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man vs. natureby `devilicious

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Walking through the lovely forest by my house, I felt sad when I ran across the trees someone had cut down. It looks like vandalism in a way. Trees are the most important natural resource we have, supplying us with oxygen while eliminating CO2 levels from the atmosphere. Save a tree!

Mary

Interesting relevant stuff:

Besides the aesthetically pleasing benefit of trees, they impact the Earth in some major ways:

- Trees remove 100 to 120 billion tons of carbon each year from man-made sources like (cars, trains, planes, etc)
- Trees moderate climate, improve air quality, conserve water and also harbor wildlife
- Trees cut down energy costs- air conditioning and heating costs are lower in shaded areas. The less energy used by consumers the less CO2 emissions in the atmosphere

They say one tree cut down can produce 173 reams of paper. A total of 7 million reams of paper is equivalent to 12 pounds of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. What many people forget is that not only is cutting a tree down harmful to the environment but the process by which it goes through to become paper is harmful as well. All 12 steps of the process- from logs to chips to pulp to paper- all emits heavy levels of CO2 into the air by using large amounts of electricity and chemicals. (6.5 pounds of CO2 emitted per ream during the industrial process). It’s evident that the pulp and paper industry is very harmful to the environment:

-represents 10 percent of all global CO2 emissions
- uses more than 23.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year
- 74 million metric tons of CO2 to produce paper each year
-uses more water than any other industry

The pulp and paper industry needs to be cut down, not the trees!

~purehibiscus Sep 12, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Waiting for schools to switch kids to computers. While they have to be plugged in or charged, I'd imagine the amount of electricity for a computer to be used compared to the amount used to make all the paper kids use every day at school is worth the trade-off? And all the books kids have to carry, imagine the literal weight off their shoulders just to carry a netbook with everything on it instead would be. Oh the efficiencies! I am out of the loop regarding what schools do these days, but it looks like it is still fairly traditional to me. Do you have some insight into this with Alex and his school? I mean, clearly, kids should learn how to write, but I would think a stylus pencil could be used?

`catbones Sep 4, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

I know it's counter to your point, and irrelevant, but this photograph gives me a happy feeling.

I grew up in rural Missouri, on a big farm. My grandfather always burned wood for their home's heat, and as a boy I spent a good lot of hours out helping my grandpa get wagon loads of firewood in preparation for the cool weather soon to come!

Seeing this picture makes me think of the simplicity and contentment I had at that age, and it makes me miss my grandpa. I wish I could go out and help him cut wood this year, but he's been gone for 5 years now.

`devilicious Sep 4, 2011 Professional Photographer

i'm perfectly fine with that - i think it's a gorgeous photo b/c of the woods and cutting trees is not always "bad" -i know some is even good for the forest. but yeah- i was trying to make a point. i'm glad this brought good memories for you.

`catbones Sep 4, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Just to clarify, I'm not refuting your concept of conservation at all.

Just pointing out that a photograph can stir different emotions in different viewers based on their experiences.

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