Hug a Tree Today Tree lovers

[malaise]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11889768
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"They are good for local climate change because they put water back into the atmosphere which cools the area. And they help biodiversity as tree-lined streets provide wildlife corridors for birds or insects to travel.

"Trees also encourage healthier lifestyles and studies have shown people are calmer when trees are in their environment," she says.

The idea that trees have a positive effect on health has been around a while, but it is one that is hard to measure.

A Dutch study suggests every 10% increase in green space can postpone health complaints in communities by five years. And a US study is regularly cited to suggest patients that have a view of nature through hospital windows recover better after surgery.

[HillbillyBob]

1. Here in Caswell Cty NC we are seeing the forests

being clear cut so the timber can be shipped to China then returned as finished furniture..when the factories used to be here and the jobs that they generated of course.

[malaise]

2. Same crap everywhere

It's sickening

[harun]

3. Yep.

[Solly Mack]

4. I love trees! I actually do hug one every now and then.

[malaise]

5. We're so lucky here in Jamaica

We have beautiful trees all year.

[Solly Mack]

6. You are lucky ...the warmth especially. It's fucking cold here. :o)

I enjoy all the stages of a tree. Spring and autumn being my favorite.

[malaise]

7. I've been watching

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11886872

Check #10

[Solly Mack]

8. Those are beautiful! The stuff is beautiful....until you have to slog around in it

for days on end.

[malaise]

9. I hate the cold

Year after year I turn down free tickets to visit siblings in winter. I love the pics. :D

[Solly Mack]

10. It's snowing again here. I'm so thrilled I could just ...well, scream.

I prefer pictures of snow to the real stuff myself too. lol

[scarletwoman]

11. I think I'd prefer to wait 'til spring. If I hugged one of my trees today,

I'd get a bunch of snow dumped on my head and down my neck from all the weighed down, snow-laden branches. Brrrrr...

:)
sw

[malaise]

12. LOL

:grouphug:

[Odin2005]

13. LOL, same here!

[pinboy3niner]

14. In CA, Century-old oaks may make way -- for silt

County officials plan to destroy old-growth trees to deposit sediment removed from a reservoir--even though other, unforested land is available:

Please Help Save These Trees: (OP by amborin)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9691111