Willie Smits: How we re-grew a rainforest

I urge everyone to see this.....what has been dine inspires hope....I bet you he sleeps well at night. Congratulations!! Hangintreefrog

I love the momeny 1:15 or so in when he stops applause...

sounds like the 'cultuurstelsel' only done correctly this time :D

Education is key. Dont be so arrogant as to not consider it. Maybe you will learn something.

Education is the solution not throwing money around. Just giving out money is clearly shown to not be the solution. Ever heard of the debt problems in countries in Africa and Latin America which resulted by your idea of just give them money. Lending done by the IMF and the World Bank just buries Third World countries in debt, debt which they cant get out of. Theres a resulting vicious cycle of borrowing to pay of the debt and more borrowing to pay of the interest from having borrowed money.

your quite hostile for someone accusing me of being touchy

Seems you need a little perspective on what "Problems" are.

for 600 billion US $ you could give 6 billion people 100k each, this means you could easily feed and cloth every man woman and child for many years or develop world wide sustainability programs

My point is that money doesnt matter its what you do with it that counts and we dont use it for the right reasons, without money everything is still here you know....

There is an asymmetrical distribution problem caused by exploitation is made possible through the manipulation of power and sadly by the ignorance of some political leaders. Throwing money around causes more problems like inflation. Inflation once started is hard to control, can spiral out of control and leads to situations like that in Zimbabwe. Printing money left, right and center caused inflation and now there is an economic crisis. Inflation causes hunger and poverty. Learn some economics.

We dont have a hunger or poverty problem, seriously? What rock have you been living under? Take a look around. We do have a poverty problem. We do have a hunger problem. Look at the statistics before you start spreading your misguided propaganda. Audacity? Well you, I believe, would be very well acquainted with that particular word. Getting a bit touchy? Cant take a bit of a challenge to your theory? You are weak, and your theory is weak.