Jamie Mcmurry recently started a project called The New Forest of Joseph Beuys. The goal is to either have 7000 trees planted as was the goal of Beuys in his venture 25 years ago or to cause a promotional campaign to cease due to over-activity. He needs your assistance.

There is an insurance company in the United States called 21st Century and they have begun a promotional campaign in which they will plant a tree in your name when you use their website to get an automobile insurance estimate. Here is the link to begin the process.

The first step is to put in the zip code of an area in the United States where you supposedly live. Here is a website that shows you a list of zip codes by state and city. Once you choose a city and a corresponding zip code, you will need to fill out a series of forms. Please create artificial names, addresses and other information to complete these forms. The address that you choose should be the city that corresponds with the zip code you put in the first page. They will only plant one tree per customer so you have to create totally different information each time you submit the forms.

You must also give a different email address each time, so it will be necessary to create an artificial email account for each form that you submit where you can receive a message from the insurance company. I suggest using hotmail.com or yahoo.com as it is quick and easy to set up email accounts there.

Once you have submitted all the forms, then check the fake email account you have set up and you should receive 2 messages from them, one that gives you the quote or cost of the insurance and another that is a letter thanking you for planting a tree. In that letter about the tree, there is a link where you can view the certificate proving that a tree was planted in your name (or at least planted in the name that you submitted for the quote). This is what i need to track the names used and the amount of trees planted. Please forward this email to thepowderkeg [at] hotmail.com.

Please forward this to as many people as possible and feel free to create translations into languages other than English to allow it to be passed around even more.