Small political Changes Large Human Impact

When Delta the airline carrier cut 7,000 to 9,000 in  2007 It was the beginning of a very difficult period that lasts until today for a lot of workers out of Atlanta.  It affected , approximately 17% of the company’s employees. Many in upper management saw a  25% pay cut but  it was those in the lower jobs that felt the hit the worse. Over the years many airlines cancelled leases on  aircrafts...
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Even Bamboo needs conservation

Unlike wood Bamboo is also a food consumption item. Many of the poor in Asia and in Africa  use it as a vegetable supplement.  The shoots need time to grow but its at that stage that  they are  prime for consumption. Many countries recently have had to  put bans for months at a time  in order to allow  Bamboo to flourish.   Humans are not the only threat to Bamboo growth. Many  animals including...
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Why Bamboo?

Deforestation is a result of Man’s ability to outpace natures ability to  regrow trees what  we cut down.   Across the world we rely on wood for a multiplicity of things including  sustaining fires for cooking, warming, building materials and furniture.   Bamboo the largest of the grasses of the world is often as sturdy as many kinds of wood and importantly for  deforestation concerns is...
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