Thursday October 22, 2009, 2:31 pm

ONE OF THE STRIKING FACTS GIVEN:
15 MILLION
HECTARES
OF RAIN FOREST

LOST

EVERY YEAR

AN AREA LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF ENGLAND.
!

EARTH IS SURELY CRYING.
I AM.
MY FRIENDS ALL ARE.
THE ANIMALS, THE CREATURES OF SEA... AND OF AIR, LAND... ALL CRYING...
THE UNIVERSE ... TOO...
S.O.S.

The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.
~Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

Thursday October 22, 2009, 2:33 pm


I HAD TO RETURN...
thank YOU!
THE BOOK IS A SAD TREASURE TROVE...AND NECESSARY.

OUR EARTH IS INDEED OUR RESPONSIBILITY...AS IS EVERY ONE DUE HUMAN RIGHTS.
ALL.

HAVE A GOOD DAY FRIENDS...
AND FOR YOU MOTHER EARTH... I LOVE YOU.

Thursday October 22, 2009, 2:41 pm
Oh now that is just tooo dang cool...

Big gorilly hgus

Thursday October 22, 2009, 2:45 pm
We're burning the candle at both ends by pumping carbon into the atmosphere while burning and clearing forests. Then we put a bonfire under the middle by killing off wildlife and poisoning the water and soil. Good grief, can't anyone harness the greed and selfishness, ever?

Thursday October 22, 2009, 3:06 pm
I get so anxious any time I see a story on the news about a forest fire....I can't stand it...it's like I need to go save the trees and all the critters who reside there and I....can't. All I am able to do is pray...pray that the critters get a 6th sense and are able to scamper, run, and fly away for their lives. TY Tierney.

Thursday October 22, 2009, 8:20 pm
I just got done reading this booklet and am happy to see that you posted it here :) It is indeed sad to see waht we are doing to the rainforests - but it is hartening to see some of the "big names" joining together whith the mesage of peservation - now, hopefully ACTION will follow!!! Be sure to join the cmapaign and add YOUR voice to the call for action :)

Thursday October 22, 2009, 9:10 pm
Again I am reminded of the lyrics, "When will we ever learn" - I guess not in time to save our beautiful planet and the only home we have.

Thanks Chris for sending me this and my thanks to Tierney for posting.

Thursday October 22, 2009, 9:40 pm
Thanks Chris and Tierney

Thursday October 22, 2009, 9:45 pm
Thanks Tierney, and Chris for your message. I joined PRP a few months ago, and have encouraged others to join too.

The underlying forces driving deforestation must be stopped. I think PRP and its attempts at legitimate methods can go some way to helping with this, but there are always the illegal operators to contend with who are only too happy to supply humanity's demand for food and products, at whatever cost to rainforests. This underlying demand has to be addressed, and soon.

Thursday October 22, 2009, 9:54 pm
10 Things You Can Do Today to Conserve Rainforests

http://greenopolis.com/goblog/joe-laur/10-things-you-can-do-today-conserve-rainforests

Thursday October 22, 2009, 10:13 pm
awesome and cool info, ty

Friday October 23, 2009, 12:39 am
joined thanks tierney

Friday October 23, 2009, 12:54 am
Thanks so much for sending this, Chris!
I've already stored it in my favorites!
noted. :-)

Friday October 23, 2009, 4:20 am
Excellent Chris! No matter anyone's anti-global warming opposition the rainforests are SO terrrifically vital in too many ways to name for the benefit of many species and various earth-scale systems. Oh, and including humans (had to toss them in just to be nice).

Friday October 23, 2009, 10:08 am
Thanks Chris and Tierney.Keep doing your best and we will join with you in saving our only home -Earth.

Friday October 23, 2009, 10:33 am
Our forests are like the Picasso's masterpieces of the world buuutiful in their majestic splendor... lets not allow them to be erased into a barren picture

Friday October 23, 2009, 11:45 am
Thanks Tierney!

And Thank you Ann for the forward on this...way interesting!

Tried to send Chaz another green star, because she basically said it all!

Friday October 23, 2009, 2:24 pm
Wow great book, did you really look at the size of the rain forests - so small when compared with the actual land mass of the Earth and we are destroying it so quickly. So many people lose their lives, their livelihoods all because of greed. Not only is the destruction of the rain forests so sad but the loss of biodiversity is unbelievable, we know what we are doing and we still do it... I lived and studied in Costa Rica - they have tried to do better, education is so important, supporting local people, making new legislations to stop it, make it uneconomical for the businessmen - is all necessary. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Friday October 23, 2009, 2:29 pm
Tierney, This a wonderful way to get children involed. Thank-you! When school is back in session next week this will be the book my daughter will be doing her daily report on. Not only will she be learning Just maybe her teacher and classmates will get interested in. I love it. Thanks again Thankyou Chris for the link Have signed up and will get daughter to sign up she will love it.

Friday October 23, 2009, 2:34 pm
http://greenopolis.com/goblog/joe-laur/10-things-you-can-do-today-conserve-rainforests Thanks Chris

Friday October 23, 2009, 3:51 pm
Thank you for this present! Mother Earth... we should have stopped many years ago .... better now than ever... Let's go for it!

Friday October 23, 2009, 4:05 pm
Had to send out a star to Mamabear Claw for that special comment..,.

Would be special if all schools took up your idea and have their children do the same thing!!!

Super!!!

Friday October 23, 2009, 11:54 pm
Very cool!!!

Saturday October 24, 2009, 9:09 am
Magnificent! And this should be required in every school!
Thanks Tierney and Chris for sharing.

Saturday October 24, 2009, 9:45 am
Cool book, and will use it at school . We do a unit on rain forests!

Sunday October 25, 2009, 2:23 pm
Thank you Chris!

Tuesday October 27, 2009, 4:39 pm
noted, thanks chris!

Sunday November 1, 2009, 3:43 am
thanks Tierney.as usual i'm running a week behind!what an awesome and yet sad book.we've come so far down the path of our own distruction.is it too late??