Sanitation: essential for developed countries, and a fast-growing priority for developing countries. Included with clean water and food includes access to clean lavatories. And with clean lavatories comes toilet paper.
But where does toilet paper actually come from? The name itself, "toilet paper," implies that it is being derived from trees. Each day, 27,000 worth of trees as toilet paper are either flushed or thrown into landfills. Though some argue using recycled toilet paper would be better for preserving the number of trees cut down for our sanitation needs, it does not solve the overall environmental problem. Recycled toilet paper takes up a lot of energy and additional chemicals to make, which poses different threats to the environment apart from losing trees.
Nicknamed "ParkRx," doctors in South Dakota are now legally entitled to write park prescriptions, which instruct patients to take "one free day at any South Dakota state park or recreational area."
Ecosia works just like Google--except the website plants a tree for every item you enter into the search bar. Essentially, the revenue Ecosia gains from search ads are used to help plant trees in places that need them the most and to reforest mountains that have long been clear-cut for economic purposes.
Described as "food-stressing" the caterpillars who would eat them, these plants are able to drive caterpillars to such desperation to avoid eating the plant that they end up eating each other.
Forest glades are popping up everywhere. They're slices of forest space in urban landscapes. Places like the London Glades in the Hampton Court Flower Show mimic the forest floor, with mounds of rotting wood and tree waste to help mimic a real forest floor.
The Boreal Forest alone is daily experiencing losses. These losses include: