Published in 1971, at a time when Earth Day and the ecology movement were gaining counterculture traction, “The Lorax” addressed then-unconventional issues such as deforestation, pollution and ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is an ongoing ecological disaster, causing massive biodiversity loss and major carbon-dioxide emissions. But unfortunately, there are also strong economic ...

As Dr. Seuss titles go, The Lorax seems far less known than enduring ... a cloudy fable that warns against rampant capitalism and deforestation. That doesn’t exactly put it in good company ...

Why doesn’t The Lorax do more to stop The Once-ler from deforestation? Why does he put all of his hope in The Once-ler’s promise to stop? Explain the power of making and keeping a promise.

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax-- fully computer-animated, as was Horton, but the first to be available in 3-D as well -- it belongs in the middle category. It's a deforestation fable about the effects of ...

Published in 1971, the children’s story is often read as an argument against deforestation. The Lorax is a Seussian creature who “speaks for the trees, for the trees have no tongues” and tries in vain ...

As he chops down more and more of the limited resource, the Onceler incurs the warnings from the Lorax, a strange little ... of the booming Thneed industry's deforestation and pollution.

Like the Lorax, Brent Sohngen speaks for the trees ... Current estimates of carbon emissions from deforestation and its effect on climate change are overstated, according to an Ohio State and ...

The story centres on a young boy who seeks out The Lorax as he attempts to prevent the deforestation of his home. Despicable Me and Hop studio Illumination Entertainment produced the film.

(It’s good to remember that Seuss’s attack on deforestation was a best-selling book ... He liked flashy stuff, and it’s my belief that the doctor would approve of this Lorax.