Tell Avon, New Jersey: Old-Growth Rainforest Boardwalks Cause Abrupt Climate Change

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11 years ago

TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! Tiny Avon, New Jersey, is moving forward with plans to rebuild their ocean-front boardwalk - recently destroyed by Hurricane Sandy – for the second time in 20 years using ill-gotten old-growth rainforest timbers. Loss of primary rainforests is a primary cause of abrupt climate change [search], as well as mass extinction, social disintegration, and ecosystem decline. Unless we break the cycle of destroying ecosystems for luxury consumption, we can expect further climate weirding and biosphere collapse

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Standing old-growth rainforests are needed to power the climate, not in tourist boardwalks TAKE ACTION HERE NOW!

Tiny Avon, New Jersey, is moving forward with plans to rebuild their ocean-front boardwalk – recently destroyed by Hurricane Sandy – for the second time in 20 years using ill-gotten old-growth rainforest timbers. Loss of primary rainforests is a primary cause of abrupt climate change [search], as well as mass extinction, social disintegration, and ecosystem decline. Unless we break the cycle of destroying ecosystems for luxury consumption, we can expect further climate weirding and biosphere collapse. Tell Avon to please follow New York Cities lead and use readily available alternatives.

TAKE ACTION!
https://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=rainforest_boardwalk