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Recycling lives
A time came in my life when I felt a burning desire to start a family. I had grown tired of it all being about me. I felt ready to pass along the little that I knew to someone else. I was ready to see someone grow, change and blossom. I was longing for a house full of chaos, joy, and laughter. I was game for some good-old highschool drama.I wanted to get excited about Santa coming down the chimney once again. I wanted to see my parents melt as they watched their grand-kids learn to ride a bike.
By Silvia FIammenghi5 years ago in Earth
How To Help Save The Planet
Today, at long last, I took personal responsibility for doing my bit towards saving our beautiful blue and green planet. At a time when there are highly justified, continuing global concerns about the health and well being of planet earth, I do believe it is incumbent upon each and everyone of us as individuals to reduce our carbon footprint. Collectively, we can do an awful lot to reduce wasting valuable resources only to create evermore unnecessary, unjustifiable pollution and contamination all around the world, very much to all of our detriment. What did I do? I bought a new bike.
By Liam Ireland5 years ago in Earth
How A Doomsday Vault On The Moon Could Save Earth's Life From Extinction
Imagine a doomsday scenario. Nuclear war erupts or an asteroid sends us the way of the dinosaurs or some other great calamity wipes out not just humanity, but all life on Earth.
By Sumit Kumar Singh5 years ago in Earth
The Noisy Cicada
Every Summer we look forward to fun in the Sun. Warm breezes sweeping across our skin as we soak up the Sun's rays along with all the water fun we can muster up. Vitamin D synthesis is at it's peak since the outdoors is so inviting. Children's laughter heard near and far. Smells of varying barbeques wafting by with every breeze. It's always a fun guessing game of whose cooking what. Enjoyable nonetheless. A feeling of warm comfort fills our souls.
By Kristen Solack 5 years ago in Earth
How Do I Not Make Eye Contact with That Guy?
Behind the yellow safety tape and barriers of hospital cages, I’m in their presence, and they fully acknowledge me. They make me feel like I'm the only person in the room. However, we’re outdoors. And they’re seals.
By Gretchen Armer5 years ago in Earth
Every individual step counts for the creation of environmental change
What is the way to combat our environmental footprint? There are many levels of environmental consciousness. It might be like baby steps leading from one to another but might as well keep us still, positioned on minimal effort. Some of us take climate change very seriously, getting more motivated by new knowledge provided by sources such as news, documentaries or saddening social media posts. In contrast, others are motivated by governments guidelines and restrictions, social influence or monetary benefits. We have all seen how turtles stuck in beer can nets or stabbed by the plastic straws got widespread coverage and affected many emotionally to take action towards strawless movements. Still, many tend to forget that it's not only plastic straws and bags that harm nature and sealife. We need to take on so many other levels to secure the species' existence in the sea and land but not forget it's not just them but also us that will go extinct when nature around us is compromised. You might not see it at first, but our whole ecosystem is one big chain of reactions, where the death of any species directly or indirectly affects our quality of life. For example, we need bees to pollinate our plants and whales to have oxygen.
By Marie L5 years ago in Earth
Save the Birds and the Bees
Save the birds and the bees! Listen to the water. As a young child, I have always cared about nature and how it affected our environment. I had already traveled barefoot down the path to reduce my carbon footprint. Even though I lived in an asphalt jungle, the Gilmor projects, I became a member of The National Audubon Society. This organization protects birds and the places they need today and tomorrow throughout the world using science advocacy and education. Many species need our protection from habitat loss and climate change. Living near the Chesapeake Bay, I have realized the need to contribute and provide initiatives to strengthen these important waters. The National Audubon Society has provided help with their conservation work to restore the shrinking saltmarshes. The Black Rail’s ‘ki ki ki kerr’ call was monitored by audio recorders donated by the National Audubon Society to record them so that they could determine whether the species needed to be added to the endangered species list. One of the ways to protect birds is to choose native plants for our yards and public spaces. We can restore vital habitats for birds in our communities and help them adapt and survive in the face of climate change. I used money for chores to sign up to become a member of the National Audubon Society as a child. The simplest thing I could do as an adult was to continue my support by providing a financial donation to the society and research their initiatives for providing a healthy environment for birds in my community.
By Saja Bo Storm5 years ago in Earth
Tree Planters
It is easy to feel hopeless with the climate crisis we are facing in our world today. It may seem like one individual's contribution may not amount to much. However, every choice we make does have an impact, regardless of how small it may be, every little thing helps.
By Andree Major5 years ago in Earth
Our Home
According to google, as of 2019 there are about 7.67 billion people on Earth.The estimated number of animals range from 10 million to 14 million.Scientist have estimated that there are 390,900 plants known to science.
By Malik LaFon5 years ago in Earth
How Bokashi Composting Can Surprise Anyone with its Effectiveness
Ok, so you have want to call me on a bluff. No bluff. You were were not told the whole truth about plants in primary school and with the knowledge in this article, your plants and gardens will grow like never before.
By Richard Soulliere5 years ago in Earth
Our Exemplary Urban Journey to No-Smell Compost
Anyone with any amount of green on their thumb appreciates good compost and soil. Rich soil smells good. Well, I have good news for you - your compost can have the same good smell right from the beginning, too. Can you say ‘year-round gardening’?
By Richard Soulliere5 years ago in Earth
Broken Heart Balloon
When you live half of your life on a sailboat, you develop a healthy respect for nature and climate. In 2014, it was the coldest winter in 200 years. The Great Lakes froze almost entirely over. That's the year my partner decided to start living on his boat at a dock on Lake Ontario. While he had it set up to be cozy inside, it became clear that climate change was happening around us, and we needed to pay attention. The following year I helped moved the boat down the Erie Canal system, into the Hudson River, and out on the ocean. We later continued our travels on the Inter Coastal Waterway to West Palm Beach, Florida.
By Mary Haynes5 years ago in Earth