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I Probably Need to Get a Copy, My Mother Read Me A. A. Milne to Me as a Child, I Read it to My Children and Grandchildren.
I Probably Need to Get a Copy, My Mother Read Me A. A. Milne to Me as a Child, I Read it to My Children and Grandchildren.
Oh Bother! Winnie, poo and deforestation
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Winnie-the-Pooh: The Deforested Edition is a reimagining of the A.A. Milne classic created by the toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap.
There is just one, stark difference: There are no trees.
The Hundred Acre Wood? Gone.
Piglet's "house in the middle of a beech-tree" is no longer "grand."
Six Pine Trees is six pine stumps.
Yes, this is imaginative PR (a free eBook is available on the Who Gives A Crap website; a hardcover was available for purchase but is now sold out). But the company's co-founder, Danny Alexander, said the goal is to raise awareness about deforestation. Who Gives A Crap prides itself on "creating toilet paper from 100% recycled paper or bamboo," he said.
Without trees, Winnie-the-Pooh can't fall out of branches in his pursuit of honey. Christopher Robin can't climb the big oak. Owl's home at The Chestnuts is barely there.
These sad predicaments are "kind of the point," said Alexander.
Deforestation destroys ecosystems. "Animals and plants lose their habitats, naked land becomes unstable," said NPR's Climate Desk reporter Rebecca Hersher. "But deforestation also contributes to climate change because forests absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.""...
..."Winnie-the-Pooh: The Deforested Edition is a reimagining of the A.A. Milne classic created by the toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap.
There is just one, stark difference: There are no trees.
The Hundred Acre Wood? Gone.
Piglet's "house in the middle of a beech-tree" is no longer "grand."
Six Pine Trees is six pine stumps.
Yes, this is imaginative PR (a free eBook is available on the Who Gives A Crap website; a hardcover was available for purchase but is now sold out). But the company's co-founder, Danny Alexander, said the goal is to raise awareness about deforestation. Who Gives A Crap prides itself on "creating toilet paper from 100% recycled paper or bamboo," he said.
Without trees, Winnie-the-Pooh can't fall out of branches in his pursuit of honey. Christopher Robin can't climb the big oak. Owl's home at The Chestnuts is barely there.
These sad predicaments are "kind of the point," said Alexander.
Deforestation destroys ecosystems. "Animals and plants lose their habitats, naked land becomes unstable," said NPR's Climate Desk reporter Rebecca Hersher. "But deforestation also contributes to climate change because forests absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.""...
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