61 Trees per Person?!
A scientist from NASA estimated that the global tree-to-person ratio is about 61 trees per person. The scientist first thought this was great news, but then she started to think about the multitude of things that include products from trees. And, with the deforestation rate as it is, there is much evidence that humanity is overconsuming our supply of trees. But don't worry! Unlike oil, trees are renewable. Check out this article! Plant some trees!
Click the link to read the article and/or listen to the 5 minute broadcast on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96758439