JAN LEE LUMKIN
CONSERVATIONIST - ARTIST - AUTHOR
June 6, 2008
This
is my open letter to the humans that live with me on this glorious planet.
Please join in my quest to educate others to the
realities of and the consequences of deforestation.
"SAVE
THE FORESTS AND IT'S INHABITANTS, SAVE HUMANITY."
"THERE WILL
BE NO OTHER INTELLIGENT LIFE COMING TO RESCUE US."
Trees and plants are the lungs of the earth. They absorb CO2 and release oxygen. We breath
in oxygen and exhale CO2. What a miraculous relationship.
This is why gardeners love to
tend plants. It is why we go to parks, enjoy hiking and other outdoor excursions. Are we, subconsciously, wanting
to get closer to the green chlorophyl that is the source of our existence? Do the trees and plants beckon us to come
closer to absorb our CO2? Well, these days trees and plants are trying to keep up with the rising CO2. We are,
unfortunately, not the only things emitting CO2. So, their message to us at this point may be a prayer to save them.
The great rain-forests around the equator encompasses the largest portion of the lungs of earth. This region
is where weather is determined, it cools our planet and determines the amount of rainfall around the globe.
We are now destroying trees, foliage and animal habitat in the equatorial forest at the rate of the size of Manhattan
everyday. Day in and day out these forests are being clear cut and slashed and burned, and once this happens, are lost FOREVER!
The
slashing and burning of the forests around the equatorial region releases more carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere than
all the world's cars, trucks and planes combined.
The fertility of the soil in these
rain-forest regions is so shallow that there is only two or three years worth of crops harvested, then, the land is fallow.
If artificial fertilizers and pesticides are brought into the region of our great rain-forests, imagine the contamination
by mishandling and runoff to the rivers, such as the Amazon. Then, are we not only endangering the great trees, but
also, the animals, birds and the huge diversity of insect and amphibian population.
There
is a gold-mine of medicinal plants and wildlife in the rain-forests. Scientists are, just now, scratching the surface
of the great forests to find cures to many of our aliments. Please, let them search this vast echo system before it
is lost.
Saving the tropical trees is not only my quest, it is my heartfelt passion. I realize that by
saving the great forests, I am saving my life, your life and the lives of endangered species and generations to come.
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Hypothesis:
There are still apple trees growing in our orchards, therefore, Earth is the Garden of Eden.
Perhaps Adam
ate all of the apples on the tree in his garden, therefore, leaving no seeds for regeneration. And, perhaps, on a cold
winter night he chopped down that apple tree to make a warming fire for he and Eve. The next spring he longed for the
deliciously, sweet fruit of that tree and anguished with the realization of what he had done.
Luckily for us, there were other apple trees out of his limited sight. For, if he had known that
there were more trees, he might have continued having warm fires in winter and eating all of the fruit, and not anguished
about his deeds until all of the trees were gone forever.
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Because of rocket scientists, we have seen EARTH in it's entirety. This beautiful blue-green, tan
and other colors of the spectrum planet that we live on. This is our Garden of Eden. Their are no boundaries,
only the globe we call EARTH. Large in our perspective, small in the universe. WE see our garden as a whole.
And we are beginning to realize that what is taken away in our garden, effects us all.
Have
a say in the way our planet grows. Are we going to continue destroying the trees that give us life, or, are we now going
to protect them for future generations?
Find an organization that focuses on saving the rain-forest.
Google or Yahoo, Organization that are saving the rain-forests. You will find many organizations that contribute to
saving our planet. Educate your children and young adults to our plight. Recycle as much as you can. There
are many hazardous waste sites that will accept, paints, insecticides, household waste, your used batteries, old
neon light bulbs, and electronics.
Please join me, let your heart realize it's eminent responsibility.
Sincerely,
JAN LEE LUMKIN
PLEASE HELP SAVE OUR GREAT RAIN-FORESTS
