Wise Trees
Wise Trees
The Lorax -“I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”
In the woods we return to reason and faith- Emerson
Trees have survived for over 360 million years. Climate change is quickly accelerating our appreciation for forests. Where I live the mighty hundred year oaks are dropping. My four acres inhabit aspen, ash, cherry, locust, oak, hemlock, cedar, pine and other species. Also located in my home town is Camp Roosevelt, where the first Civilian Conservation Corps camp began. Over 2 million men were employed and planted almost three billion trees revitalizing our 1930's American depression.
Plants experts now document the wisdom of the woods in their interactive sharing of nutrients and interconnection.
Presently the world's forest are being decimated either by disease, fires, development and other factors.
Please refer to The Lorax, Dr. Seuss’s masterpiece.
This story starts with a little boy walking into an uninhabitable-looking, ashen landscape. Amid the dead trees, the little boy asks: What ever happened to this creature called The Lorax? A grumpy curmudgeon of a thing, called the “Once-ler,” appears to explain the story.
“Way back in the days when the grass was still green
And the pond was still wet
And the clouds were still clean…
And I first saw the trees!
The Truffula Trees
The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula Trees!
Mile after mile in the fresh morning breeze.”
When the Once-ler, a business-man, first arrived, he saw the business opportunity hiding inside the lush land. He begins to cut down the trees to build his business.
The Lorax then emerges, “I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”
And thus the battle begins between the Lorax, who is fighting to save the land and the trees, and the Once-ler, who is looking to turn a profit on what he sees as an unprecedented business opportunity amid the Truffula trees.
Hopefully may we champion like the Lorax planting new seeds of prosperity. Care and plant more trees-insure life, BE A LORAX!
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