Originally published at: https://ethical.net/ethical/care-about-the-amazon-rainforest/
“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal” — Dr. E.O. Wilson, conservationist and biologist The invaluable, irreplaceable Amazon rainforest is still on fire. Though already old news for mainstream media outlets, the environmental catastrophe is still unfolding. And this is far from a local issue: the rainforest…