photo by nathan russell
We all know that methamphetamines are bad for our health. Meth makes teeth fall out. It damages the workings of the brain and causes a slew of psychotic conditions that can last long after a person has stopped using. The consequences of methamphetamines go far beyond health and human tragedy. It can ruin farmland, make houses unlivable and destroy forests.
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Image: Guyaki Yerba Maté
Wouldn't you know it? Just as I was about to post something about a great new program from the folks at Guyaki, they decided to offer our readers a special deal at their online store. Serendipity at it's finest.
Guyaki's Yerba Maté is one of the favorite drinks around TreeHugger's virtual break room so we were excited to see them partnering with The Equilibrium Fund to connect with Alimentos Nutri Nutrales, a women owned business based in Ixlu Peten, Guatemala, to directly source Maya Nut for their Java Maté beverage.
Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and Forest Degradation-- a.k.a. REDD-- is a focal point of this week´s UNFCC COP 14 global climate change negotiations in Poznan.
Credit: Getty Images
Do you ever get tired of recycling, composting or bringing your own bag? This collection of untouched landscapes, through photographs, remind us why we work every day to preserve and protect our planet (and no, they weren't photoshopped).
Continue viewing this gallery: Nature's Wonders: Untouched Landscapes....
Protecting Biodiversity
The Economist recently had a great piece about the loss of biodiversity around the world. It seems like all families of life are at risk: Mammals, amphibians, reptilians, birds, fishes, etc. Forests need help too. According to Andrew Mitchell of Global Canopy Programme:
Somewhere beyond that forest clearing in the Adirondacks could be some old growth forest. Photo: Stacy Lynn Baum.
It gets harder every day to figure out who to vote for in Ontario if you are a TreeHugger type. It used to be New Democratic Party turf; then the Green Party came along, but one can't overlook the Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty, which has pushed every TreeHugger button including:
From Climate Ark and Forests.org, projects of Ecological Internet:
Australia’s new “climate friendly” government preaches global forest protection for climate benefits internationally, while continuing to industrially clear its own native primary forests in Tasmania and elsewhere, and this unseemly hypocrisy must end.
Australia continues to industrially clear their last native ancient forests, even as their government promotes [...]
Twenty-eight thousand square miles of forest the approximate size of Ireland were converted to other land uses each year between 2000 and 2005 (source: United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization). Fifty-four countries have lost 90% or more of their forest cover (source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment).
Encouragingly, forest area in Europe, North America and China has been growing in the past decade due to reforestation initiatives. However, rapid forest loss continues in the tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia, where socio-economic and political problems run counter to forest conservation and sustainable management.
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