Pali's Post

I get the feeling that the capitalistic society we live in to day sees nature as a place to get wood and more land to build on. However, many people fail to realize that the woods aren’t renewable recourses; it takes at least a hundred years for the trees to grow back to their full size. Woods are extremely valuable because they absorb carbon from the atmosphere, they’re a source of alternative fuel, they preserve and revive the land for future use and they are a pert of the entire ecosystem in which we live. A forest can provide literally forever with no overhead, but once you cut it down and develop it, it losses this ability. A building will only last 30 years before it needs to be rebuilt and a farm field becomes infertile. My land consists of more than 3/4 woodland. My house emits carbon, but it conserves the woods that absorb carbon and by conserving the wood I indirectly protect the rivers and land else were that is supported by my woods.