That sometimes citydwellers don't get how things interconnect in nature I can halfway understand. But you even have farmers who think if it does not happen in their back forty it is of no consequence. So the ocean level rises an inch - what difference does it make! The ocean never will get to here. What has the deforestatin in the Amazon have to do with anything, etc. etc. As long as it does not affect people right now, this minute, they don't care.

I'm of my soapbox, excuse me please. Just had yesterday one of those hit your head against the wall days on that subject.

Good morning, good Earth-Day! Anneliese, I feel your pain, this hitting head against the wall, it hurts.

Take heart, the tree huggers/planters are out in force in CA. I went to a hardware/garden store today, they had a parking lot tent sale of trees and all that's needed to plant a tree. The lot was full and the lines long at check out.
I went there to buy some herbs, but the wild tree huggers were in a frenzy so I'll go back tomorrow.
Have you hugged a tree lately? I gave my Naval Orange tree a "you go girl" this morning.

It really poured here all day. In fact it just slowed up now. I gave all the indoor plants a pep talk and worked on some recycling and reusing. Smiles.

Anneliese, I get into those discussions around here too, with farmers. We have Farmland Preservation and a lot of farmers defend those who sell their land to the developers saying preservation won't make a difference... ...