materials) to rural communities everywhere‚ they are especially so to villagers of mountainous regions like the Himalayas‚ as forests provide valuable stabilizing services to the soil and water. (One of the slogans of the Chipko movement was in fact: "What do forests bear?/Soil‚ water and pure air.") In Uttar Pradesh State‚ where the Himalayas border Tibet‚ over the years‚ the state forestry department had been claiming forested land and leasing it off to commercial loggers; predictably‚ forest rangers
Premium Forestry Paper Forest
all these reasons it is very important for us to save trees and increase the green cover of the earth. We can start by planting more trees in our neighborhood. If we see any indiscriminate felling of trees‚ we can petition the authorities to stop it. Using less paper products is also a way to save trees for the paper industry needs trees to make paper. Using the computer to store data reduces the need to use paper. In all these ways we can help save trees. . Some wildlife species like the rhinoceros
Premium Elephant
therefore‚the impact we create‚ from where we live to what we buy‚ eat‚ and use the light our homes to how we use ours natural resources. It the time we put ours thinking caps to brainstorm for the ways to contribute toward saving our mother earth.Take for instance our easy going attitude toward paper. Paper plays important role in ours lives. The newspaper ‚ cereal box‚ shopping bags‚ the tissue paper‚ toilet paper‚ books‚ magazines‚ labels; it almost omnipresent. When paper is such intense part of
Premium Paper Recycling Greenhouse gas
Operating System 4 Server application Ans: 4 Q. The process of transferring files from a computer on the Internet to your computer is called-- 1 Downloading 2 Uploading 3 FTP 4 JPEG Ans: 1 Q. Which media have the ability to have data/information stored (written) on them by users more than once? 1 CD-R disks 2 CD-RW disks 3 Zip disks 4 Optical Disks Ans: 2 Q. What are the four things needed to connect to the Internet? 1 Telephone line‚ modem‚ computer
Premium Server Computer Graphical user interface
Captain John Smith John Smith born to Alice Rickard and George Smith left home at the age of sixteen after the death of his father. His journey led him to fight for the Independence of Spain‚ become a leader in the Long War and actively involved with the Virginia Company’s to colonize Virginia. During his journey he faced many obstacles and challenges. Smith wrote journals that were informative of his adventures and carved the future for US history. Considered one of our country’s founding fathers
Premium Pocahontas Virginia John Rolfe
To the Student: John Smith is a character of some legend in American history. He is a controversial early leader of the near failed settlement at Jamestown‚ Virginia. There are a lot of theories and arguments about Smith’s credibility as an author. Considering the early failure of Jamestown and the Virginia Company’s desire to cover up the disaster‚ Smith was first hailed as a hero by the Company only later to be used as their scapegoat. Wikipedia has an excellent short explanation on the doubtful
Premium Pocahontas India
thing‚ and that taking it away from someone by force is not righteous. Most would also say that non-human life is less valuable‚ and most if they are pushed to consider it would say that the value of a life is based on the intelligence of that creature. These facts are obviously the truth‚ about humans being more valuable the non-human. Human life is not a tree that can be replanted or grow again. Once a human life is gone it is gone forever in other hand‚ if a tree is cut down it can be replanted
Premium Meaning of life Human Natural environment
vegetables‚ bread‚ cigarettes‚ canned goods‚ toiletries‚ dairy Main Activities The primary activities of this industry are goods‚ delicatessen items and cleaning goods. Specialist retailers‚ niche retailers and convenience stores are excluded from the industry. Operating supermarkets Operating grocery stores The major products and services in this industry are Branded products
Premium Supermarket Grocery store Wal-Mart
When discussing the notable leader of the Jamestown Colony‚ otherwise known as John Smith‚ a rather interesting has arisen regarding his genuine experience with the daughter of Powhatan‚ the Native American Chief. The girl‚ widely known as Pocahontas‚ is known for her inextricable link to Captain John Smith‚ Smith who had a suspiciously idyllic story to share. According to the National Park Service Website on Historical Jamestown‚ Smith’s tale involved being brought before Chief Powhatan and preparing
Premium Pocahontas John Rolfe John Smith
Pocahontas and John Smith is a story that has been told time and time again. Disney even made a movie about their story‚ teaching the importance of taking care of the earth. The real story is a firsthand account from John Smith. He says that in 1607‚ he was captured by an Indian tribe‚ at some point he meets Pocahontas and she feels sympathy for him and begs her father not to execute him‚ thus saving his life. There has always been questions bought up about this though‚ many question whether Smith was telling
Premium United States England World War II