Trees or gold - which is more valuable?

When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
~ Cree Prophecy ~


It has been many moons since the mankind had the common sense to recognise and
revere the value of one of the most powerful examples of life on earth's many
miracles – the trees and the forests

Instead we hover and slaver Gollum-like over our `precious' gold. We worship at
the altar of `stuff' and we covet, hoard, betray and go to war to protect our
stuff and get more stuff.

So there you are in your penthouse apartment with gold taps, a gold card in your
pocket and chains of gold around your neck. You think you're rich?

Exactly how rich are you when food you could buy is too toxic to eat , the water
you want to drink is full of deathly chemicals and the air you try to breathe is
so polluted you are deprived of oxygen.

Would you not surrender all of that for a sip of fresh spring water, a pot of
fresh vegetables and a breath of air?

FACT! The total amount of rainforest left on the planet is about the size of the
USA and every year an area the size of Florida is cut down and permanently
destroyed.

The time will come when the ability to live a more simple earth based life will
be are more valuable than all the stuff in the world. The trees and the forest
and the sun and the water will give us all we need if we begin now to Return to
Earth.

FACT! the United States is spending between $97 and $215 billion dollars
annually on military action to defend access to oil and natural gas reserves
around the globe. The war has cost us so far around $650 billion dollars

We are running out of money. Our budget deficit is over 8 trillion dollars. Soon
we won't be able to afford fuel, let alone protect access to it.

It's time for some turn-around trade off thinking.

If the fuel protecting war money were used otherwise, how many homes could be
equipped with the necessary solar equipment to make them fuel independent ? How
many earth lodges, straw bale dwellings and cob houses could be built and how
many people could they house? How many food farms could be set up and how many
people could they feed? 650 billion dollars could

When we finally get that the only stuff we will really need is a good set of
tools and the know how to live symbiotically with the earth we will be truly
rich.

When we are growing our own food, using renewable energy to be totally fuel-self
sufficient and sharing our land with others or living on shared or public land,
there will be enough for all and there will be no need for war.

The time is H.E.R.E. to discard our weapons of war and take up arms to save the
earth because she is OUR salvation.

When chips are down and we can't buy a packet of chips for all the gold in the
world, mother earth can feed you, clothe you, keep you warm and heal you.

The time is H.E.R.E. to give up `precious' worship and take steps to learn how
to harness the bountiful abundance that Ma, Gaia, Mother Earth has to offer us

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
~Standing Bear ~

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Pierre
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