Wise Trees

The Lorax -“I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”

My forest gives me shade, joy and fresh air. 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.

Nearly five billion acres of deforested land awaits restoration worldwide. The annual economic benefits of restoring this land are an estimated  $84 billion dollars. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that filters $4 billion worth of air pollution and prevents of 700,000 respiratory incidents.

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. 

The Lorax, Dr. Seuss’s masterpiece book best tells us how to address this crisis.

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? The Lorax latter 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! Trees wisely preserves life. Let's follow their lead.