Everyone must see this; it made me cry...

[priestessashe]

This is a direct action video based out of Oregon. I found it on you-tube prowling for music. I had been searching for one of my favorite songs 'Tow' by one of my most favoured bands the Devil Makes Three and this was one of the first videos to pop up. Watch it, please. It's not that long and it passes by so quickly once the song comes in and you figure out what the video is about...

It's so beautiful. I really need to call these people, haha. It left me feeling hopeful for they even left a phone number and website at the end of it. It left me a sniffling idiot for about 10 minutes. Watch it and tell me what you think.

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PriestessAshe

[blackfootedgirl]

`Whoa....It was the last line , about the car wreck that got to me.
Thank you for posting something of substance that MATTERS! I see you put it in your profile and I will do the same.

It is unfortunate for those individuals residing in economically depressed communities who depend upon logging as a main source of income (I grew up in Brinnon a logging community)that have to prostitute themselves to companies and/or government agencies who own/lease or are custodians of the land on which these ancient forests grow in order to support their families.
We have to remember who sits at the top of the food chain here.

There is enough reforested land set aside for harvest in renewable resource programs to be able to leave the Ancient Old Growth Trees alone to be enjoyed for generations to come and still fulfill the needs of the logging/wood industries.

I have stood amongst these Old Growth Trees in the Wynoochee forest in Grays Harbor area in Washington State, it is amazing to see a living tree with a circumference that will fill a small living room, and the shed of pine needles around the bottom of the trunk that was almost shoulder high.

What will our children get to remember?

[priestessashe]

`You are amazing with words. I always admire someone with such fervor and ease with words. And yes, it is a very hard call to make when it comes down to entire communities relying on the darkness within such industries. And since they are based out of places which have such old trees--I'm talking (as you probably know) Sequoia's which stand over 300 feet tall and some that reach hill and mountain peaks along the northwestern part of the US the predate human consciousness. When these trees were seedlings, humans humans were still hunter-gatherer's and had no concept of agriculture yet, much less had they grasped the concept of seed planting/grow processes/etc.
It just pains me that the lumber industries, just like the oil industries, feel as if there are no alternative to this (*cough* hemp *cough*). It would be a huge changeover, but perhaps the Lumber industries could buy out hemp to make their money just as the oil industries have countless renewable resources to delve into (i.e. vegetable oil, battery-ops, solar power).
Anyhoo, thank you for your knowledge and input. But one must understand that tree's are our lifeforce. When they are gone, all life as we know it on this place called earth will be nul...
We rely on them for a lot. You should read the book Tree: A Life Story by David Suzuki. It opened my eyes to a lot and you seem very much like you would enjoy it.
Blessings on your home dear,
Ashe