The 15 most toxic places to live
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Haiti
The nation of Haiti was once 60 percent covered in forest. Today, only 2 percent of the country still has standing trees. This picture shows an aerial of the border between Haiti (left) and the Dominican Republic (right). Haiti has cleared almost every tree right up to its borders. And with the recent devastating earthquake, the island's environmental situation has worsened.
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Guess whos not going to Haiti for their honeymoon.
Stupid comment...thats all the more reason to go to Haiti....cruise ships stop there and it helps the economy. Or donate a portion of your honeymoon to one of the good non-profits working there long term.
Haitian peasants scrounging for wood to make charcoal, are NOT the ones mainly responsible for de-forestation; they are merely picking over the few remaining trees and scrub. Multinational timber companies LONG AGO raped Haiti of all its valuable tropical hardwoods, leaving the desert landscape you see. Taking the trees made the soil erode, poisoning the waters for fish.....
Looks like re-foresting could start, by maybe allowing the Dominican Republic forests to start to "creep back" over the.... More
Blaming the corporations amounts to blaming non-persons. What are governments for? Who are governments? Today we are blaming BP for the oil spill, but not fingering the government officials who took money from BP to allow the drilling. And, people like Obama look like they "care" now. Why didn't they "care" before the drilling? Develop solar and wind and stop the burning.
So then why aren't the Dominican Republic's trees gone? The Haitian government, whether companies or individuals did this damage, failed to act to stop it. It's a corrupt and disgusting government, rated the second most corrupt in the world - bribes are rampant and starting a business is impossible without payoffs.
3 GREAT Comments: Make Birth Control and Family Planning available to all, BYPASS Patriarchal religions; PLANT POT and Save The World; last but not least, PLANT TREES. Kudos to everyone!
Haiti is a prime example where over-population has been sanctioned/encouraged, head-in-the-sand ostrich type by the Vatican and the fundamentalist Christian church movement. 'Be ye fruitful and screw up the earth". The triumph of piety over intellect.
overpopulation is not sanctioned or encouraged, just because the babies are being born and medicine is keeping them alive you have that opinion? what about the government? what about conflict? what about disease ?do you think these people don't want children? don't want families? should they be only allowed one child? this statement is more appropirate to be the vocalization of anger and self importance of one's beliefs over the rights of others to practice their's.
Talk first, think later
but might the earthquake bring in another new funds to reforest part of the land? I know that sounds crazy but the world is focused on Haiti right now in a way that has never occured...this was once one of the most beautiful spots on Earth...can we bring it back?
I sprinkle cannabis seeds wherever I can. Hemp is one of the most productive plants on the planet. It produces 4x the amount of cellulose as a tree. Cannabis is a pain killer and has anti-cancer properties. Grow your own FREE medicine. No wonder the drug industry as spend so much money & effort to demonize it.
So what are you doing to combat this? Do you plant trees? I do. At least 100 per year. I started when I was 15 and have on a couple of occasions planted more than 10,000 per year. I gather nuts in the summer and fall and distribute them to lands that are barren or tree poor. I transplant all winter. This the the time to do that sort of thing. I'm over 50 now so that means I've planted over 23,300 trees. I encourage everyone that has the opportunity to plant a tree today and tomorrow and to.... More
You are amazing! Keep it up
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