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Health & Fitness

WHEN THE TREES ARE GONE WE WILL ALL SMOTHER


FACT:  TREES ARE THE LUNGS OF THE EARTH

FACT: TREES ARE CUT DOWN TO MAKE PAPER,  FURNITURE
          AND OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS.

 Nearly half of the trees cut in North America go to paper making.
 Hemp is a fast-growing and sustainable crop that generates more construction-grade fiber per acre than most trees and other crops. It can be used in place of lumber and a wide range of other materials. For example, Washington State University researchers found hemp-based medium density fiberboard to be twice as strong as wood

Bamboo is often considered a wood, but this grass is really a wood alternative. It has been called the world’s most useful plant (though hemp advocates might argue otherwise). Bamboo is fast-growing but at least as strong as some slow-growth woods. It is a very trendy (and somewhat controversial) flooring option. It is also used in furniture and a wide variety of other construction materials.
 
Maderon is a recyclable Spanish furniture-building material made primarily of crushed almond, hazelnut and walnut shells. The shells are ground into a paste, then mixed with resin and molded into chairs and other furniture.

So the question begs to be asked, why are forest being destroyed when they are necessary to our well being and are also home to so many different spices.  There are plenty of alternatives for paper, furniture and building materials but there is no alternative for the earth's lungs

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