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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.
Hannah PressmanPublished 3 years ago in EarthThe 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.
Andrew AndersonPublished 3 years ago in EarthReducing Our Carbon Footprint, One Bite at a Time
Last week on my near-daily commute home from work, between the same overplayed Top 10 pop songs, the two hosts took a moment to make a joke about a random and lighthearted news story. A ketchup packet shortage had swept the nation’s restaurants. They had their laughs and faded into the next sensationalized new release. As I parked in front of my apartment, I sat in the car and connected lots of dots.
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.
Prasanna PatkarPublished 3 years ago in EarthMe 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.
Akshar GoyalPublished 3 years ago in EarthThe largest waterfall in the world under the sea!
The gift of nature You ran all over the forest hills, falling from the mountain tops and forming waterfalls. Such waterfalls are a gift given to us by nature. These are thrilling to look at and help us and this world in many dimensions. Such waterfalls are classified according to their height, width, and amount of water. So there is always confusion as to what is really the Largest waterfall in the world.
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.
Silvia FIammenghiPublished 3 years ago in EarthHow 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.
Adam EvansonPublished 3 years ago in EarthHow A Doomsday Vault On The Moon Could Save Earth's Life From Extinction
Imagine a doomsday scenario. Nuclear war erupts or an asteroid sends us the way of the dinosaurs or some other great calamity wipes out not just humanity, but all life on Earth.
Sumit Kumar SinghPublished 3 years ago in EarthThe 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.
Kristen SolackPublished 3 years ago in EarthHow Do I Not Make Eye Contact with That Guy?
Behind the yellow safety tape and barriers of hospital cages, I’m in their presence, and they fully acknowledge me. They make me feel like I'm the only person in the room. However, we’re outdoors. And they’re seals.
Gretchen ArmerPublished 3 years ago in EarthEvery individual step counts for the creation of environmental change
What is the way to combat our environmental footprint? There are many levels of environmental consciousness. It might be like baby steps leading from one to another but might as well keep us still, positioned on minimal effort. Some of us take climate change very seriously, getting more motivated by new knowledge provided by sources such as news, documentaries or saddening social media posts. In contrast, others are motivated by governments guidelines and restrictions, social influence or monetary benefits. We have all seen how turtles stuck in beer can nets or stabbed by the plastic straws got widespread coverage and affected many emotionally to take action towards strawless movements. Still, many tend to forget that it's not only plastic straws and bags that harm nature and sealife. We need to take on so many other levels to secure the species' existence in the sea and land but not forget it's not just them but also us that will go extinct when nature around us is compromised. You might not see it at first, but our whole ecosystem is one big chain of reactions, where the death of any species directly or indirectly affects our quality of life. For example, we need bees to pollinate our plants and whales to have oxygen.