One and a half acres of the rain forest-“the Lung of the Earth”‚ are lost every second. In fact‚ they now cover only a mere 6% of the earth’s land surface compared with 14% when humankind first settled. Experts estimate that the last remaining rain forests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Obviously‚ deforestation has been becoming an alarming phenomenon for the whole world. Writing about this issue‚ Laura Lopen‚ John Maier and Dick Thompson express some quite strong opinions. In “Playing
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The Earth Is Our Home Our home is our natural connection to the Earth. However‚ our modern lifestyle often disconnects us from Earth’s natural elements. Many of us live in a world made of concrete—buildings‚ paved roads‚ parking lots and sidewalks—with minimal exposure to simple plants‚ flowers and trees. We rarely get to experience nature on a large scale- Earth’s beautiful‚ cascading mountains‚ vast forests or powerful waterways. Adding to our dilemma is the high level of pollution and chemicals
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environment as we know it‚ isn’t as green and luscious as it should be. There are steel monsters that block out the sun‚ huffing out dangerous smoke‚ and leaking out poisonous chemicals into rivers and streams‚ vehicles pumping out harmful fumes‚ people disposing of waste in a way that isn’t safe/right and all other kinds of sources that ruin the planet. With the current environmental issues that plague the environment and planet‚ people need to do what they can to help save the Earth. We cannot depend
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Save The Earth from its near Destruction Reaction Paper in the documentary “The 11th Hour” Human and environment are interconnected. What we do to the earth will return to us also humans. Because of taking things for granted‚ our environment is undergoing to destruction. This movie‚ The 11th Hour‚ serves us an eye-opener to its audience. The root of earth destruction began when trees in forest were cut down. Tree is our main supplier of oxygen and they lessen the carbon dioxide in the environment
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BY: Lillian Richard Hemp to Save Our Trees Worldwide we are seeing a devastation of our forests due to paper production. Consumption of wood products has risen 64% since 1961. Globally‚ pulp for paper‚ has risen from 40% in 1998‚ to an expected 60% over the next 50 years. The industry expects that demand to double by 2050. The U.S. consumes 200‚000‚000 tons of wood products annually‚ increasing by 4% every year. U.S. paper producers consume 1 billion trees each year (735 pounds of paper for
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Victoria Moran Enough is Enough In this article the author‚ Victoria Moran‚ reflects on her battles with weight and the struggles she experienced. She explains how she slowly progressed and found yoga‚ and how yoga helped her overcome her battle with weight lose through techniques instilled in her through the practice of the principles of yoga. The author focuses on the yogic ethic of ‘aparigraha’ or non-hoarding as the foundation of weight loss. This holistic approach to weight loss is very
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Monopoly Rules Test 1. Who rolls the dice first to determine who rolls the dice first? The Banker. 2. What happens if you roll doubles 3 times in succession? You go to Jail. 3. The banker is also the _Auctioneer________. 4. What happens if the bank runs out of money? Can write on regular paper for money. 5. Does play go to the left or right of first player? Left 6. When bidding on unpurchased property where does the bidding start? Any price. 7. Can you collect rent on mortgaged property
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Sexual harassment has been a prevalent issue throughout our country in recent years‚ from the office of the President of the United States‚ to the military services and educational institutions. Even with widespread publicity about the risks of sexual harassment‚ surveys demonstrate that many businesses operating in the United States have yet to address the problem. Although‚ the latest reports show that sexual harassment has reached all echelons of management. The concept of sexual harassment has
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Jared Thesis: The government is not doing enough to help veterans. Quotation/ Excerpt: “100 million dollars pledged to refugees‚ $4‚000 per refugee‚ per year goal of 25‚000 refugees” This quotation from his presentation is effective because it supports and proves his argument as he shows where the government is spending its money. It is effective to prove that the government is not helping veterans as they do have the resources‚ however‚ they are not investing the money to help veterans. 2.
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FIVE WAYS TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT We can all make a difference when it comes to helping save the environment. Global warming and all the other environmental issues we are facing took some time to build up and to get our of these messes it is going take a lot of work‚ but this doesn’t mean we should get discouraged because it’s more than the big things that are going to make the difference‚ it’s the little things that make the biggest impact. Here are some simple changes you can make in your everyday
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