Defend This Forest - teaser for feature length documentary

[dimitrigregorieff]

Thank you for fighting so hard to defend this last remaining stretch of beautiful forest. This needs to be preserved so that the animals and the trees will be saved. Palm Beach Gardens has been totally paved over in the last 20 years. Enough is enough.

[terezinasofia]

Chubby hirsute chicks in trees are so hot. I need to be in Florida.

[cclr33]

The news media in its coverage of Scripps' development in Palm Beach county does not cover the richness and ecological value of the Briger forest, or the people organising to resist its proposed destruction. I'm so excited to see that a film is being created to document these rare and historically important events. thanks!

[xoxachahim]

so good! really catches the drama!

[drewLoxGroup]

I think it is a shame that such a significant environmental area will be destroyed when so little of this upland habitat is being preserved in South East Florida. The developer plans to clear this entire area for development. Why do they think that this approach is good for the future and good science?

[JStormWaters]

1 of the most critical & yet conspicuously overlooked components of humyn-caused climate change is wholesale ecosystem destruction-particularly that of forests & wetlands. The preservation & protection of the few remaining healthy, intact, functioning ecosystems-along w/ widespread recovery & restoration of the many damaged ecosystems-is critical to stabilizing the climate on local, regional, & global scales. We can no longer afford to ignore or gloss over this reality. No more! SCRAP SCRIPPS!

[deepurplepassion]

Scripps doesn't create many jobs. They use specialized scientists from all over the globe, a few local administrative jobs, construction... that's it. They are often fully subsidized by taxpayer money to create drugs to patent for big pharma so they can make millions of dollars... for themselves. Sound familiar?

[kindramuntz]

We shouldn't sacrifice endangered species habitat in the Everglades, even though Florida might benefit from high-tech industry and definitely needs more jobs. Where else could Scripps build its new complex? Can anyone offer ideas?

[dirtybridges]

@kindramuntz

On one of the many housing developments that never get finished. That's my idea.