Saving the Shawnee Forest

By Alex Mullins

I went to the Heartwood Forest Council in Southern Illinois and here's what I did. I learned how to climb a tree with a harness, ropes, thanks to friends like Beck who taught me. I also went to learn about the poster "Plan Mesoamerica," one of four posters from the Beehive Collective with a meaning behind it. Most important, I learned how about companys want more profit. Here in Southern Illinois,  companys are mining coal and drilling oil wells. Coal mining is bad and oil drilling is bad because it destroys the forest and pollutes water sources. So help Southern Illinios!