save the Blue Tier

[We welcome and encourage messages of support from like-minded souls who are appalled at the wanton destruction of native forest and its defenseless inhabitants on the Blue Tier. Please e-mail your messages.]

#6 - G'day to everyone in the Blue Tier campaign,
I have just been on the website and looked at the photos of the suikinkutsu. I love it! What a wonderful, positive addition to the beautiful Blue Tier! It reflects the indomitable spirit of all of you good people. Keep up the good fight to save the Tiers. I am currently in Vietnam where there is dreadful environmental damage but also rich cultural and spiritual sites, the existence of some saving areas from further development or destruction. When the voice of reason is finally heard on the Blue Tier, the suikinkutsu will have contributed to the end of logging and added another layer to the cultural wealth of North East Tassie. I look forward to the next creative venture.
Love to all
Chris Haas, Vietnam - 2006/01/30

#5 -Also watched Giants of the Forest, can't believe what I saw.
How can someone think that they have the right to destroy living things that we will never get back in our lifetime, or our children's children - for profit.
Murdering animals with poison, where is the R.S.P.C.A.?
Have wanted to go to Tassie on holidays, maybe I'll just go to Sydney - no trees there either!!
Loved the Blue Tier song, why is it not on the radio. I'm sure that if more people knew about this we could stop it.
The people I have told find it hard to believe that this could be happening in Australia.
best wishes to all involved in the protest, hang in there people.
Susan Chambers, Taree - 2006/01/05

#4 - We watched the Giants of the Forest special on TV today and we support any action to save any of the Giant old trees - come to think of it, all of the trees they intend to clear. We don't own these trees; they belong to the earth.
Makeham/Conway Family, Wagga Wagga - 2005/12/31

#3 - All of us living in Tasmania share the same faith with all of you that we must work together to conserve this beautiful forest. We declare that we will keep on supporting and cooperating with your actions, and that we will communicate to others after going back to our homeland, we understand the aim of your actions, and will not forget this experience."
Japanese students, Hobart, Australia - 2004/06/20

#2 - I read the articles at the site. Please give my words of support to these brave people. It may seem strange that someone situated geographically as far as here in Russia wants to support protesters on Tasmania, but the problem you face looks way too familiar to us too - many unique places were wiped out clean from the map of Russia only because of some oligarch's money interests. It's a very small and very fragile world, destroying it is easy but recovering is unfortunately slow and difficult and sometimes impossible. I don't know whether my voice can make any difference, but I join your protest and say "NO" to cutting down of the forests on Tasmania!
I. Semyonova, Moscow, Russia - 2004/05/31

#1 - I had the pleasure of visiting the Lottah region nearly 10 years ago, and the pristine beauty of the area is still fresh in my memory. I can remember the crispness of the air, the lingering scent of eucalyptus, and the resplendent wildlife that did not demonstrate the anxiousness common to animals that have been threatened by adverse human interaction. My fondest memory is that of sitting quietly in the grass at dusk to watch a platypus begin its day at the Marie Louise Dam. What a peaceful and rare experience. It is my hope that the hills of Blue Tier will be protected so that our children will have the opportunity to be touched by this ecological jewel.
Dr. Darlene Lim, NASA Ames Research Center, USA - 2004/05/24

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