General Reading #1 -Kristen Gladfelter

For my Environmental class, we are required to find positive articles that deal with the crashing environment. It’s harder than it seems considering disaster is a more interesting topic to write about than success. Though, if you dig deep enough there is still good things that stand along side of the disastrous news. In this case, there is an article that states how old growth trees reduce crime in a neighborhood. The larger the trees the less crime there is. I found this quit interesting as I would never would have expected nature protecting us from the crime of the world. Not only does nature provide a sacred place to find axis mundi, or a place of peace from the ordinary, but a natural barrier against the demons of the world.