Thursday, April 26, 2012

PRO SNOWBOARDER DCP AND POW PARTNER WITH SPY GOGGLE LINE FOR COSTA RICAN REFORESTATION EFFORT


Story by Shannon Marie Quirk for theskichannel.com
For the past three years, pro snowboarder and SPY athlete, David Carrier Porcheron (DCP), has been doing his part to fight climate change by planting trees in a deforested rainforest area in Costa Rica. To fund this effort, DCP has donated funds generated through his custom goggle line with long time sponsor, SPY.
This year, he decided to partner with Protect Our Winters (POW) – the global nonprofit organization fighting climate change on behalf of the winter sports community – to help amplify these efforts and involve others.
The funds are being invested with Community Carbon Trees, a thirteen-year-old Costa Rican reforestation project (www.communitycarbontrees-costarica.com).  Since 2009, DCP and SPY have sponsored a total 291 native trees grown and managed on cattle farms owned by Costa Ricans.  This year, 100 trees will be planted by DCP and his wife, Megan, on a trip to the deforested area this spring.
To further support this effort, POW is also donating 50% of the membership contributions they receive during Earth Week  (April 23-29) to Community Carbon Trees.
“We’re honored that DCP and SPY have invited us to be part of this incredible and meaningful project,” said Chris Steinkamp, POW’s Executive Director.  “Rainforest conservation is one of the most important things we can do to fight climate change, so we’re excited to make this an ongoing investment for POW.”
“I am pretty stoked SPY wants to be a part of this with me. And even more happy that I am able to give back to the Earth in a way like this, and hopefully I can inspire others to also get out there and do something”, said DCP.
Global forest loss contributes to between 12% and 15% of our total greenhouse gas emissions each year.  To put that in perspective, trains, planes and automobiles combined contribute to about 13.5 % of all greenhouse gas emissions.  Forests -  tropical forests in particular – are sponges for carbon dioxide.

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