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Earth Day – Dear Future Generations: Sorry

Earth Day – Dear Future Generations: Sorry

While issues like global warming and deforestation plague our world, a rapper has partnered with Stand for Trees, to remind us that not all hope is lost — we really can do something about it.

In a video entitled “Dear Future Generations, Sorry,” outspoken rapper Prince Ea uses some poignant words to give us a glimpse into what the world could look like one day, by addressing generations after our time.

Watch Prince Ea’s video below. To learn more about Stand For Trees, visit their website here.

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Fresno City Hall sees recharge basins are part of water solution

Fresno City Hall sees recharge basins are part of water solution

Water and the Valley | FresnoBee.com

“City Hall on Monday will host the first of four public meetings on Fresno’s water future. This one is at Hoover High School in northeast Fresno and will cover that free-market pillar, supply and demand.

The events continue every two weeks until early November, each with a different topic. The finale is at City Hall. The City Council at some point almost certainly will debate water-rate hikes.”

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The Forest Man of Majuli Island

The Forest Man of Majuli Island

A film by Will McMaster.

Video from KarmaTube

It has been said that the single most powerful thing one can do to combat climate change and promote peace is to plant a tree. Jadev Payeng has been doing just that since the 1970’s on the once-barren sandbar on the banks of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India. Over 40 years later, the forest he’s planted is now larger than New York City’s Central Park and is home to several thousand varieties of trees as well as an amazing diversity of wildlife, including rhino, elephants, and even tigers. To watch a video about Payeng’s incredible journey, click here.

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See the Sizzle: Infrared Photos Reveal the Brutal Urban Heatscape

See the Sizzle:

Infrared Photos Reveal the Brutal Urban Heat-scape

By Betsy Mason • wired.com

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N.J. town mourns loss of 600-year-old tree

 

| Basking Ridge, N.J., grew around a church that was built beside a tree 300 years ago. At that point the tree had already seen three centuries. But now experts say the oldest white oak in North America is destined to come down. Steve Hartman went “On the Road” to talk to a town filled with mourners.

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