http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/16942/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/planting-seeds-demographic-winter <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/robert-knight">Robert Knight</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Did you know that planting a tree won't save the earth? </p> <br /> <p >You've got to plant 483 trees just to offset your household's carbon footprint. And that's just for two people. </p> <br /> <p >We know this because the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Washington Post</i> Home section on May 8 featured <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050701046.html" />a cover story</a> encouraging folks to plant trees while sternly warning them that this won't help much because people are a cancer on the planet.  </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/planting-seeds-demographic-winter" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Education Environment carbonfootprint demographics demographicwinter replacementbirthrate WashingtonPost Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 +0000 admin 28256 at http://archive2.mrc.org