# Plant a tree with your iPhone

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/01/18/plant-tree-your-iphone/
- Published: 2010-01-18T12:51:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

US nonprofits Sustainable Harvest International and Trees for the Future are benefiting
from sales of an iPhone app.

As Mark Philips pointed out in [Plant a tree with your iPhone](http://www.queerideas.co.uk/my_weblog/2010/01/plant-a-tree-with-your-iphone.html),“
That might seem quite dull, but it’s the potential of the idea that excites me. 
At it’s heart, this app is a virtual gift (albeit one you buy for yourself)…

“From taking the simple tamagotchi style approach of caring for a goat through to
a means of providing detailed feedback involving video clips, totalisers and maps
showing people where and how they are making a difference, the iPhone is now offering
us a new route to bring donors and charities closer together.”

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