Lead by example.

America,( as first nation among equals ) change the way YOUR society produces goods. Become users of sustainable processes.

Brazilians and others have less control over their economic processes than you do.

Bill, I sympathize with your suggestions for preserving precious wood. However,uing fallen trees as a source of wood is fine for hobbyists, but how many houses can you build that way?

There's no use preaching to third world countries about wasteful practices, till we in the 1st world show the way by example.

For instance, someone recently (on the internet, where else?) claimed that the amount of water used world wide to maintain golf courses, equals the minimum total volume required to service all basic human water requirements. Would you give up golf to benefit the world?

Rich McCarthy