In a landscape with too much concrete, "TreePeople," based in Los Angeles, are reversing trends started with the "ticky-tacky" tract housing in the San Fernando Valley basin in the 1950's and 1960's. They are beginning to unearth the living ecosystem hidden underneath. For 30 years, a local environmental nonprofit group dubbed "TreePeople," has provided an international model for community urban forestry organizations. Their hands-on, grassroots approach helps our environment by cleaning our air and water, reducing the heat the city is generating, and improving living habitats for animals and children. Their work also helps repair damaged burn areas, helping to prevent landslides as well as floods. TreePeople are facilitating a natural beautification and ecosystem restoration within the city, as well as supporting empowerment, through investments in our own local communities.

The following is a brief discussion of the extent and potential impact of America's forest dieback in the immediate future, as well as a discussion of the various causes and scenarios which describe the impact of forest loss on human civilization and the planetary ecosystem.

The call for proposals for the National Conference on Organized Resistance on February 3rd through February 6th, 2005, in Washington, DC!

Before your Mom, brother, or friend votes in November, they really should read one, two, or all of these books, beginning with Mark Crispin Miller's "Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order." Tell your family and friends about these books! Buy these books for them! E-mail this list to everyone you know, and print it as a flyer to post in your local cafe or hand out in front of a bookstore. There's enough time before the election for a little good reading to make a big difference.
So go for it; make a difference!