Green on white.This magazine's cover will make many long-time members do a double-take. What in the world does a photo of eight young men atop a ridge of polar ice have to do with trees and forests? Ordinarily or·di·nar·i·ly adv. 1. As a general rule; usually: ordinarily home by six. 2. In the commonplace or usual manner: ordinarily dressed pedestrians on the street. , nothing. But these aren't ordinary young men, or ordinary times. As you can read in more detail on page 11, the ICEWALK team is undertaking a difficult and dangerous effort to walk to the North Pole North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90°N. It is distinguished from the north magnetic pole. U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary is traditionally credited as being the first to reach (1909) the North Pole. In 1926, Richard E. . They are doing it to draw worldwide attention to the plight of the earth's environment, and to get more people involved in restoring it. Their suggestion for a place to begin is by planting trees, through efforts like AFA's Global ReLeaf campaign. We can read even more lessons from the walkers' historic journey. They will be burned by a polar sun made more dangerous by a thinning of upper-atmospheric ozone caused in part by chemicals released half a world away. The ice over which they travel will contain pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. that have drifted in from other corners of the world. The weather they encounter may we.11 reflect global conditions that include tropical deforestation deforestation Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. and the frantic efforts of people to gather firewood or produce food from a diminished forest and farmland base. The world is one system, and when we abuse the environment in one place, other places-and other people-sense the stress. By joining ICEWALK and Global ReLeaf together, Amway Corporation and the American Forestry Association The American Forestry Association (AFA) is a volunteer organization established in the United States in 1940 with headquarters in Washington, D.C.. The organization acts as a clearinghouse for environmental organizations working to preserve world tree growth. are making an intense public statement: the world's environment is in trouble, and the efforts of millions of people are needed to restore its health. The message from the polar ice, the Brazilian rainforest, the African veldt, the Vermont sugarbush, and the Los Angeles street Los Angeles Street is a historic avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Traffic on the street travels northbound only, from the I-10 Freeway in the south of downtown, through the Fashion District, and on through Little Tokyo, where it ends after passing between LAPD is a plea for help. Your help. Join Global ReLeaf. You can make a world of difference. |
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