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World Tree Climb Day
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Because it Takes a Whole Village
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North Coast Group
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Mass Tree Sit
We are a coalition
of grassroots activists and community protection groups
around the world that have come together to promote a very important event.
On the last Saturday in April or on Earth Day groups spread all over the world plan to act in solidarity to
educate the public regarding the valiant protection efforts of activists
defending old growth forests, as well as activists defending rural
communities from the sprawling developments that are growing out of the
cities. We are calling this action The Mass Tree Sit which will be held every
year on World Tree Climb Day which is the last Saturday of April.
This event
is meant to be more for education and celebration than protest.
We envision families, friends, and community groups coming together to share
the fun of speaking out. Currently there are nearly three-dozen active
treesits that are protecting native forests and old growth trees around the
world and we want to show our support to these brave tree sitters. So we
will be sitting in trees and beneath trees in visible public places flying
banners in their honor.
Our actions
will make clear that our forests and the public trust resources
they provide for us, like air, water, and wildlife are being decimated. The
world's forests are primarily being used for paper and construction rather
than moderating erosion, stabilizing the climate and protecting
biodiversity. In the US alone there has been an incredible decades-long
explosion in suburban sprawl that is invading rural communities and outlying
cities. With every new home built, we are unraveling our web of life and
wiping out very special native landscapes here and abroad.
We want to inspire
action by citizen's and government representatives to
ensure that forests and open spaces are protected. We want to ensure
everyone recognizes the priceless public trust value of leaving our earth's
biologic integrity intact. We want to see a ban on the cutting of all
species of Old Growth trees. We want to end clear cutting, as well as the
use of herbicides in our watersheds. We need to develop alternative
building materials and restrict the expansion of urban development. Instead
of more houses we want urban renewal and rural open space protections.
To Save Trees
Please contact us about this event and know that you will be joining
other like-minded groups and individuals from all around the world. Please pass
this on with your endorsement and join our group to share how you can
participate in solidarity.
Thank You,
Deane T Rimerman, Cascadia Defense Network, Olympia, WA
Kirk Murphy M D, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles
Traci "Bear" Thiele, Redway Forest Defense, Garberville CA,
John Griffith, Writers for Redwoods and Watersheds, Humboldt County, CA.
To join our growing new egroup
just send a blank email to:
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To Save the Earth
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