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U2 singer Bono has taken part in a tree-planting project with schoolchildren in Tokyo.

Zazzle (www.Zazzle.com), the only on-demand retail platform to offer billions of products that ship in 24 hours, today announced with strategic partner edun LIVE, the sister ethical t-shirt brand of EDUN founded by Ali Hewson and Bono, a NEW exclusive tee shirt design in support of Earth Day on April 22, 2008. Ten percent of proceeds from the sale of the shirt will benefit the Conservation Cotton Initiative, EDUN’s joint project with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Traditionally viewed as separate issues, the discussion will explore the interrelations between the climate crisis and extreme poverty and solutions common to both.How should international efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and to solve the climate crisis be coordinated to improve the chances for success in both efforts? Former Vice President Al Gore and activist/rock star Bono discuss.

Former Vice-President Al Gore and Irish rock singer Bono addressed the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland on tackling climate change and global poverty.