Environmentalists on the march

[David Guerra]

Environmentalists on the march
A SAN News article

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Author: David Guerra
Date: 31/08/2018 17:30 GMT
Tags: Environment , Protest


On an otherwise normal evening in the badlands of San Fierro, a group of concerned environment activists gathered near the woods, opposite the village of Angel Pine. Calling themselves the ''Concerned Public For Sustainable Earth'', their message was simple - A green San Andreas, where man and nature can co-exist. This sudden and unannounced gathering came much to the surprise of local industrialists, who generally do not care much for such groups. In recent years, such entrepreneurs have been demanding permits from the authorities to cut down a fair size off the edges of Angel Pine's forest, as it is under no official government sanction.

In addition to broader calls to action, the group demanded for the government to intervene in this particular situation and impose harsher punishments on illegal for illegal logging. Sources show that globally, 5 to 10 percent of trees are cut down illegally.
The ''Concerned Public For Sustainable Earth'', currently led by upstart Kyle Griffin, is an activist group whose routes are found in the radical environmentalist movements of the 1990ies, like the ELF (Earth Liberation Front). However, following several court cases against the group and alleged ties to anti-civilization terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the group have since reformed and adopted more center-ground political views about how to effect change.

(Photograph by David Guerra)

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For the rest of the evening, the group gathered around the pines, shouting their main slogan: ''Trees are our lives, trees are our lives!''. Since their reform, their membership has increased over the years, and their selfless but peaceful devotion to their cause has started to pay off: Only last year, their activism influenced political opinion in a crucial bill on the environment, which stated that ''Cutting any tree(s) in protected reserves will result in a fine of up to 25000 $ and 5 years imprisonment minimum''. The bill passed with an overwhelming majority.

(Photograph by David Guerra)

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Within the reactionary ecology sphere, the group's toned-down views has earned them many pejorative terms, such as ''tree huggers'', ''bourgie scum'' and ''wannabe environmentalists''. But on that evening, it would almost appear as if these citizens cared more for the trees than their own life. Perhaps they understand the symbiotic relationship of man to the earth better than any of us.

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As the protest ended, the whole group were spotted planting trees as they left, to contribute their part to the reforestation of cut down regions. No matter where someone finds himself on the political spectrum, this is something we should all take inspiration from; right now at least, earth is our only home.

Before we departed from the scene, the leader of ''Concerned Public For Sustainable Earth'', Kyle Griffin, had something to say to us:

"The trees are not simply things with leaves and branches, they are our breath. Without them, there is no oxygen. We must secure the existence of the trees for Earth and all its beings".

We hope that this article may motivate others to take active concern in the environment. We have created a poll in which you can vote on a pledge we have drafted up, to see where public opinion lies. This can be found at Environment.SAN.com ((use the poll above))

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[Doffy.]

hello, mr.reporter, i really so proud of you.

 

[Rocky Stone]

cooooooool

 

[Capo]

interesting

 

[Johnred]

Nice one , keep it up

 

[nathan maddox]

You think they also procreate with the trees?

 

[Greek]

You think they also procreate with the trees?

That'll be funny