Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us. ~Henrik Tikkanen
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
Modern technology
Owes ecology
An apology.
~Alan M. Eddison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei9LlLLZwAU
Bet ya can't watch the whole thing. But ya should.
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. ~Marshall McLuhan, 1964
He's not just talking about us ya know. Every living thing is also part of the crew.
I hope the local critters at least received an eviction notice. Yeah...right.
Kinda puts a different light on the "Harmony" that's been around here lately. Rather similar, when ya think about it.
I guess it's no wonder we have such a difficult time getting along with each other. We can't even get along with our Mother Planet. What a bunch a idgidts.
Lord help us.
We are certainly past the point of helping ourselves. As a people anyway.
The only hope lies within each of us, as individuals. One small effort at a time.
You can make a difference.
But you have to start somewhere.
Lead by example.
The more we take, the less we become.
Stay Tuned,
I do
Tunes
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misschoos
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Jan 22 @ 3:06PM
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I am still tuned 
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MsLani
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Jan 22 @ 3:14PM
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"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake."
Ray, Marie Beyon
She wasn't talking about the same thing but I think it applies.
Good blog! Thanks for the reminder 
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wandaful123
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Jan 22 @ 3:20PM
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Wow Thomas... just wow. Kinda like watching a massacre...
Yeah, I watched till the end. wow...
The only hope lies within each of us, as individuals. One small effort at a time.
You can make a difference. Absolutely... one kindness at a time...
There is just too much here to comment on in one sitting...
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jimbo242
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Jan 22 @ 3:24PM
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You just had to ruin my day didn't you!?
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theblessedone
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Jan 22 @ 4:01PM
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As I've always said...in the absence of wisdom, the argument is only "what can you do." Wisdom tempers that argument, challenging..."what should you do."
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luvshorses644
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Jan 22 @ 4:41PM
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Well, I watched to the end also. It saddens me to think this is what we have handed down to the future, only technology, and nothing about keeping the earth as we found it.
I was such a greenie when my kids were young. For their birthdays, they got one gift only and then we let them choose a tree they wanted us to plant in our humble piece of earth. I had such a variety of them in the place that was my home for 30 years, it was also hard to leave them behind when the divorce was inevitable and assets were divided.
In my new abode, I have planted 15 trees already, I just love giving all my birds places to nest! And I am part of the Clean & Green and have signed an agreement to keep 5 acres uncut.
My son even majored in Environmental Resource Management.
I am sure that the future generations will remember us for the earth we chose to misuse and hand to them.
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redtigr
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Jan 22 @ 5:02PM
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The sound coming from that machine was the death scream of the planet...
Amazing post, Tunes...
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itsmeisall
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Jan 22 @ 5:15PM
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justlkn853
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Jan 22 @ 5:47PM
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But you have to start somewhere.
Lead by example.
Great blog...guess I did something right, my baby is on his way to being a pastor. 
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honeybear285
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Jan 22 @ 6:19PM
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SPEECHLESS!
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PullMyFinger
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Jan 22 @ 6:20PM
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Ahhhhh yes.....
In harmony with nature.....as long as we can have our toothpicks.
We flock to the cinemas to see transformer like monsters devouring cities and landscapes, we scream at the horror of it all for entertainments sake....
Yet this is happening everyday, everywhere, third world and industrialized. We're killing ourselves, slowly but surely...
Harmony
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poeticcougar
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Jan 22 @ 8:23PM
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2 things popped in my head watching that video (and yes, I watched the whole thing...turned the sound down but watched it).........
1. When lumberjack has his axe, the animals scurry in fear of the noise, imagine the fear instilled in them when this machine is going?
2. The guy working the machine didn't look old enough to drive.......is this slave labour? Then again with all the technology and video games, i am sure my son could do that too. But I can bet yer a$$ he chops a tree down anywhere near me I'm gonna beat him silly! Wow and they wonder why they keep adding animals to the extinct list! 
Thanks for posting that, Tunes, well done!
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SallyF
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Jan 23 @ 12:05AM
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That was the longest five and a half minutes of this day---I could hear the 'tree screams'.
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redtigr
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Jan 23 @ 11:51AM
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I've been sending this link to everyone I know...
I know it won't cheer anyone - but it might wake some folks up.
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iam7545
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Jan 23 @ 12:19PM
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tunes - whats the answer? We each are living on a piece of land that once looked like that. The trees here were not from a "harvest" - it looked like a land clearing for new houses or some other development.
Do we put a limit on procreation?
Paper mills and other tree product companies have scientifically learned how to reforest at the same rate that they remove trees. There is zero loss. This has been going on for 20+ years.
The good news is that this John Deere MACHINE surely takes the place of 30-40 illegal workers! 
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luvmycats
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Jan 26 @ 6:48PM
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This was under the video. Not that I believe it all.
timber harvesting is not always a bad thing. with proper management, this land will be covered with new, larger, healthier growth in a few short years. part of the process is to remove small crowded growth, in order to allow the stronger, straighter trees to mature. left too long, many pines will become crowded and die. much better to harvest them and use them for the thousands of products people use every day. also, use of this machine creates much less waste...
Yes I watched the entire 5 1/2 minutes. He took down 10 trees... geez someone do the math, how many in 8 hours? 
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