Total Reclamation

Planting millions of trees in Inner Mongolia is just one example of people helping to reclaim the planet. That's what Advent is about, too.

Check out the Million Tree Project. This effort is fueled entirely by teenagers who are fighting to keep the desert from encroaching on farmable, arable land in Inner Mongolia. Millions of trees have been planted. There are a number of different "Million Tree" projects, and, in fact, there's even a "Billion Tree Campaign."

• New York City’s public-private “Million Trees NYC” program has a goal of planting 1 million trees in the city’s five boroughs.
• The Nature Conservancy’s “Plant a Billion Trees” campaign is aiming to plant 1 billion trees worldwide.
• Coastal towns are even recycling old Christmas trees by using them as an all-natural, biodegradable sand fence to help stabilize sand dunes and repair erosion from hurricanes.

Had enough? Consider this: the United States government has a "Bureau of Reclamation."

Reclamation is huge. It's important. It's vital. And more people are becoming involved every day in the effort to preserve and...