Breath by J. Daniel Beaudry
Tree, gather up my thoughtslike the clouds in your branches.
Draw up my soul
like the waters in your root.
In the arteries of your trunk
bring me together.
Through your leaves
breathe out the sky.
10 tips to prevent deforestation!
1) Look at the ingredients of cereals, cereal bars and other products you buy and don’t buy products with palm oil in unless it is sustainably produced.
2) Do not buy timber products from tropical hardwoods buy timber products that have been grown sustainably in carefully managed forests.
3) Buy tea and coffee that is grown sustainably and do not buy these products if grown on cleared rain forest. Think before you drink.
4) Do not buy soil grown on cleared rain forests.
5) Do not buy meat grown on cleared rain forests.
6) Do not buy products from large commercial companies which are involved in clearing rainforests for cattle ranching.
7) Join Our Future Planet and contribute to discussions on how to save the rain forests.
8) Join an organization that plays an active role in rain forest conservation such as Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and Worldwide Fund for Nature.
9) Write to your Prime Minister or president urging him or her to fund rain forest conservation and not to use taxes to fund destructive projects.
10) Organize support for rain forests through youth groups, political parties and conservation organizations.
Here are the ten countries with the worst Deforestation
| Country | (SQ MILES) |
| Brazil | 8,915 |
| Indonesia | 5,065 |
| Sudan | 3,702 |
| Zambia | 3,286 |
| Mexico | 2,436 |
| Dem. Rep. of Congo | 2,054 |
| Myanmar | 1,996 |
| Nigeria | 1,537 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,235 |
| Argentina | 1,100 |
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