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Trees For the World

Deforestation is one of the most urgent environmental problems today, because it affects both human and environmental health in surprising ways. The Benefits of Trees In America, trees are popular for their...

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Climate Change and Global Warming - What They Mean for Us

Not so long ago, just 50 years to be exact, my father was posted at Poona, then a small Army cantonment town four hours away from the mind-numbing madness of the big city of Bombay. Poona is now Pune and...

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Famous Birthday Listings: January 20

Born on this day? HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Below are some very famous celebrities (63 names) past and present who have their birthday today. Some of them you will have heard of and others you may not have! These...

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Why be a Vegetarian? To save the world.

One of the best things to do as an individual to help the environment is to stop eating meat. The best way to argue this point is by looking at the facts: 1. Deforestation -In order to make room for the...

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Planetary Deforestation

Not so long ago many nations of the Earth were covered with wild forests. It was said by a Roman general in Spain that a squirrel could cross the entire Iberian peninsula from tree to tree and never set foot...

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Effects of Global Warming

Carbon emissions are having an effect on society by causing Global Warming. Global warming is not one precise thing causing problems for our planet; it is a culmination of many factors that when present...

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Now The Taps are Dry: Poetry, Environmentalism and Water Conservation

I must start off with a confession, I never used to pay much attention to environmental conservation. I would listen to people talk about the importance of planting trees and saving forests and I would never...

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Deforestation: Destroying the rain forest as the world population increases

This is a quick understanding of the effects of overpopulation and deforestation in our world as they are two important issues that will and has affected our world, already. So we need to reduce it's impact...

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Global Warming - Prevention and Cure

One of the major environmental issues haunting people is global warming. We need to stress what individuals can do to contribute to the prevention of global warming. The gradual increase in the temperature of...

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Goddess of Forest ( Van Devi )

This is a fictious story in which forest has been presented in the personified form as Van Devi. During urbanization the forests were cut and wildlife suffered a lot. Innocent wild animals lost their shelter...

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