Cowboys to the Rainforest Rescue
Posted by Gina Telaroli on September 11, 2008 at 3:24 pm
CATEGORIES: Environment
If you’ve been to the movies in the past 2 years you probably know that cowboys are hot again.  And it seems they’re not just hot in the cinema but also in the rainforest.  A cattle rancher by the name of John Carter (not Noah Wyle from ER)  is working to give farmers who farm in environmentally safe ways better pay as a way of saving the rainforest from burning and farming.
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takepart to learn more about John’s NGO and how you can help save the rainforest.
Read on:
Amazon Rainforest Deforestation is Rising for First Time in Three Years
CATEGORIES: Environment
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