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My Journey With A Remarkable Tree by Ken Finn
By Eye Books Press Release
Ken Finn author of "My Journey With A Remarkable Tree" gives us pertinent information on the destruction of The Brazilian Rainforest. His first book to be published on FSC certified paper – provenance in the book industry.

Jun 6, 2005, 10:32

 EYE BOOKS – Press Release

“Finn writes with passion and intrigue” Zac Goldsmith – The Ecologist

Ever seen a ghost? Plenty have - but imagine getting a message from the spirit of a tree 2000 years old. For Ken Finn it was an amazing dialogue that was to be the beginning of his search for the fabled Spirit Trees of Cambodia. And this quest, in turn, launched his journey with a remarkable tree, a journey that would lay bare the awful truth of what’s happening to the forest, its wildlife and people.

His longing for a spiritual high certainly delivered something moving but it turned out in a much bleaker way than he had ever imagined. What he found was systematic destruction of ancient forests for pathetic and immediate economic gratification. A corrupt and aid fed regime intent on turning diversity into monoculture, forest into chipboard for the price of a shiny car and a tasteless palace. His journey led him to the tragic realisation that the environmental devastation being waged to fuel the desire for cheap commodities requires the most urgent of responses.

This book offers a simple solution to a seemingly complex issue and another take on the mad spiralling hyperbole of destruction that so often feels desperate. It won’t surprise you to discover that by the time you finish this sentence an area of ancient forest the size of a football pitch will have been destroyed. But it might surprise you that an effective response lies easily within your reach. It’s time to care deeply and to learn to resist needless consumerist desires. The answer, the author shows, will cost you nothing and it may even give you back your weekend.