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Feb 8, 2006
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." --Unknown
Great Bear
The Gitga'at people of The Great Bear Rain Forest in British Columbia Canada have an age old myth of a raven deity that swooped down on the land and bleached a few black-bears snow-white. These "spirit bears" were to be a reminder to future generations that the world must be kept pristine. In honor of that mission government agencies, coastal Native Canadian nations, logging companies and environmental groups have successfully designated 5 million acres of the spirit bear's home as preserve, while implementing sustainable forestry practices on the remaining 10 million acres of the world's largest temperate rain forest.