing its potential to slow deforestation throughout Central America. The PE team, represented by Meyer and Parrucci, beat out stiff competition from across the country to compete in this respected social entrepreneurship venue. |
| 3/2007: Planting Empowerment walked away with third place in the Yale School of Management's Entrepreneurship Competition, having presented a strong case for sustainable reforestation in the world of social investing. Along the way, the PE team gained vauable feedback and advice that will help to strengthen its business proposal. |
3/2007: The University of Washington's Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition attracted some of the world's best and brightest social entrepreneurs, each competing for prize money and potential investors. Out of an initial pool of 150, Planting Empowerment reached the top five, and came away with third prize. See coverage at:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003590843_global27.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/305397_competition28.html |
