What do videos on mushrooms and moss have to do with the incinerator issue? We think the health of the forest (and of the planet) is very relevant to the debate. We hope you'll find these videos fascinating. They bring new context to ADAGE's claims that they "protect the environment" when they provide the economic incentive for burning trees and scraping the biomass out of the forest.
Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world This talk by Mycologist Paul Stamets, owner of Fungi Perfecti in Olympia, is surprising and offers exciting possibilities for using mushroom to help the environment.
Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the rain forest canopy Nalini Nadkarni, an ecologist from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, talking about the life and beauty of rainforests in Amazon and the Pacific Northwest.
The video is 16 minutes, but worth watching to the end. The last 1/4 of the tape is a fascinating look at research and job creation that is truly inspiring.
Greenpeace: Stopping Amazon Deforestation This 3-1/2 minute fact-filled documentary talks about the importance of rain forests and tells how Greenpeace is working with companies to establish a moratorium on further destruction of the Amazon rainforest for soybean plantations.
Amazon dries up A sobering documentary on the effects of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest. Rain forests, including the temperate rain forests of the Pacific Northwest, are the lungs of the planet.
The illustration above, by Mieke Roth, beautifully describes the role of the forest in the carbon cycle. It is available as a full-size print-quality PDF file
here.
John's Handout - 1 page info sheet for doorbelling. (Option: print 2-sided and cut in half.)
Low-res PDF to view online (31 KB)
High-res PDF to print (821 KB)
NOx - Nitrogen Oxides Fact Sheet Low-res PDF to view online (26 KB)
High-res PDF to print (618 KB)
Micro Particulates Fact Sheet Low-res PDF to view online (24 KB)
High-res PDF to print (708 KB)
