The Right Intentions of John Muir “No rat or squirrel has so innocent a look‚ is so easily approached‚ or expresses such confidence in one’s good intentions.” What exactly are right or good intentions? Perhaps they can be defined as an honest or courteous idea‚ action‚ or intention. What does this moral mean in John Muir’s life? John Muir‚ an environmentalist‚ naturalist‚ sheepherder‚ and conservationist was motivated by his zeal for nature. His life was based on this ethic‚ right intentions.
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The Silver Maple (Acer Saccharinum) samaras reside in the eastern United States and undergo seed dispersal between April and July of each year. During seed dispersal these fruits are trying to disperse their seeds as far away from their tree as possible to have the highest success to produce offspring. The seeds that disperse close to the parent plant have shown less success and higher mortality rates than seeds that disperse farther from the base of the tree. Also‚ fruits with larger seeds have
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I believe most of us known about the California fires‚ which was noticed on many networks a week ago. According to a report from bbc.com‚ it said‚ “17 wildfires in nine counties have burned more than 115‚000 acres in just the past 12 hours.” The data is reported in the past 12 hours‚ which means the damage is going to be larger‚ and there is no signal to show the fire will stop spreading out. By just looking at the cost it has created‚ I suddenly wonder did we actually consider the wildfires as a
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Maple decline affects primarily sugar maple‚ Norway maple‚ and red maple in the Northeast and Midwest. The problem is not a new one; stagheaded maples were described as early as 1917 in Massachusetts. At that time‚ dieback was attributed mainly to drought and poor conditions for tree growth afforded by the urban environment. These same conditions exist today‚ and reports of the incidence and severity of maple decline have increased markedly in recent years. In urban sites‚ principle stress factors
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Ever heard of the evil know as mountaintop mining? Mountaintop mining is the act of removing resources from mountains until there is nothing left of it. The mountain becomes hollow and is left standing there. The worst part of all is that during the operation so much pollution is being distributed into our atmosphere‚ that it has become one of the biggest reasons why our earth is dying. Mountaintop mining is horrible because it destroys ecosystems and damages biodiversity over an extreme scale.
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Deforestation has become an issue that is affecting our environment. Henry David Thoreau explains in his book “Walden” how to environment was conserved during his years of living in the forest. Thoreau brings up a point that we need to live within our means instead of building lavish homes‚ which impacts our environment and leads to deforestation. Over population is impacting our world like never before. Our world is growing and is causing a list of problems that include deforestation‚ shortage
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cities and towns‚ there are still many indigenous groups living in the forest‚ some who have no contact with the ’outside’ world and live in a harmonic environment. Rainforests are the most diverse ecosystems on the planet‚ as well as being the home to an estimated 50 million indigenous forest people. These people depend on the rainforest for their way of life. It provides them nearly everything from shelter and food to tools and medicine. The people living in the forest make practical and sustainable
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demand for the resource. This is not helped by the increasing global population‚ causing many more problems and magnifying existing issues‚ e.g. global warming. The tribes living in Borneo and the Amazon rainforests are being disturbed due to people coming in and destroying the rainforest as different parts are demanded for different uses‚ e.g. some plants are extracted for medicinal use; mahogany trees are deforested and cut down as the wood can be made into expensive and luxurious furniture
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Brazil is home to nearly 60% of the Amazon Rainforest. The Brazilian government recognizes only 13% of the total land mass of Brazil as being designated to its native tribes. Of this 13% total land mass‚ 98.5% lies in the Amazon Rainforest (http://survivalinternational.org/tribes/brazilian). In Chapter 5 of Mann’s 1491‚ Mann retells the story of the Gonzalo Pizarro exhibition. The first recorded and written description of the Amazon comes from Gaspar de Carvajal‚ the chaplain on the Pizarro voyage
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A hundred million gallons of oil was spilt into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010‚ the so-called Amazon Rainforest was deforested over the years in what we refer to now as the Amazon Desert. Big headlines are broadcasted all over the news‚ from Canada‚ to the United States‚ to China‚ to Italy‚ which brings devastating news everywhere‚ but what about‚ the small‚ yet critical causes happening at this moment? Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister of Canada this October‚ and received the
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