Environmentalism, right or wrong? Options

[Kontroll]

Now, when I say environmentalism, I'm dealing with the rainforest and what not. How do you guys feel about it? What's your stance on this topic?

If there has already been a thread about this, then whatever.

[Spirited Away]

The consequences of hurting forests and and rainforests (burning or deforestation) are great, including but not limited to changes in weather, increase of drought, and decrease in carbon dioxide clearing houses. And believe it or not, there are people (tribal) who still live off of the land. Forests that are being cleared for farming have high risk of flood and erosion, and though I don't know much about them, bacteria, fungi, and protists are necessary for growth in rainforests.

And FYI, once a rainforest is gone, it cannot be regenerated; just planting new trees isn't going to cut it. In other words, it would be gone forever.

Though I can't really agree with some of the things environmentalists do to support their cause, I do understand the need to protect the planet as best as we can. There is what Supply Chain Operations folks call a "Bullwhip effect" that I think apply pretty well here. It is simply that demand variations can and will expand exponentially up as it flows up the supply chain, like the effects of a Bullwhip. For our purposes, what we see as cutting down an insignificant number of trees now will become quite a significant number in the future.

If environmentalists do not continue to raise awareness and go the extra mile to do what they can to help, who else would? Actually, coporate responsibility originated with environmental activists dealing with corporations all around the nation. Without those efforts, would these businesses care at all about being green? This is just an example of the good that environmentalists do.