Ancient Forests in the Toilet

Ancient Forest in the Toilet

I have a wonderful thing (love affair) about trees, the ancients especially, I call them grandfather trees.
I have a thing about being informed, I like to know that my dollars are not going to hurt the planet by supporting companies that do.
Kimberly-Clark is wiping away ancient forests for disposable tissue products like Kleenex and Cottonelle toilet paper. Now we can show you the extent of what they’re destroying, too.
Check out new footage of a massive wood stockpile discovered in Canada! The logs in these images represent an estimated 36 million board feet, the majority destined for a Kleenex box near you.
Kimberly-Clark’s suppliers have destroyed more than two and a half million acres of ancient Boreal forest from Canada to make products that are used once and tossed away. This stockpile proves that these suppliers are now moving further north into pristine areas of old growth forest to keep pace with Kimberly-Clark’s demand for logs.
These images reveal the real truth. There are hundreds of thousands of trees from threatened caribou habitat sitting in this stockpile alone, the majority of which will be made into disposable tissues by Kimberly-Clark.
Kimberly-Clark uses old-growth trees for a lot of recognizable brands — Scott and Kotex in addition to Cottonelle and Kleenex — that reach 1 in 4 households worldwide. What we’re asking the company is simple: Just use recycled content and wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in your products. Please tell Kimberly Clark to stop wiping away ancient forests. Period.
Take action >>Tell Kimberly-Clark’s CEO, Thomas Falk, and President of Consumer Products, Steve Kalmanson, that you want Kimberly-Clark to stop destroying ancient forests, and that you will avoid Kimberly-Clark products until start making real changes.
Mail: Kimberly-Clark CorporationDept. INTP.O. Box 2020Neenah, WI 54957-2020
or go to this link greenpeace take action letter and send direct or just stop buying any of their products until they change their policies and practice!!
Thank you..remember the paper product you use and throw away might have been a magnificant ancient living grandfather tree..Please conserve and use recycled alternatives when possible!!
Article printed from becausewesurf surfers journal & blog: http://surfersjournal.becausewesurf.com
URL to article: http://surfersjournal.becausewesurf.com/2008/09/17/ancient-forest-in-the-toilet/
URLs in this post: Check out new footage: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/new-evidence-of-kimberly-clark[2] These images: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LyfYv4Pg9g7z7PB%2B05TVA4XJR1KWYolI stop wiping away ancient forests: http://kleercut.net/en/node/340[4] greenpeace take action letter: http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start.php?action_id=154