The silent drama of photography Photographer Sebastião Salgado talks about the importance of Forests, how humans have destroyed so much creating their societies, and how easily we can repair the damage we’ve done. He doesn’t just talk about it, he…
Fantastic presentation from Allan Savory on “How to green the desert and reverse climate change”. He provides a practical and very real solution to many problems by working with nature rather than against it. from Ted Talks: Desertification of the world’s grasslands,…
This is a great video by Aspen Centre for Environmental Studies showing us what is happening to our Forests, how important they are and what we can do about it.
Photo credit: JP Hallet copyright UBUNTU: I am because we are An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there…
The Giving Tree A new and already good friend of mine James Wardell introduced me to this story whilst we were brain storming about how to communicate ForestNation to the World. The Giving Tree, based on the book and drawings of Shel…
Photo by RiaPereira – here and there “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce…
A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs./year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings. (McAliney, Mike. Arguments for Land Conservation: Documentation and Information Sources for Land Resources Protection,…
Students from 5 schools in Alcañiz in Spain planted 300 trees in the Motorland race circuit to help improve the environment. The trees were given to the circuit as part of last years campaign with Fundacion Repsol where we gave 1000 trees to each…
Hello world! The youth are our future, plain and simple. This is about a cool presentation, which will eventually create more clean air. The Ontario Nipissing Early Years Center is a place for children six years old and under, and…
Hello ForestNation community! Lately I have been focusing on stories of initiative around the world, and I have one more tale today! This one is about a very inspiring individual who believes that trees are the future, and decided to…