5 steps to Giving a Green Mother's Day with Cool Earth

Here are 5 Cool Earth steps to a Green Mother's Day.

1. Say it with Trees

Mahogany tree graphic Your mom deserves more than a bouquet of flowers. Be bolder and bigger and give her trees in the rainforest. You can protect a 100 ft Mahogany, the Momma of the forest, or a Murumuru which is laden with delicious fruit. These trees are critical to the biodiversity of of the Amazon rainforest. Choose your tree here .

2. Give Mom a Lie-in

Coffee Beans Your mom deserves a lie in so why not give her breakfast in bed. Jelly and toast, washed down with a Rainforest Alliance Coffee, a certification that Cool Earth are proud to work with, ensuring all produce is grown using sustainable methods with farmers receving decent wages.

3. Mother's Day Brunch

Cook your mom a Mother's Day brunch using Cool Earth's guide to Green Cooking. For pure decadence and indulgence try the Cool Earth Coffee Cake recipe especially devised for Cool Earth by top chef and restaurateur, Lee Bennet. Your mother will love you for it. Try the recipe here.

4. Take a load off your mom

Rainforest Mother sewing In the rainforest the river is the only place to wash clothes and get clean. You can give your mom a break and reduce energy by 90% by washing the clothes on a cold wash and skipping the dryer. Letting clothes dry naturally would save the US over 88 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions a year! Want to help rainforest mother's on behalf of your mom? Support the women of Cutivireni by donating to their new clothes making enterprise. Making traditional cushmas to sell generates sustainable incomes. A donation of $10 will provide materials and training. Click here to donate.

5. Quality Time with Mum and Mother Nature.

Shelley Roberts with her son Max tree hugging

For a little quality time with mom, go for a stroll and appreciate the best of mother nature. Just one tree can lock in around one tonne of carbon- working in harmony with us humans. Pick a tree and catch the moment on camera. Send it to us at info@coolearth.org or post it up on our facebook page and be entered into our tree huggers gallery.