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Friday, March 11, 2011

Tree Hugging a Noble Thing To Do

It was on the Star Metro today which published a man hugging a tree to avoid the city council from chopping down trees that are as old as 35years. I think it is a noble thing to do. read the article.

If everyone shared the same compassion and appreciation towards the environment, I would certainly think that we don't have to worry about the weather changes, the flood and other natural disaster which could wipe us out one day.

The earth is certainly very ill for the lack of forests, trees and the heaps of garbage that is choking the earth. I just found out that we are so lucky to be living in this part of the country where we have the convenience of cooking using a gas stove.

But things are not the same with the third world country. In these countries, they have to walk miles to search for wood to build fire and cook.  When they couldn't find wood, then, animal dung and crops were used to supplement it. And mind you that the forests that we have in the developing countries are shrinking by more than 15 hectares a year.

So, I think we will have to be mindful of the trees around our neighbourhood and protect them from chopping down.


Tags: trees, chopping down trees, environment.