http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-morrison20dec20,0,2174323.column?coll=la-opinion-columnists
"Of course Homo sapiens love trees -- we used to live in them."
Patt Morrison's December 20, 2007 Los Angeles Times Opinion article expresses her personal view and the view of tree huggers. every year come Christmas time, thousands of trees are cut down to be placed in homes, and "by January 2 they're destined for trash bins". Morrison mentions in the article that trees are being cut down for petty reasons. for instance, to get betterl satelite TV reception or because they violate feng shui rules. Individuals at the U.N. Gloval Warming meeting, held in Bali last weekend, even considered paying countries to not cut down trees. Morrison's feels that "trees saved us once when we had to live out of the reach of hungry creatures" and planting a million more trees could possibly "rescue our sorry buts again, on a planetary scale." Morrison believes that a million trees can get planted if "If we all convene our poker pals, our book groups, our golf foursomes, our carpool or string quartet and plant one tree, we'll have the million".
tone- comical/informative
DQ- Do you feel planting more trees is a first-rate solution for aiding the enviornment.
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I don't believe planting trees is gthe only solution to saving the environment but I think it will help. Trees are always good for shade! Other factors such as recycling, switching energy sources, etc. will help better the environment.
Definately not the only solution, but hey, i wanna plant some trees too!
its not the only solution, but i think its a good one. i sometimes think there might never be a solution to this, but i think Morrison is right at the end. if we all do SOMETHING, anything, we could at least decrease the intensity of the problem.
Mrs. Petrelli :P
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