Thursday, December 22, 2011
Renewal
Labels:
environment,
Hymn,
public policy,
terraforming
A meditation on the natural world: Ave Maria (Gounod), performed by Edward Simoni
This time of new birth in deepest winter reminds us to pay attention to our strategies for regenerative landscaping and watershed restoration. Our global forests are the crucial carbon sinks needed to reverse the effects of climate change. Progress made in recent years shows that mankind is not doomed to strip the planet of its forest cover. But the transition from tree-chopper to tree-hugger is not happening fast enough. Read further in this article from The Economist.