How Ancient Trees Created America
Neenah Payne – The true story of the America’s beginnings has everything to do with trees, lumber and economy.
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Fight Rages On To Save Centuries-Old Giant Philippine Rosewood Tree
Bong S. Sarmiento – Officials in the southern Philippines have decided to cut down a centuries-old Philippine rosewood tree that’s believed to be the oldest and tallest of its species.
Studies Show Cell Phone Towers Inflict Significant Damage to Trees and Human Health
Phillip Schneider – Researchers found that electromagnetic emissions cause ‘high-level damage’ to trees within range of cell phone masts.
Mexico Is Letting an Oil Company Destroy Protected Mangroves for an $8 Billion Oil Refinery
Jordan Davidson – Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered state-owned oil company, Pemex, to build an $8 billion oil refinery.
Tesla Is Cutting Down “Thousands Of Trees” To Put Up Its German Gigafactory 4
Tyler Durden – Tesla is now pushing non-stop to get its Gigafactory 4, which will be located in Gruenheide, Germany, up and running.
Australia Firefighters Save the Only Wild Prehistoric Wollemi Pines on Earth
Olivia Rosane – Firefighters in Australia have succeeded in saving a secret grove of prehistoric trees belonging to a species that dates back to the time of the dinosaurs.
Canadian Drone Startup Aims To Plant 1 Billion Trees By 2028
Mayukh Saha – People all over the world are coming up with new and innovative ways to slow down the climate crisis.
Amazon Deforestation Rate Highest in 11 Years
Olivia Rosane – The deforestation rate in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at its highest in more than a decade, CNN reported Tuesday.
Conservation Group Plans To Buy World’s Largest Sequoia Forest For $15.6 Million
John Vibes – A conservation group from San Francisco named “Save the Redwoods League” recently agreed on a deal.
Trees Communicate With One Another Through The “Underground Web”
John Vibes – Trees have entire ecosystems of nutrient transfer which support the whole forest.
Call Of The Forest – The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees
Dr. Mercola – “We have missed the essentials of what a tree is all about.”
New Filipino Law Requires All Students to Plant 10 Trees Before They Can Graduate
Elias Marat – This could lead to the planting of billions of trees.
Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 100 Million Trees by 2022
Olivia Rosane – The world could use 100 million more trees.
Sikhs Aim to Plant 1,000,000 Trees by November as Gift to Planet
Emma Fiala – Sikhs the world over are leading the charge when it comes to reconnecting to nature.
NASA Reports that the Earth is Greener Now than 20 Years Ago Thanks to Reforestation Efforts
Vic Bishop – It’s amazing what people can do when they work together.
A Massive Restoration of the World’s Forests Would Cancel Out 10 Years of CO2 Emissions
Elias Marat – According to new data, the Earth has room for about 1.2 trillion additional trees.
Ecologist Says Trees Talk to Each Other in a Language We Can Learn
Azriel ReShel – There is a lot going on in the forests that we can’t see.
The world lost an area of tropical forest the size of Bangladesh in 2017
Hans Nicholas Jong – Tropical tree cover loss in many countries has been ramping up in recent years, including in Brazil.
Inspired by a Near-Death Experience, This Man is Cloning the World’s Tallest Trees to Save Them
Vic Bishop – This is what a single person can do in the face of extraordinary ecological crises.
Activists Deploying Recycled Solar Powered Cell Phones in Fight to Save Rainforests
Dylan Charles – The project is already a major win in the fight against wildlife poachers and illegal loggers.