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I woke up with every inch of my body aching and stiff. I managed to bring my legs over to the floor when I felt the soothing, soft, and comforting carpet beneath me as it began to soothe all the aches away. I got up for my normal routine. I looked outside in complete terror. That's when I froze and let everything sink in. Flames were reaching as if they were alive, Green clouds hovered in the sky, and Hatred and death pierced through my nose. All I could hear were the helpless cries all around me sinking deeper and deeper into my skull.
By Amyah Thompson4 years ago in Earth
Pack Forest Summer Camp
I remember well my many summers spent at Pack Forest. Hidden away in the forests of Warrensburg, Queen Village of the Adirondacks, the summer camp lies nestled beside a shallow lake surrounded by 2,500 acres of cool, hemlock-shaded trails and hiking grounds. Every morning, campers and staff alike awaken to the surreal call of the loons nested just beyond the waterfront, and every evening, they fall asleep to the cheerful chirping of crickets as they dance about in the grasses of the archery field. By day, these sounds are drowned out by the sharp clicks of woodpeckers as they go about hunting for tasty morsels in the branches hanging over the cabin rooftops. And every once in a while, above all these more familiar sounds, one can sometimes hear the thunderous clap of a beaver tail on the surface of the pond up Hogsback Trail, and the haunting screech of an eagle above the treetops of Benwood Mountain.
By Madison "Maddy" Newton4 years ago in Earth
The Paper Bag
The paper bag is a shopping icon. consumers use 20% of the paper bags manufactured to carry bought goods in. Every year, they cut fourteen million trees down to produce the demand retailers have for the ten billion bags that are used. Each bag costs the store four cents to produce. They may take more energy and resources to make than plastic, but at least the resources are renewable and they can biodegrade faster than plastic. Here are some useful doomsday uses for those extra bags.
By M.L. Lewis4 years ago in Earth
The Koyukon People, Lake Sacandaga, and the Power of Nature
Clean, beautiful, and dotted with forested yet sandy islands, Sacandaga Lake lies in the Adirondacks nestled between Bald Bluff and Bernhardt Mountain. Originally named “Sacandaga Reservoir”, the lake itself was created in the 1920s to flood the Sacandaga River and the Hudson River (which were known to devastate nearby areas with uncontrolled flooding). Costing over 12 million dollars, “This was the biggest reservoir in the area ever to be built. Farms, wood lots and entire communities would be replaced by 283 billion gallons of water” (Frasier).
By Madison "Maddy" Newton4 years ago in Earth
the human group - session 87 - the collapse of convenience
This week’s discussion was confronting and reflective of technology’s impact on our human experience. The collapse of globalisation brings forth the need for localisation. This is not a new insight, many activists, authors and documentary film makers have been pushing forward the need to localise in order to reverse the damage we have done and are doing to the planet as well as the diversity of cultures that makes the world such an amazing place. Not to mention a lot of the modern day issues we are confronted with; climate change, mental illness and even the lack of self responsibility.
By Hadley Perkins4 years ago in Earth
