Question

The Lorax was written in 1972; Have the environmental issues in the story changed in comparison to the environmental concerns of today? If so, how? If not, why do you think this is?

What was the biggest threat to sustainability in the Lorax story? What is the biggest threat facing our world today?
Was it harmful when the Once-ler cut down the first tree? Defend your opinion.
The Once-ler says that he didn't mean to cause any harm. Does not meaning to cause harm make you less responsible? How do you take responsibility for the things you have harmed? Do we ever have a responsibility to repair the harm someone else has caused?
5. Do you think that if we take the seed and follow the Once-ler's new advice that the Lorax and his friends will come back?
6. In the beginning of the story, the Once-ler claims that everyone needs Thneeds, but at the end he claims that what everyone really needs is Truffula trees. These opinions relate to classic arguments related to a healthy environment and a healthy economy. In your opinion what do you think is more important the economy or the environment?

Answer 1

Answer:The major catalyst to the Lorax leaving was the cutting down of all the trees. The Lorax speaks for the trees “for the trees have no tongues” and unfortunately all his speaking did could not save them – especially as the innovation in Once-ler’s axe technology quadrupled his turnover of tree harvesting! In real life and in today’s terms, deforestation is devastating to our planet and at the current rate of deforestation the world’s rainforests could completely vanish in a hundred years. The most common reasons behind deforestation are agriculture, logging and urban sprawl. The biggest impact deforestation has is on the 80% of the earth’s animals and plants that live there. While for climate change, no trees means dryer soils and less absorption of greenhouse gasses.

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