Breathing Earth-Cool Website!

I just thought this website was cool! It shows you all the births, deaths, CO2 emissions and where they are located. Make sure to drag your mouse over a country and learn a little about it! Crazy! If you sit there and watch it for a while, it's funny, you see lots of births in India and lots of CO2 emissions form China (who may soon pass the U.S. with the most CO2 emissions released every year, in general)

http://breathingearth.net/

-Taylor Thompson

I was shocked when I first see those amazing fireflies. I believe this is nature and what we need is just the eyes to find them.

I'm not sure how this video relates to environmental issues, but I think the interconnectedness of extending our ethics to others across the globe can definitely be related to environmental issues. This video might be a bit cheesy, but I also find it to be very true. I think that a lot of our problems we face as a divided world could be solved if we lived by the mantra of making others happy.

In case you can't read it, it says "Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there"

4th graders who care a whole lot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_JAgY6NWE&feature=related

AngelJan 20, 2012 02:30 PM

I found it very interesting how the current ecological/nature views in the United States come to be. I had no idea that the Puritans had so much influence on the early view of nature. I found it sad that they would think that everything was "evil" and tried destroying anything they didn't understand. Of the readings, I really enjoyed the stories of Farley Mowat and Aldo Leopold. I enjoyed these two stories more than the rest because I really enjoy learning about wildlife and people's experiences with wild creatures. Although the Leopold story was a little more depressing, it was educational. The men had killed the wolves, but it offered Leopold an opportunity to learn the real reason for their existence and understand the vital role they play in nature. This helped lead him to trying to better peoples' perspective on natural predators in ecosystems.
The Mowat story was a little more humerus. Mowat was in the wilderness, expecting that everything was against him. But after encountering the wolves, he realized that they were just as curious about him as he was frightened of them. He soon learned that the wolves would respect him if he respected their space and role they fulfilled.
Because of both of their hard work in educating people, I believe nature is finally beginning to be respected. Although I believe we have a long ways to, I also believe our society's way of thinking is changing for the better. Today, wolves are coming back from the brink of extinction, and returning to their role as predators in one of our most well-known national parks: Yellowstone! I found this picture at http://billingsgazette.com/

An American Prairie Preserve!

A vast preserve of praire ecosystem was first envisioned by artist George Caitlin (1796-1872). Caitlin first traveled among the plains Indians with General William Clark in 1830 when he accompanied a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi River into Native American territory. Caitlin's paintings characterize the Native Americans. He advocated that the Great Plains be set aside as a "nation's park," a great expanse of prairie where buffalo, pronghorn and Native Americans could live, roam and preserve their lifestyle and culture. Now the American Prarie Foundation is advocating create and manage a prairie-based wildlife reserve in a large area of Montana. See what E.O. Wilson author of "Biophilia" "The Diversity of Life" and many other books has to say about the preserve. http://www.americanprairie.org/

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