Zork Green Tip 31 - Tree Hugs Instead of Bear Hugs

Earthling, for stars sake, stop the bear hugs and start the tree hugs.

Having been on your planet now for ten months, we see humans obsessed about bears and bear hugs. Do not get us wrong. We like your bear species. And there are so many cute ones such as the Panda Bear, Arctic Bear, Grizzly Bear and your all time favorite, the Teddy Bear.

We have not seen humans hug bears in the wild and it is understandably so. But why do humans make so many Teddy Bear toys and do not make any tree toys? Instead, you use trees to make toys. And to add further insult to trees, you have formed bear hug clubs where Earthlings gather and share bear hugs with each other.

Trees are wonderful. They make oxygen for you for free. They give shelter to your Earthling animal friends. Humans should form tree hug clubs all over the Earth. We tried doing it on your planet only to find out that many Earthlings use "Tree Hugger" as a condescending word.

TREE FACT 1: One large beech tree provides enough oxygen for 10 typical humans.

TREE FACT 2: Trees reduce the incidence of asthma, skin cancer and stress related Earthling illness by filtering pollution from the air you breathe, reducing smog, shading out solar radiation and by providing a pretty and calming setting for human recreation.

TREE FACT 3: Tree planting activities strengthen communities when humans work together to help their local environment.

TREE FACT 4: Trees support a great variety of wildlife in the urban ecosystem.

TREE FACT 5: 1 hectare of woods can absorb the carbon emissions of 100 average vehicles driven for one year.

TREE FACT 6: Trees and parks help to reduce the stress of human urban living.

TREE FACT 7: Trees reduce the carbon emissions that contribute to the Earth's global warming.

TREE FACT 8: Trees reduce the Earth's energy consumption by up to 10% through their moderation of the local climate.

TREE FACT 9: Trees make a beautiful, natural sound barrier against noise in human cities.

TREE FACT 10: Property on tree lined streets is valued at 18% more than on similar streets without trees, according to a survey in Chicago.

Imagine if every human was a tree hugger. We guarantee your planet would have less of inconvenient truth about global climate change.

Earthling, if you are self-conscious about others seeing you as being a tree hugger, then become a closet tree hugger.

Now, go out there and hug a tree and save your beautiful blue planet from didiot Earthlings.