For many of us, this summer has
been the season of smoke-filled air. Forests are burning
all over the world, and we're suffocating.
These forest fires are connected to global climate
change, but also directly to
deforestation. Cutting down beautiful,
ancient forests can kind of turn them into Swiss cheese
— sun then heats the forest area around each hole in the
canopy, drying it out and making deadly fires more
likely.
The major culprit for this
deforestation? Agriculture! Seven high risk
commodities are responsible for much of the world's
forest destruction: cattle, soy, pulp and
paper, palm oil, cocoa, coffee, and rubber. Think of these products as
the 'seven deadly sins of
deforestation.'
But it doesn't have to
be this way. We can stop deforestation by
passing bold, beautiful laws that protect
forests, like the Governor of Colorado did
last year with an executive order banning business with
industries that are killing
forests.
Sign now to urge all other
U.S. Governors to pass Executive Orders like Colorado
did to save our
forests!