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Planted trees with the nature conservancy in college as a service project. I think that day the entore gorup planted a couple of hundered.
Trees are renewable but when you chop them down you release all of the carbon dixiode that is in them which is not a good thing. Not to mention that there are areas where trees are being cut down and no replanted which is increasing erosion and hence the water qualtiy and flow in local rivers and streams. Given that fresh water is limited on the planet, that is quite the issue for affected communities.
I have no problem with removing dangerous trees in urban environments. It might suck to lose old trees but preventing fires and massive power outages is more important. I do have a problem with clear cutting forests for lumber for building and firewood or to make space for cattle to graze for a few years before the land dries up and nothing can grow.
Most of the trees used for paper are replanted and that is a good thing. The process of making paper is incredibly enviornmentaly unfriendly. I am happy to do my little bit by using an e-reader. The only paper books that I read these days are ones that are given to me as gifts. Since I was given a Kindle in 2008, I have purchased over 500 e-books. Some of those are repurchases of books I already owned, so lets say 400 new e-books. That is a good number of trees that have not been cut down and put through a very unfriendly process.
It might be a small contribution to improving the environment but it is a step.
And yes, I have three Kindles and my Mom has had two. So five Kindles total, that works out to 80 books pre Kindle so we have more then hit the offset point.
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