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death  of  the  genesis  truffula  tree

6/17/2019

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Sadly, the tree that inspired Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) to write The Lorax in 1971 (a year after the first Earth Day) is dead. The Monterey Cypress fell over last week. Dr. Seuss could see it from his home and called it a Truffula in the book.  Named by the National Education Association as one of teachers' "Top 100 Books for Children," the picture book is a heartbreaking tale of environmental disaster where greed ultimately wins. The protagonist is the Lorax who "speaks for the trees," trying to protect them from the Once-ler who wants to cut them down for profit. The Lorax unfortunately fails in the book but leaves the reader with these last words: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. "

Who speaks for the trees today? Greta Thunberg and everyone else who loves Gaia. 
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