India - Chipko Anti-Logging Resistance by Amanda Suutari This was a defining moment in India’s environmental movement‚ and a modern application of the Ghandian principle of satyagraha‚ or nonviolent resistance‚ which has characterized many later Indian grassroots movements including‚ for example‚ protests over the damming of the Narmada River. It has also launched the careers of high profile Indian environmental activists including Vandana Shiva. While forests are critical for subsistence
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worldwide to become one of the most cultivated fruits in the tropics. While other Mangifera species (e.g. horse mango‚ M. foetida) are also grown on a more localized basis‚ Mangifera indica – the ’common mango’ or ’Indian mango’ – is the only mango tree commonly cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. It is the national fruit of India‚[1]Philippines and Pakistan. In several cultures‚ its fruit and leaves are ritually used as floral decorations at weddings‚ public celebrations and religious
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Scent of Apples Bienvenido N. Santos When I arrived in Kalamazoo it was October and the war was still on. Gold and silver stars hung on pennants above silent windows of white and brick-red cottages. In a backyard an old man burned leaves and twigs while a gray-haired woman sat on the porch‚ her red hands quiet on her lap‚ watching the smoke rising above the elms‚ both of them thinking the same thought perhaps‚ about a tall‚ grinning boy with his blue eyes and flying hair‚ who went out to war:
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The Analysis of Forest Gump The 1990’s film phenomenon Forrest Gump is probably one of the most skeptical films of its time. Most critics have highly enjoyed this entertaining movie. Roger Ebert referred the film as a “magical movie”. Others such as Hal Hinson from the Washington Post called Forrest Gump “a real zero”. Nevertheless‚ the success of Forrest Gump out voices the critics‚ racking in millions of dollars. This comedy/drama has people of America falling in love with Tom Hanks’ brilliant
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Humans destroy this planted called earth by building things and producing things they make good lovely places look really bad and make the sky’s look dark and cloudy by producing smoke and smog into the sky’s by the building. Before humans the days were warm‚ the were mountain and valleys with rivers the flowed though them the grass was green. Greener then what it will be again. There were berry bushes and Trees that had all sorts of fruit on them‚ like apples‚ bananas‚ mangoes and oranges
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s still no smoke...” With a hoof‚ Scootaloo caressed the cheek where Apple Bloom’s tail hit her. I faced away from them as I continued my lying streak. “I fell… on crayons”—I supported my chin with a hoof—“and‚ um‚ I still have some in my coat.” I glanced at them and pointed a hoof toward the lake. “We need to go into the water as soon as possible so I can wash off the stains!” “Then‚ why were you dragging behind all the way instead of rushing us here?” asked Scootaloo. “I was‚ um‚ saving my strength
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Deforestation The “Slashing and burning” of rainforests has to stop. The deforestation of our rainforests is effecting our environment and us more than you may think. We get the oxygen we need from trees‚ forests protect us from Carbon Dioxide‚ and forests protect most of Earth’s plants and animals. We need trees to breathe and rainforests to protect us from harsh things that we emit from our bodies. Many rainforests help and protect us. “More than 20% of the world’s oxygen comes from the Amazon”
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Narrative Essay : Lost in the Forest So there I stood‚ no clue about my surroundings in a place I had never been before. Being in a forest all alone with nothing but a barely sharp pocket knife is a bad place to be but I had no choice in the matter‚ I was lost. I knew the first thing I had to do would be to build some kind of a shelter‚ something to keep me out of the weather and safe from any animals wanting to eat me. Next‚ I would need to find a food source abundant enough to last until I
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The Madagascar is fourth largest island in the world‚ located approximately 400 km off the southeastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. The rainforests of Madagascar are located in very humid‚ low-elevation‚ and narrow regional strips along the east coast of the island. The Madagascar rainforest is just another ecosystem‚ it actually acts as a home to many endangered species including the silky sifaka‚ sportive lemur‚ and the red-ruffed lemur. Another very important species that is indigenous
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Lab 3: Experimental Design & Hypothesis Testing 1. Some observations found about termites are that they live in moist‚ dark environments‚ they are sterile and lack eyes‚ and their primary task is to collect food. From this information the hypothesis that due to their lack of eyes‚ they use feeling of their skin to find what they are searching for and a pencil line would give a feeling of wood that would attract the termites. By making a course that split into two paths of a pen line and pencil line
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