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Animal Agriculture
Animal Agriculture is a leading cause of water and air pollution, biodiversity loss, and deforestation. Animal agriculture is one of the number 1 leading causes of climate change. It's the 2nd largest contributor to human-made greenhouse gas emissions after fossil fuels. 1
By Chloe Moers5 years ago in Earth
A Human Role
By now, I’ve realised that actions so slight compose no such difference on the grass I walk on or the sky I gaze. Still, to feed my moral compass, I walk to college, recycle aluminium cans, recycle food waste, recycle glass bottles, recycle paper and cardboard, recycle batteries, never drop litter and use reusable face masks. Perchance just yesterday, living in the belief that fellow actions like these made such change. The world saw no change. No improvement.
By Hannah Pressman5 years ago in Earth
The role of the hospitality industry in food waste
The hotel industry is a subset of the hospitality industry that focuses on offering accommodation services to customers. In 2019, the global hotel and resort industry was valued at 1.21 trillion US dollars, down from 1.24 trillion US dollars the previous year. In 2021, the industry is expected to be worth $1.22 trillion.
By Andrew Anderson5 years ago in Earth
The Living Planet
The above photograph of Earth – from outer space - is one of the numerous ones available. There is another one, decades old - Pale Blue Dot taken by Voyager-I spacecraft from outskirts of our solar system. Our planet is not even a speck of dust on the cosmic scale.
By Prasanna Patkar5 years ago in Earth
Me and Rain
Ever since I was a child, I always enjoyed the rain. I would always wait for them to arrive early so that I could gather with my neighbourhood friends and splash rainwater on each other no matter how dirty it was. After getting wet, I would go home only to be greeted by my concerned mother who would ask me to walk carefully to the bathroom, not because I could slip but because I would dirty the floor with my dirty, wet feet. Not going to lie, but bathing in clean water after bathing in rain was never a good feeling. It would feel itchy around the back and other body parts. But at the same time, it always felt it was worth it.
By Akshar Goyal5 years ago in Earth
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
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
