The 15 most toxic places to live
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Posted By WithoutCorporationsYou'dHaveNoComputer - Wed, Feb 24 2010 at 7:52 AM ESTHaiti's Government is Corrupt, and Responsible for all Haiti's P
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.
Posted By BMutinyTheCorporationsAreEvil - Wed, Jan 27 2010 at 2:30 PM ESTVery Good Comments
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!
Posted By hollowell - Tue, Jan 26 2010 at 11:44 AM ESTHaiti-gulch
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.
Posted By Phil Signet - Thu, Jan 14 2010 at 1:52 PM ESTthis is perhaps too much to hope for...
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?
Posted By seog - Tue, Dec 15 2009 at 7:15 PM ESTPlant Pot
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.
Posted By Karen - Sun, Nov 08 2009 at 11:24 PM ESTPlant a Tree
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
Haitian peasants not responsible for deforestation
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