To me, all the issues are related. An old growth tree is not more important than a child, or a prisoner. Social justice and ecological sanity are one and the same. A timber company executive or a forest service agent may fail to see the splendor and beauty I see in a magnificent 500 year old tree. But they still need clean air, and clean water, as do their children, or do we all.
Forests are the lungs and liver of the earth.
They are essential to our survival. The mentality that enslaves them to capitalist greed will ultimately destroy them. It is the same mentality that enslaves you. Refusal to take responsibility for our actions, for our communities, for our children, for the future. We must all work hard to recognize this mentality in all its manifestations, and to educate each other about its dangers.