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One Tree Planting Per American Family Equals One Billion Pounds Of Carbon Dioxide Reduced Annually......Forest
On Earth Store An Estimated 1,150 Billion Tons Of Carbon(Half A Tree's Mass Is Carbon)
One Average Mature Tree Can Absorb Up To 48 Pounds Of Carbon Dioxide Per Year While Releasing
Enough Oxygen To Support Two Humans(A Typical Tree Produces About 260 Pounds Of Oxygen Each Year)
Trees Reduce Topsoil Erosion(For Each 5 Percent Of Tree Cover, Storm Water Runoff Is Reduced
By 2 Percent) While Tree Roots Remove Harmful Nutrients.......They Stabilize Soil, Reduce Erosion, Mitigate Flooding.............Trees
Cut Energy Cost With Shade, Buffer Winds, Reduce Stress(Yes), Provide Food, Wood And Paper Products And, Perhaps Most Importantly,
Food And Habitat For Scores Of Earth's Inhabitants
The Average Tree Absorbs 10 Pounds Of Pollutants Each year(Including 4 Pounds Of Ozone And
Three Pounds Of Particulates).........Other Pollutants Removed Include Nitrogen Oxides and Sulphur Dioxide
More Ominous Words From UN Reports
--One Dealing With Australia Particularly Alarming, Including
--6.7 Degree Celsius Rise In Temperature By End Of Century
--80 Percent Of Great Barrier Reef Bleached By 2030
--Rising Sea Levels Pushing Coastline Back By 110 Yards
Results
More Fires, Droughts, Floods And Storms Due To Global Warming
Just Australia--Extend To Other Regions Of Earth To Varying Degrees
UN Report
Temperature Rise From Global Warming
Add 1.8 Degrees Fahrenheit--400 Million To 1.7 Billion Extra People Without Adequate Water,
Infectious Diseases And Allergenic Pollens Rise, Some Amphibeans Go Extinct(This By 2020)
Add Another 1.8 Degrees--2 Billion People Without Water And 20-30 Percent Of World's Species
Go Extinct--People Start Dying Of Malnutrition, Disease, Heat, Floods nd Droughts(This By 2050)
7-9 Degree Temperature Increase(Considered By Many The Most Likely Scenario)--One Fifth Of
The World's Population Affected By Flood Events, Major Extinctions Around The World
Sorry Professor, We Can Be That Stupid!
Earth Day
Since Its' Inception In 1970, Earth Day, April 22, Has Fulfilled A Very Important Role In Environmental
Awareness...........Millions Of People Around The Globe Celebrate The Even Each Year.........Shouldn't We Extend, Considering
The State Of Our Environment Today, The Energy And Thought Behind That Single Day To Each And Every Day, Each And Every Moment
Of Our Lives............It Is Now Total Awareness, Total Involvement, Which Is The Mandate, The Imperative, Of Any Responsible
Human Being On This Planet
As I Paddle Down My Beloved Little River, All About Me Everything, Everything, Is Working In
Unison.........Plants, Animals, Elements, Interrelated And Dependent On The Action Of One Another............There Are No
Aberrations........Everything Fits............Harmony..............Resonance...........That Silent Connection Is There..................That
Flow..................There Are No "Dominant" Species..................The Largest Is The Equal, The Same, As The Smallest
Microbe...............And There Is Discernable Intelligence There..............That Unconscious-Conscious Flow Of Nature Through
All...........How Can There Not Be?..............Just Get Out There And Experience It.......It Works.............And It Works
Beautifully
Really Applaud Anyone Championing Our Environment...........But Please, Practice What One Preaches!...........This
Carbon Credit Business Is A Total Farce............Individual Action, Giving Back More Than One Takes, Is The Only Remedy!
Do Not Pray
Just Do
Do The Right Thing
Do What Is Necessary To Bring This Planet Back To Its' Proper Natural State
Do Think Of Each And Every Species That Goes Extinct As Your Child
Do Think Of That Human, Somewhere On This Planet, Who Died Of Starvation Just Moments Ago As
Your Brother, Or, Sister
Do Think Of Something Other Than Yourself, Your Comfort, Your Things
Do Think!
Do It Now
Do It Now
Like Hundreds Of Stars Twinkling In A Serpentine Pattern Across A Moonless Sky.........That's
My Friend Lampy, A Speckled King Snake, Right After Shedding His Skin..........Out Under The Banana Trees The Other day, The
Direct Sunlight Creating An Extraordinary Event Of Simple Beauty..........Yellow Spots Glistening Against A Black Body.......He(Uncertainty
here) Slowly Moving Through The Undergrowth, Seeking Dinner..............Sister Girl, On The Other Hand, Is "Into Everything"...............A
Yellow Bellied Water Snake Constantly On The Move, Sticking Her Nose Into Anything Available(Including Open Doors)..........She
Sometimes Is Mistaken For A Cottonmouth Due To Her Dark Back................But The Yellow Belly(With Split Scales Below The
Anal Plate) Readily Distinguishes Her............Must Do Everything We Can To Protect The Herps....................Many, If
Not Most, Are In Decline Worldwide...........They Are Possessed Of The Same Rights To Existence As We
--Life On The River
Please List The Contributions YOU Have Made To This Beautiful Planet Earth!
Image -- Icon -- Idea
Nature's Consciousness
Tom McNease Contemporary Art
Art And Nature - Environmental Abstraction At Web Site II
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