OFF THE GRID

This jade green blanket teeming with life used to cover an area of Brazil twice the size of Texas. Now just seven percent is left, so when an invitation for a “Party To Save The Atlantic Rainforest” landed in my inbox I was intrigued. It came from the Nature Conservancy’s Young Professionals Group. I didn’t even know the Nature Conservancy had a Young Professionals Group. I was glad to see they did, and that their annual gala this year would benefit their campaign to plant one billion trees in Brazil’s coastal jungle. (Ten bucks for ten trees!) Sadly, I couldn’t make the benefit at Manhattan’s Bowery Hotel, but I caught up with them at their after-party where I learned about the Young Professionals’ bird-walks, hikes and beach clean-ups. Sounds like a good way to escape the concrete jungle until I can get back to Brazil.

Stay tuned for a surf trip to the Atlantic Rainforest in our fall issue.

–Jenni Avins