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Getting married? Five trees, please

Divorce costs even more for these Java couples

Posted by Katharine Wroth at 2:38 PM on 03 Dec 2007

It may be better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but authorities in the Indonesian region of Sragen think it's better to have loved, lost, and helped the climate. Couples seeking divorce have to pay a fee that goes toward planting 25 trees in the area where they live. Lovebirds getting married have to pay a similar, but smaller fee -- for a mere 5 trees. Because ... their impact will be less, especially if they start having kids? Hmm.

What can I say?

Their global warming footprint is already a fraction of mine and here they are planting trees to reduce it further. America needs to wake up.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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