Tree-planting Shop + Gardens

@Wildflower, aaaaa thank you so so much!! Send me a buddy request so I can go check it out as soon as possible, I'm so happy you were so thoughtful :)

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Hey Jammers! Sorry about being so behind-schedule with posting and being online in general, I hope none of you were worried, given my history of struggling to post on time ^^; 

I'm just going through some personal difficulties right now, with online classes as the stressful cherry on top, but overall I'm alright. No worries, so onto the post!!

Spring has fully sprung (I think!) and in the spirit of the change and rebirth that happens in Springtime, AJHQ is beginning to roll out new environmental initiatives as part of their Playing4ThePlanet commitments.

What do I mean by that? If you aren't aware, Wildworks joined a big group of gaming companies in making personal commitments to use their platforms to help the environment. 

The specific commitments of Wildworks are...

(Click to read the image)

This new tree-planting shop (along with the Jamaa Journal page on it) is a slow beginning into both the climate education commitment and the planting trees commitment. I think it's pretty cool!!

What I'm curious about is what it really means by planting a tree for every new membership. Usually, when a company does that, it means donating a portion of proceeds toward some other group that plants trees. 

But the question remains: who is planting the trees? Who is taking care of them? For what purpose: to be cut down eventually for paper production while temporarily taking pollution out of the air (which goes back into the air once it's cut down), or to live out their lives, cleaning the air and helping ecosystems? I'm interested in maybe asking someone at Wildworks what this tree-planting goal exactly entails. Eventually. :P

Regardless, look at these cool trees:

I can't really decide on my favorite. Admittedly, I think they could be more detailed looking (if you compare that last one to the real tree...it lacks a little), but I'm not gonna obsess over it because AJHQ is trying their best.

If you didn't know, the tree banners in Jamaa are where you buy the trees. Unfortunately, this means there's no room to add in real facts about deforestation or trees, but it's a start.

Here are the above trees in real life!:

Bet you can guess which is which. It's pretty clear, I'd say. 

Maybe one day I'd like to work at AJHQ to bring more natural education into it. But that's a daydream for another day...

The next star of the update: the massive, unfortunately-members-only garden bundle of items:

Does anyone remember the original garden plot? The original garden plants?

Probably, because I think they may be considered rare nowadays:

Which gardening set do you like better?

In my opinion, there's no contest, because of all the visually interesting gradients in the older garden, but you already knew I was gonna say that :P

Also, if you had enough garden plots you could make a pretty nice nonmember floor! If they weren't so sought after, maybe I'd have a chance at that

Alright everyone, I have an online class in exactly 7 minutes. I'll try to actually follow my posting schedule next time! These are difficult times for everyone.

See you in Jamaa <3

~DoomyPanda