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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sampathrathnayake" data-source="post: 18555155" data-attributes="member: 73683">“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”1. The view over the overdeveloped metropole of Mexico City (with more than 20 million inhabitants).<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CjIs8QtB4ks/VYn0OOYiemI/AAAAAAAADSg/BYd2ZJ2Avkc/s1600/1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />2. An elephant killed by poachers left to rot.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gsq7p_U7qv4/VYn0ufyy5NI/AAAAAAAADT4/X4Twk8n4ZGg/s1600/2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />3. The rainforest in flames - goats used to graze here.<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tuzsUEv_yJs/VYn1JBYoFQI/AAAAAAAADVA/Vz52bsrHnlA/s1600/3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />4. Trails of excessive air traffic over London.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voIHJKMRbZ4/VYn1LGJSqoI/AAAAAAAADVI/BuYvaeeuwVA/s1600/4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />5. A massive truck delivers a load of oil sands for processing. Oil sand is considered the energy source of the future.<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ua1f2chVRRU/VYn1NiGIjGI/AAAAAAAADVQ/Wv6blxy_LeQ/s1600/5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />6. A simple herd farmer cannot withstand the stink of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia.<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DQQKWc0UJvA/VYn1PkiyaII/AAAAAAAADVY/QF6Ad3s5Ie8/s1600/6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />7. A waste incineration plant and its surroundings in Bangladesh<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GpKJ9SC1dJE/VYn1W3TdGDI/AAAAAAAADVg/6KiTlJ2n9gE/s1600/7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />8. A fire storm plows through Colorado - increased incidences of wild fires is a result of climate change.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xQU-yCseTw8/VYn1awocjKI/AAAAAAAADVw/6dppRny-7HA/s1600/8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />9. The scars left behind from the mining of oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swXCXgEL-QM/VYn1eq6q8tI/AAAAAAAADV4/TVtQjULUkhA/s1600/9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />10. A nighttime spectacle in downtown Los Angeles - the energy demand is incalculable.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F4JNHRT-xLs/VYn0TtUsyvI/AAAAAAAADSs/Uvn7AgnA1mA/s1600/10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />11. In Oregon, this thousand year old forest fell victim to the chain saw for a new dam.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kRdlUbt3Ars/VYn0TuVY5hI/AAAAAAAADSo/69DgLy8L820/s1600/11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />12. The area around Almeria in Spain is littered with greenhouses as far as the eye can see - simply for a richly filled dinner table.<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ML0itvQuLHs/VYn0Wxf7AvI/AAAAAAAADS4/I-MRxRXJvGQ/s1600/12.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />13. Poachers pose proudly with the coat of a Siberian tiger.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zhH7fp_hEE/VYn0Y0CK1YI/AAAAAAAADTA/cqtrQR93liI/s1600/13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />14. The Mir Mine in Russia, the largest diamond mine in the world.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jiJHRKOK9iQ/VYn0by0XDYI/AAAAAAAADTI/HJT0C_LoUz4/s1600/14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />15. A dead albatross shows what happens when we litter. A living dumpster.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ubxTHzo2krs/VYn0gKAsE5I/AAAAAAAADTQ/WavWcBt1i3c/s1600/15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />16. And yet another megatropolis - a bird’s eye view of New Delhi (over 22 million inhabitants).<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-amROlI5CtfM/VYn0jjin30I/AAAAAAAADTY/WAWY8rlrocg/s1600/16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />17. Paradise almost lost: the Maldives, a popular vacation spot that is threatened by rising sea levels.<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FtmYAcb8hFQ/VYn0l_0P_pI/AAAAAAAADTg/XKPokSGNDp8/s1600/17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />18. The beginning of Black Friday at an electronics store in Boise, Idaho.<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pE7ofEUJWbw/VYn0orEXRHI/AAAAAAAADTo/LITml_ilF80/s1600/18.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />19. Tons (literally) of broken electronics end up in developing countries and are stripped for precious metals by using deadly substances.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-forhLYiQ4_o/VYn0rp046HI/AAAAAAAADTw/x5ffWyEOm1U/s1600/19.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20. The blunder of the Brazilian rain forest is being repeated here in Canada.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zdWRtrc5Spc/VYn00plFQjI/AAAAAAAADUI/7QM9ID5GEO4/s1600/20.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />21. A landfill for worn-out tires in the desert of Nevada.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y8Po1cl7-zE/VYn0w0uJ3rI/AAAAAAAADUA/A-hngB8OqG8/s1600/21.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />22. While the entire world watched the events of Fukushima, a massive heat and power station was burning just a few miles away. All attempts to extinguish it where fruitless.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ha4bI5ySbHw/VYn02zfI-rI/AAAAAAAADUQ/qeD4fDj0sq4/s1600/22.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />23. This polar bear starved to death in Svalvard, Norway. Disappearing ice caps are robbing polar bears of both their living space and food. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H901JfkKybo/VYn05rplHPI/AAAAAAAADUY/stunxHIlYrg/s1600/23.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />24. To the last drop: an oilfield in California and the merciless overexploitation of humans.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kSXpdkMAa2E/VYn08_3I1xI/AAAAAAAADUg/0IaKjpV4lXM/s1600/24.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />25. A massive waterfall from melting pack ice. These masses are the only meltwater and the undeniable proof how swiftly climate change is advancing.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXS2fpqQFcE/VYn0_fTR8SI/AAAAAAAADUo/V9L_uz2cfCY/s1600/25.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />26. A lignite power plant contaminates the air with its discharges.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_S5HQn4-j7U/VYn1BRlH2kI/AAAAAAAADUw/mi64WTxpiUg/s1600/26.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />27. The Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya rides a wave of filth and trash (Java, Indonesia).<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LQwY9oEcxSo/VYn1E8WImBI/AAAAAAAADU4/2yfKNoHuCmg/s1600/27.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”This prophecy is becoming a more and more brutal reality. But, even today, not every person is aware of the horrible effects our lifestyles have on nature. So share these evocative pictures with everyone.Source : Internetrep me if you are a Nature Lover...</blockquote>

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