Santa Monica, CA (March 7, 2012) – ONE TREE and Navitas Naturals will announce a new tree-planting initiative at Natural Products Expo West on March 9 in Anaheim, California (Booth #2432). Navitas Naturals is a leading organic superfoods company that sources many products from Peru. Naturally, the initiative will focus primarily on planting trees in that country.“The ‘ONE TREE’ planting initiative bridges the gap between companies and the natural world, helping businesses meet their social responsibility goals by planting trees,” says ONE TREE Executive Director Greg Reitman. “ONE TREE is an effort to preserve rainforests, nurture environmental stewardship, reduce CO2 and restore balance in the earth's ozone,” adds Reitman, “ONE TREE is committed to planting 20 million trees over the next 5 years.”    Navitas Naturals has made a commitment to promote ONE TREE and the planting of trees both locally and globally, including a pledge to help promote and raise $25,000...

Greg Reitman, founder of Blue Water Entertainment, will be planting a tree of peace with the Brooklyn Waldorf School on September 21st at 10:00 am commemorating the International Day of Peace LOS ANGELES, CA, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2010 – Greg Reitman, founder of Blue Water Entertainment, announced the ‘One Tree At A Time’ tree planting ceremony in conjunction with the Brooklyn Waldorf School and Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation.  The ‘One Tree At A Time’ tree planting ceremony will be held at 126 St. Felix St, Brooklyn, NY on September 21st at 10:00 am. Award-winning, social conscious filmmaker, Greg Reitman created The ‘One Tree At A Time’ tree initiative in hopes of connecting people to experience a personal and transformational shift in consciousness.  The tree initiative is being launched coinciding with the International Day of Peace which ultimate goal is to help reconcile cultural and religious conflicts around the world, sending a message...

Blue Water Entertainment will be planting a ‘Rooted in Peace’ Tree planting ceremony in honor of Universal Peace Day's 25th Anniversary's commemorating the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th, 2009  JULY 12th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Greg Reitman, founder of Blue Water Entertainment, announced 'ROOTED in PEACE' inaugural 'Tree Planting Ceremony' at Universal Peace Day's 25th Anniversary; where Blue Water Entertainment will be planting a tree with founders of Universal Peace Day.  The ceremony is to take place on August 9th, 2009 at Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, New York starting at one o'clock pm.  Blue Water Entertainment is renowned for focusing on environmentally conscious entertainment to help gain awareness of vital ecological issues; such as '2008 Sundance Audience Award-Winning feature documentary 'Fuel' & 'The Rooted in Peace Tree Planting Mission'.  In response to our current global war crisis, 'The Rooted in Peace Tree Planting Mission's' objective is to...

Maharishi University of Management students and Donovan participate in a 'ROOTED in PEACE' tree planting ceremony with Greg Reitman, founder of Blue Water EntertainmentLOS ANGELES, CA, NOVEMBER 12th, 2009 — Greg Reitman, founder of Blue Water Entertainment, announced the 'ROOTED in PEACE' tree planting ceremony to occur with famous singer/songwriter, Donovan and the Maharishi University of Management students tomorrow, November 13th, 2009.Award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman of Blue Water Company has returned to Fairfield, Iowa to continue filming interviews for his new film, 'ROOTED in PEACE'. He is scheduled to interview David Lynch, Donovan, and Bob Roth, VP of the David Lynch Foundation. Greg will also be interviewing and filming students from MUM's very popular Sustainable Living Program. ‘ROOTED in PEACE’, a Greg Reitman film, originated from Greg’s personal journey and experience of living in Israel during the first Gulf War and witnessing firsthand the gruesomeness of war and its impact on...

Blue Water Entertainment and Odyssey Networks, Coalition for One Voice & Tree Friends convened together for an interfaith gathering, ‘Tu Bishvat’, the Jewish New Year for the Trees, on January 29th, 2010 NEW YORK, NY, JANUARY 30th, 2010 — Greg Reitman, founder of Blue Water Entertainment, supported Odyssey Networks, Coalition for One Voice & Tree Friends in their interfaith gathering, ‘Tu Bishvat’, an event that celebrated the Jewish New Year for the Trees. The event was held yesterday. January 29th, 2010 at the Sakura Park in Manhattan, NY. During the event, Rabbi Marcus Burstein, of the Union for Reform Judaism, shared prayers and readings along with Eric Shafer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America & SVP of Odyssey Networks and Sensei Kenjitsu Nakagaki of the New York Buddhist Church. Prayers and readings from Eric Shafer and Sensei Kenjitsu Nakagaki pertained to the power and importance of nature and humanity’s responsibility...

The United Nations has proclaimed 2011 as the International Year of Forests. In the new U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) State of the World’s Forests report, launched at the opening ceremony, the FAO points out that millions of forest-dependant people play a vital role in managing, conserving, and developing the world’s forests in a sustainable manner. The report adds that the outside world often underestimates their rights to use and benefit from these local forest resources. “What we need during the International Year of Forests is to emphasize the connection between people and forests, and the benefits that can accrue when forests are managed by local people in sustainable and innovative ways,” Eduardo Rojas, FAO’s Assistant Director-General for Forestry, said. Moving the “Green” Economy Forward The increased interest in social and environmental sustainability presents a unique challenge to the forest industry to innovate and restructure itself. The industry must respond...