I was looking for info about this upcoming storm and saw that CNN is covering Indonesia's illegal but commonplace practice of massive rain forest burning, which makes them the third largest producer of green house gasses in the world. Especially on the island of Sumatra. The CNN article didn't mention coffee (but how many times have you seen a Sumatra blend coffee) but mentioned how paper and pulp/palm oil companies are really screwing up the local order of things in order to rape and pillage the land and promising to build public facilities like mosques. Its really sad...think grapes of wrath and steel mill workers in company owned housing but worse since I doubt the locals/owners of land will have any more stake in aspect of life in their villages once the
"plantations" come in.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/06/indonesia.burning.rainforest/
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The first photo reminds me of the commercial with the little girl in her bedroom and on the walls images are being projected of this kind of devastation. I never liked the commercial because the message should be just as powerful as the photos on CNN without the little girl. I hope this message gets out more.
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