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My Pledge to Mother Earth
On this Earth Day, 2021, I have reflected heavily on all the things I could do differently in my life. I know that with change it is best to take small steps. So the following that I pledge to change, I do not promise to fix overnight ... but these are changes I am aware I can make, and pledge to do so over the course of the next five years (preferably sooner!).
By Kaitlyn Dawn5 years ago in Earth
The Lazy Girl’s Guide to a Less Wasteful Existence. Top Story - April 2021.
I’m lazy. Don’t get me up early. Don’t give me too many things to do per day. Let me meander through life at my own pace. I’m also a chronic worrier. I freak out about what’s in my food, what’s in my hair products and what’s going to happen to the world if we don’t stop using so much stuff!
By Kelley Zherzhi5 years ago in Earth
Book Review: 'The Wintermen lll by Brit Griffin
The Wintermen lll: At The End of the World by Brit Griffin, from by Latitude 46 publishing, is the third instalment, and conclusion, of the author's dystopian climate change science fiction series. Set in the vicinity of Cobalt, Ontario Canada, which for those that don't know is in the northern part of the province, it depicts a world where the climate is so out of whack North America is locked in perpetual winter.
By Richard Marcus5 years ago in Earth
Equitable way to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emission for the planet
Since after the industrial revolution, human source of CO2 emission has been ruin like burning of oil, coal, gases, burning plastic, use of fertilizers and deforestation, industrial processes.
By Amit kumar singh5 years ago in Earth
We Need to Talk About Our Plastic Problem
It was 2007. A teacher silenced my boisterous class in our shabby classroom. Exhausted, she pleaded with us to pay attention. The lesson was on The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a recent discovery by Charles J. Moore. After ten years, it had finally gained public traction.
By Olivia L. Dobbs5 years ago in Earth
Begin with the face in the mirror and keep our oceans clean
The cover photo is of a breathtaking, beautiful blue ocean. Not long ago a different image on a body of water was given to the world. The organization Parley For The Oceans released a video that shocked everyone who viewed it because it gave us a glimpse of how humans are destroying our natural wonders. . The video depicted a ginormous wave of plastic pollution and garbage that had washed up in the Dominican Republic on the shores of Santo Domingo after a storm. You literally could not see any water, but only trash flowing just like a normal wave and it was pretty disgusting.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Earth
4 Interesting Facts About Planet Earth
Earth day observed on April 22 every year marks the anniversary of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The first Earth Day was an American movement started by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson. Later in 1990, Denis Hayes took it international and organized events in 141 nations. Today, all over the world, we celebrate Earth Day. Have you ever wondered about how the planet Earth holds us stable in perfect harmony, withstanding the mess we do it? Let’s think about some of the interesting things about our patient Mother Earth.
By Anitha Sankaran5 years ago in Earth
Leave footprints in the sand not in the air
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product.”1 It is calculated by summing the emissions resulting from every stage of a product or service’s lifetime (material production, manufacturing, use, and end-of-life)
By Kayleigh Taylor5 years ago in Earth
