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Don’t Just Plant a Tree. Stop Using Wood Products

Recently, I wrote an article titled, “Quit Crying & Plant an F-N Tree Already!” Last night I woke up from a vivid dream where the trees were singing, “We are wasted wood”

I felt compelled to write a Haiku using that line. It was so strong I couldn’t go back to sleep until I had composed it.

Here it is:

We are wanted wood.

Used to build your neighborhood.

We are wasted wood.

ICYMI, here is the link to that article.

In this day and age, we don’t need to cut down oxygen-producing trees to make toilet paper, paper towels, or even building products like plywood, 2 X 4s, and the like.

We can use fiberglass, hempcrete, and various hemp products to replace the products we make from wood. Hemp takes as little as four months to mature.

Refuse to buy or use those wood products and they’ll manufacture replacements.

Then, we can continue to enjoy the oxygen these trees generate from our expended carbon dioxide.

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Please think about what you are doing to preserve this natural treasure.

One last thing:

Stephen Dalton is a retired US Army First Sergeant with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a Certified US English Chicago Manual of Style Editor. Also, a Top Writer in Nutrition, Investing, Travel, Fiction, Transportation, VR, NFL, Design, Creativity, and Short Story.

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