Comments on: Want to shorten your life & be unhappy?… cut down trees.

By: deb

deb — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:39:23 +0000

Hi Doreen,

Want to protect trees? Do what Toronto did in 2008. Tree cutting even on private property is subject to a fee in Toronto. Follow this link http://www.toronto.ca/faq/trees.htm#q8 to learn about Toronto’s tree ordinance. Perhaps we should all try to pass such an ordinance in our towns. (Article 813, City of Toronto)

By: Doreen

Doreen — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:06:55 +0000

Heather B-W – YES! Heartbreaking and infuriating!!! Hang in there!

By: Heather B-W

Heather B-W — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:49:59 +0000

Our neighbor (we live in a completely rural area) is cutting down ALL of her trees. She says so that she can make money from them and put in a pond. My question is, if you live in the country, WHY WOULD YOU CUT DOWN YOUR TREES??? If she wants to live in a city, she should live in a city, not try to make her area look like a city lot. It wouldn’t bother me so much but now we have to see her area. That’s why we moved to the country, so we wouldn’t have to see our neighbors and their daily lives.

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» A Happy and Green New Year… from A to Z! - Mom Goes Green — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:20:19 +0000

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By: Doreen

Doreen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:37:08 +0000

Hercules – yep, we both knew it! And thank you, sugar! It’s great to be on this mission with you! You got my back, and ditto, baby!

By: Hercules Charnas

Hercules Charnas — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:34:22 +0000

I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!

And really… didn’t we all know it? If we all slowed down, and looked. REALLY looked. In our hearts, didn’t we know it?

Thanks for clarifying it, Dor. And for standing up and speaking out!

I’m proud of you.

And I always knew that too.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:23:03 +0000

Frannie – I agree… I DO feel better when surrounded by trees and doesn’t an established neighborhood filled with trees feel so much happier and “warmer” than a new development that had every tree in site bulldozed before the construction began?! We planted a Japanese Cherry tree in our yard a few years ago and have LOVED watching it become bigger and more beautiful as the years pass!

By: Frannie

Frannie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:34:07 +0000

I have to agree with Kimberly in your Lorax-ness! I know I’m happier when I walk down a street that has lots of trees! We planted a new tree in our front yard last year, and while the price tag didn’t make me smile, the fact that we have a nicely sized maple there that will bring years of enjoyment and all of those other stats, makes me very happy.

I noticed yesterday that in the process of widening a road in front of my development, they took out an entire row of large trees. It made me VERY unhappy.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:57:52 +0000

Kimberly – believe me, I was as fascinated as you… that’s why I had to share! I’m proud to be a tree-hugger!!!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:32:59 +0000

another fine post, my lorax friend! seriously, we all know the benefits of trees providing oxygen and cutting down on green house gases but I was fascinated to read the other statistics you posted. too bad we couldn’t have organized a cyber-demonstration of chaining ourselves to your neighbors’ trees so they couldn’t be cut down!