Trees are like sponges. Our survival depends on them (via @Marcariel)


	Trees are like sponges. Our survival depends on them (via @Marcariel)

egoldstein

8-2-2009 9:21 AM

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forest, maya, nature, trees

egoldstein says:

This clip is from an excellent article that explains how the over utilization of trees contributed to the downfall of the Maya. Unfortunately, history seems to be repeating itself.

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