RainForestRelief.org
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Rainforest Relief
Description
At least one section of About.com is promoting the use of ipê, Shorea, western red cedar, redwood and other woods ripped from old growth tropical and temperate rainforests.
About.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The New York Times Company, is a website that provides information about a broad range of subjects — kind of like an interactive encyclopedia. The problem is that information may not be checked for accuracy, the way it might in a scientific journal. Anyone can become an advisor on a particular subject, as long as they have some credentials. But this in no way assures that information posted by the advisor will be objective or complete. According to the About website, "Guides write original informative articles, provide the Web's best links for their topics, and give their readers what they need to know." But "best links" can be those that the advisor has found in a limited and skewed search — that have to do with ease and convenience, giving no information on the origins or impacts of a product or products.
In a post by About's advisor on Architecture, Jackie Craven, Ms. Craven highlights her top 5 picks for decking "wood". In the article, titled
