The main idea here is that people will receive free seeds (and other necessary supplements, such as soil and plastic bags) and they get to grow them by themselves. How many of you have grown a small plant before? I'm sure many people have never had that experience. The rationale is that this activity will bring them closer to nature. The excitement and hardship they experience in the process will increase their attachment and sense of belonging to the Yasuni cause. This will increase their propensity to donate as they 'feel' for the cause.

What will be distributed is just a bag of seeds with an ID number and a link to the Yasuni-itt website. A volunteer will help register the person to the global database. Using names or other particulars as the password, people can unlock the bag of seeds assigned to them and discover, among other things, the type of seed and the instruction on how to care for it. An added functionality can be included where people can report the progress of the plant they grow, increasing their frequency of visit. This is, of course, a way to get people to visit the website. Once in the website, people can find more information about how they can help to save Yasuni. This in itself already fulfills the objective to increase people's awareness of the problem. In addition, an online petition can be made available to be signed by the visitors to put pressure on the government.

Above and beyond, those who grow the seed can really see how their effort is an important part of a global movement. They will relish in knowing that there are millions of others who have done the same through the "total seeds grown" counter. "There are actually millions of other Yasuni seeds out there just like the one sitting on my desk!" In addition, the consequence of the effort can be quantified through the "pollutants removed" counter. They will find out how much car-emission they have helped to clean through their collective effort.

After reading the above description, I hope you have a sense of how delightful people are to be part of a global effort. They will crave to do more collectively and to continue to be part of it. Thus, when they see the donation link, they will be more inclined to donate, especially once they know that almost everybody else who grows the seed - people like them - have also donated to the cause.

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