5 Ways to Value a Tree
March 15, 2010 by Bob Higgins · 20 Comments
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When you live in a corporate-dominated culture, everything is potentially a “commodity.” We “spend” time, we “invest” in relationships, and some of us view trees as nothing more than potential lumber and/or paper.
1. Commodity
According to the Wisconsin Paper Council, an “interesting rule of thumb is that an acre of [...]
Amazon River Water Being Stolen and Bottled Abroad
February 9, 2010 by Bob Higgins · Leave a Comment
This isn’t the first time the crime of hydro-piracy has come to the attention of Amazon watchdog groups. Tankers were known to be exporting oil to South America and refilling their tanks with fresh water from the Amazon to import back to Europe and the Middle East.
It is estimated that each tanker returns with approximately 5 million gallons of Amazon River water. For bottling companies, it is considerably less expensive to treat freshwater than to procure it through desalinization.
