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Rain Forest Destruction

Stop the rain forest destruction! More than half of the world's animals live in the rain forest. Many of the earth's insects are found in the tropical forests, as well. Of these inhabitants, a number are...

32 comments    environment global warming rain
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Now or Never - Why We Must Act

        We must act Now or Never, an account about how serious global warming is. It's by Tim Flannery, a distinguished writer-scientist who is also a professor at Macquarie University in Sidney. The seriousness of the situation cannot be over-estimated.

2 comments    global warming climate change
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On A Lark

Without most of us knowing it, here in the United States (and in other countries) when we read Shakespeare or Shelly writing in ecstasy of the sweet-throated vocalists of the United Kingdom -- we experience...

19 comments    birds uk shakespeare
Child Labor occurs all over the world, but the cotton industry is one of the worst offenders. Image:Morguefile.com73

A Compelling Reason to Choose Organic Cotton

By now most people have heard of the child trafficking that is taking place to keep the world in chocolate treats, as well as the horrid conditions for children on coffee plantations, Nike sweatshops and other areas. Recently there has been more news, this time from the cotton fields of Uzbekistan.

3 comments    shopping organic cotton aral sea
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