Dell Offers Virtual Saplings For Earth Day 68
theodp writes "The expansion of Dell's Plant a Tree for Me program into Second Life has the Silicon Valley Sleuth wondering if this represents a new low in Earth Day marketing tie-ins. You may wonder, too, after reading Dell's invitation to its Earth Day Party at Dell Island in SL ('get your own tree sapling to plant in Second Life!')."
Re:Call it a "new low" if you will... (Score:4, Informative)
Actually, Dell's environmental initiatives are quite laudable:
Is Dell the brand for EcoGeeks? [ecogeek.org]McDonalds has real saplings in MN for free (Score:5, Informative)
Did you know that twice as much wood is grown in Minnesota compared to harvesting?
Re:Planting trees (Score:3, Informative)
Seconslu the costs to the environment is not entirely about the trees, there is the brush and underbrsh, the animals, etc all of which are displaced. And they cannot easily move to wherever the new trees are planted.
Note that while I laud the idea of planting trees, a viable forest with treesu, underbrush, animal and vegetable life != an orderly arbor of young saplings with no secondary plants.