Trees are a powerful symbol of life, celebrate life, hope and Easter, with environmentally friendly gifts of dedicated trees.

"People want clothes that they can feel good about, as well as feel good in," says Ali. "When I buy clothes for my children, I don't want them to have been made by other people's children. And I don't want to be wearing clothes that were made from someone else's despair"

Ali Hewson, founder of Edun

"Climate change is a far greater threat to the world than international terrorism"
(Sir David King, UK Government's chief scientific adviser).

A new scientific report has warned that climate change could lead to the extinction of a million of the world's species as soon as 2050

(BBC)

The recent IPCC predictions do not include "positive feedbacks" such as the speeding up of global warming caused by the dying of the rainforests.

Dr Solomon, American Chairman of IPCC

A quarter of all mammals face some extinction risk

(World Conservation Union Red List - 2003)

Dedicate a tree for mother's day - because she's worth it!!

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Winston Churchill

Memorial trees

There are many ways of Twisting a Tree:

You can TreeTie a tree, WristTwist a tree or TreeClip a seedling. Now you can also send a TreeTwist Card

Tie a tree

WristTwist a tree

Clip a seedling

Send a card

You can also TreeTwist a person, or lots of people and have your own little mini forest thing going on. Christmas has just been, we are all faced with a mountain of consumption and a serious need to detox and refresh ourselves . Why not twist a few trees for 2008? Perfect as a gift, surprisingly lightweight and easy to send (for a tree) and unique. How many people do you know who hand out trees? We even gift wrap them. What more could you ask?!

Trees - this year's eco chic and low calorie alternative to a more run of the mill gift..

To see the whole range - laid out for your delectation, click here

Don't take our word for it, visit the Gallery (and we hope you'll join it!) to see how others have twisted their trees.

TreeClips (& seedlings)

Clip to a bag, a belt, a key ring, a satchel..

Designed for TreeTwist by Ingrid Tait in her studio in the Orkneys, these environmentally friendly TreeClips can be clipped into your life in a million ways. Each green and eco chic clip costs £10 and every one represents a young tree planted in the nursery at Trees for life. There are six designs to choose from, click here to view eco TreeClips. For Lovers the LoveClip propagates two managed seedlings to be planted on at the same time in the UK. Romantic and carbon friendly gifts that make a lasting contribution to the planet and a real contribution towards over-turning some of the bad we have done. Make Easter mean more with an environmentally friendly and extremely unfattening Easter gift. Don't buy imported flowers! Give a TreeClip or TreeTwist and dedicate a tree to your loved ones, your children, your parents - because they deserve it!!

Originally talent spotted by Paul Smith, Ingrid's designs now sell in Liberty's of London. To see more of her work click here

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WristTwists (which plant trees)

Twist anywhere...

A WristTwist worn as an eco chic choker - still a tree though Take a tree with you, wherever you go

WristTwists are at home on a bag, tied into hair, used as alternative and environmentally friendly gifts, keyrings, you name it. For £15 you can have a tree planted and wear or gift a WristTwist to remind you what you have done. Click here, or on the image, to see more of our WristTwists. Dedicated trees accompanied by a TreeTwist make perfect gifts that benefit both the wearer and the planet. Real eco gifts. Ideal for Easter.

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TreeTies (and a dedicated tree)

Tie, wrap, loop or drap them round your neck, waist, hips, dressing gown...

Also designed by Ingrid Tait exclusively for TreeTwist, these TreeTies are hand made in Scotland using local wool. Each twist is a metre of pure wool and each is unique. There are 10 designs (click to view). Each costs £20 and each represents a tree planted in the UK.

Citrus Flower and Berry Leaf and Bobble, £20 each

For only £10, £15 or £20 you can have a tree planted in your name, and wear a TreeClip, WristTwist or a TreeTie to remind yourself of the real contribution to the work of Trees for Life that you have made, towards the carbon problem we face and the regeneration of the Caledonian forests and the wildlife they sustain for generations to come.

None of us can ever make up for all our pollution, our carbon dioxide emissions, the demands we make upon our planet, none of us can solve all the problems overnight. Wear our TreeTies, clips and Twists and you achieve two things, firstly you are contributing to the woodlands of the future and, we hope, making a genuine difference in the carbon stakes, secondly, you are raising awareness.

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TreeTwists & your Wedding..

A marriage is the start of a whole life together - why not dedicate some trees in the name of love? Click here for more ideas on environmentally friendly weddings and bridesmaids gifts.

TreeTwists don't just suit weddings and make perfect christening presents or gifts, they are fit for more than just mothers and fathers day gifts, they are gifts for friends. And why take a bottle or a box of chocolates for your hostess when you could give a hundred years of a tree and a TreeTwist for her own personal pleasure.

Click here to check out the Gallery and see how everyone else is doing it.

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British Gas research reveals that teenagers’ gadgets waste over £100m worth of electricity every year in standby mode alone. This is enough to power the entire London Underground system for a full year.

A path to prosperity that ravages the environment and leaves a majority of humankind behind in squalor will soon prove to be a dead-end road for everyone

(UN Secretary, General Kofi Annan).

"While Climate Changes run like a rabbit, world politics move like a snail:either we accelerate or we risk a disaster"

Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, Italian Environment Minister quoted in the Telegraph

3 Feb 2007.

Tree rings tell us more than just the age of the tree. They also store information on precipitation levels in any year. Thus trees themselves give us information about changes in temperature and climate.

www.epa.gov.

A new scientific report has warned that climate change could lead to the extinction of a million of the world's species as soon as 2050

(BBC)