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• "Unless..."
• Oh dear, those "moron writers" of the latest box office hit "The Lorax" have made the Once-lers very angry. Here are some excerpts and links to articles:
• 'The Lorax' Targeted for its Green Credentials
• http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-lorax-20120301,0,5127991.story
• "Controversy has trailed 'The Lorax' since it was published in 1971 — it has been banned over the years in some schools and libraries, especially in regions with economies dependent on timber. The book so irked the National Wood Flooring Manufacturers' Assn. that in 1995 the group published its own Seuss-like book, 'Truax,' praising the logging industry. On the book's 40th anniversary last year, a critique published in Nature magazine called the Lorax character a 'parody of a misanthropic ecologist.'
• Indoctrinate Your Children Well
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-doyle/indoctrinate-your-childre_1_b_1316267.html
• "Critic Adam Mazmanian identifies the film as the 'quintessence of limousine liberalism,' though allows that the inclusion of a heterosexual subplot may taint its ideological purity for 'those parents loopy enough to want their kids to be indoctrinated with the wing-nut message of The Lorax.'"
• But what of the trees? Are they in danger? We will sort this controversy out.

• LINKS
• The Lorax By Dr. Seuss
• Part 1:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5jnJdnQPr8&feature=endscreen
• Part 2:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=lzYRkGIQpOs
• Dr. Seuss´ The Lorax Trailer Official 2012 [HD] - Zack Efron, Taylor Swift
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs_Em1XvAiU
• World Deforestation Decreases, But Remains Alarming in Many Countries
• http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/40893/icode/
• "Globally, around 13 million hectares of forests were converted to other uses or lost through natural causes each year between 2000 and 2010 as compared to around 16 million hectares per year during the 1990s, according to key findings of FAO's most comprehensive forest review to date The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010. The study covers 233 countries and areas."
• Global Warming Gives Trees the Cold Shoulder -- And Frozen Roots
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-wagner/global-warming-gives-tree_b_1319662.html
• "...global warming is causing trees in the Arctic to freeze."
• Betsy Herbert, Earth Matters: Can Redwoods Survive Climate Change?
• http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/homeandgarden/ci_20042312#.T12gXGsNxUk.email
• "Throughout the current range of the redwoods -- from Big Sur to southern Oregon -- only 4 percent of the old-growth forest remains intact."

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