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 Stories About: climate AND climate change mitigation AND green living AND Indonesia
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Getting married? Five trees, please
Divorce costs even more for these Java couples |
Katharine Wroth |
03 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| 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. |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green living, Indonesia (all these topics) |
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