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International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:15 am
by mtngal
This caught my eye, and while it's not a huge website, I love the logo.....

http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/

Hopefully, it will catch on world wide and 2011 will become a huge celebration of our forests.

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:24 am
by BirdbyBird
Cool....

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:59 am
by Bethers
Agree - hope it catches on. Neat.

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:48 pm
by Echo
Wouldn't that be awesome if everyone got on board and played a part!!!

Thanks

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:39 pm
by BarbaraRose
A very important message! Trees are the lungs of the earth!

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:53 pm
by Nasoosie
Neat site, but I have to disagree with the statement that 'trees are the lungs of the earth' because trees do the exact opposite of what lungs do-----trees breathe in CO2 and breathe out Oxygen! Let's see-----what would that be called? Trees undo the damage that lungs and the burning of anything do to our planet. The rate that the rainforests and other stands of forests are being wrecked, stripped, cleared, destroyed is absolutely mind-boggling and total insanity on the part of mankind. More and more lungs and more and more burning of fossil fuels and fewer and fewer trees=disaster if we don't get ourselves in gear PRONTO!

But I knew what you meant when you said that, Barbie!! :) I just have to keep my facts straight in order to try to keep my mind from flying off into the stratosphere!

(Yeah, yeah-----I know it doesn't show always that I try to keep together!)

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:22 pm
by flick4411
so very cool--I posted the link to my FB page! :D

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:30 am
by BarbaraRose
Nasoosie wrote:Neat site, but I have to disagree with the statement that 'trees are the lungs of the earth' because trees do the exact opposite of what lungs do-----trees breathe in CO2 and breathe out Oxygen! Let's see-----what would that be called? Trees undo the damage that lungs and the burning of anything do to our planet. The rate that the rainforests and other stands of forests are being wrecked, stripped, cleared, destroyed is absolutely mind-boggling and total insanity on the part of mankind. More and more lungs and more and more burning of fossil fuels and fewer and fewer trees=disaster if we don't get ourselves in gear PRONTO!

But I knew what you meant when you said that, Barbie!! :) I just have to keep my facts straight in order to try to keep my mind from flying off into the stratosphere!

(Yeah, yeah-----I know it doesn't show always that I try to keep together!)


Soos, I read that somewhere: 'trees are the lungs of the earth'. I think they just meant that they help make the oxygen so we can keep breathing!

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:39 am
by Nasoosie
Oh I knew exactly what you meant! But I had to write that trees are actually the UN-lungs of our planet! Once a teacher, always a teacher, I suppose---and bossy and bit57y, too! Sorry about that! :)

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:45 pm
by Echo
Nasoosie wrote:Oh I knew exactly what you meant! But I had to write that trees are actually the UN-lungs of our planet! Once a teacher, always a teacher, I suppose---and bossy and bit57y, too! Sorry about that! :)


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thank you for my morning laugh!!!!

Re: International Year of the Forest 2011

PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:11 pm
by avalen
Nasoosie wrote:Neat site, but I have to disagree with the statement that 'trees are the lungs of the earth' because trees do the exact opposite of what lungs do-----trees breathe in CO2 and breathe out Oxygen! Let's see-----what would that be called? Trees undo the damage that lungs and the burning of anything do to our planet. The rate that the rainforests and other stands of forests are being wrecked, stripped, cleared, destroyed is absolutely mind-boggling and total insanity on the part of mankind. More and more lungs and more and more burning of fossil fuels and fewer and fewer trees=disaster if we don't get ourselves in gear PRONTO!

But I knew what you meant when you said that, Barbie!! :) I just have to keep my facts straight in order to try to keep my mind from flying off into the stratosphere!

(Yeah, yeah-----I know it doesn't show always that I try to keep together!)


But thats exactly WHY they are the lungs of the earth