Jan 17, 2011: Chop Chopstick Tree

[xoxoxoBruce]

China uses (and discards), either 45 or 57 Billion (depending on who's talking) pairs of disposable chopsticks every year.
That's about 23 million trees, and China ranks 139th in the world for forests, so they can't afford it.
Greenpeace took 80,000 pair of used chopsticks, cleaned them, and built four trees to catch the attention of the city folks.
Then for good measure, they chopped one down. Seems like setting a bad example, to me.



When someone stopped to look, they were given a pair of reusable chopsticks.
They were encouraged to use them when eating away from home...
and stop acting like imperialist running dogs.

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