Humanity
A Better World
I am not always in love with the state of our current world, but I do see the potential of it all. I see that it is very possible to change things for the better on a small scale, and when enough people are on board with the idea, it can inspire monumentally big change in the world.
By Ari Asha Love3 years ago in Earth
Water in my Nostrils
Rebellion is one of my love languages. God, I love the ocean. I remember lying on my stomach waiting for the waves to hit me as I let my body go limp as a child and rode the waves, in and out. Feeling the sand run over my body and caress my skin. Water would jet up into my nostrils and I’d break over the wave spitting salt and sand out of my mouth. Some people don’t like it, but I loved it. The innocent way my child like brain believed, the ocean will always be here.
By Rachel Wright3 years ago in Earth
Save The Chubby Unicorns
Over the years I've heard more and more about how the pollution on this planet has gotten out of control. You see recycle bins popping up near everywhere next to trash cans. Businesses and schools proudly claim to be "going green" and I've been left to ask myself how I can help. What is it I can do?
By L. M. Williams3 years ago in Earth
in the great pacific garbage patch
In the great pacific garbage patch, a million little particles of plastic glisten in the sun, to be brittle, break apart, and be devoured by the many living organisms, under the surface of the earth. None of our food is safe to eat. Our crowns cry for our short existence wondering if we will ever save our doomsday clocking day by day. We consume, racking up pillars of toilet paper and wasteful paper products, while we leave those to starve and not attain basic necessities. Insanity of chiroptera. Lilith’s golden story and her greatest heartbreak. To be separated from love itself. We became the passengers of our story, seeing race in division, devoid of spirit.
By Margaret Anne Ettinger3 years ago in Earth
Reducing Waste with Technology Education
There are endless ways to reduce our carbon footprint. Many say save the turtles by banning plastic usage to minimally necessary levels. Others say we should stop eating meat. However, I believe that technology education is what will make the biggest impact on the slowing of CO2e emissions. We love technology and often spend most days using it for upwards of 12 hours. We want the latest and greatest flagship phones. We are loyal to our tech giants. As a Computer Information Systems major, I am here to tell you why we need to be more loyal to our oceans than our electronics. My personal goal to reduce my own carbon footprint is by teaching as many people as possible about how to lower theirs.
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Earth
A Selkie's Story
Under the Pacific Ocean close to the continent of North America, is the underwater city of Nysa. A perfect place for mermaids, naiads, and selkies to work, live, and other wise enjoy life. It is the last of the underwater cities in the Earth Realm. It is a beautiful day today with the water being a clear blue and the temperature being comfortably warm. The sun is shining strong today.
By Erika Ravnsborg3 years ago in Earth
Nature will go on, with or without you.
Planet earth aye? What a beyond incredible planet, a beautiful void of creation. How lucky are we to get the opportunity to experience life here, experiencing love, connection and choice! I don’t think many of us even realise how lucky we are to have been given this opportunity to experience life through such beautiful means and profound senses.
By Merrie Tucker3 years ago in Earth
Exploit Oceans, Not People
Nearly everything we use today has been affected by fossil fuels, and that’s a good thing. The oceans represent a significant part of daily existence. The fact that mankind has advanced to use fossil fuels to desalinate and clean up the water we use daily is a boon to human flourishing. It is completely ironic how fossil fuels continue to permit human beings to extend life, but that’s what they do. Folks say that the oceans are overrun with filth and garbage. Companies like 4Ocean are allegedly dedicated to clearing the waters. For instance, their Mobile Skimmer collects plastic waste from water bodies. It all rests on fossil fuels.
By Skyler Saunders3 years ago in Earth
Changing times
And so the next World War was waged; not with guns or bombs, or tanks or planes, but with manipulative, well-rehearsed and well-researched mind control of the masses. A ceaseless propagation of fear and insidious suspicion of our neighbours, our families, our friends. We drank it down greedily, this daily fix of the macabre pantomime, and waited to be told just what to do next.
By Rebecca Haynes3 years ago in Earth
Environ-mental & Refuse
My personal journey into environmentalism started very early right after my parents divorced. My father then lived with my grandmother I would regularly visit them on the weekends. My grandmother was a child of the great depression and as such taught me the value of things, of not wasting! Over the years she instilled these habits into me. I often watched as the world around me became steadily less focused on fixing things to a throw-away society of over-packaging and cheaply designed obsolescence. Woven into the fabric of these things came a time of the loss of pride in manufacturing and slowly drifted into a loss of pride in workmanship this became the age of outsourcing and employer and employee loyalty slowly declined (and still is in my opinion) This first poem was written in these reflections...
By Robert Trakofler3 years ago in Earth
HEARTHVEN
I’m a wordsmith and my new creation for the lexicon of language is #drumroll #youhearditherefirst #HEARTHVEN the name or situation when heaven is on Earth. Which it totally is/can be... but things are always changing, that is the only constant after all. Go with the flow or get lost at sea lol.
By The James Arrow 3 years ago in Earth
Seven continents
There are five seas and seven continents in the world. About 8 billion people live here. We can never know everything about this world. But it is valuable to know some very simple facts about continents. Because we need to have the knowledge to clarify if our children or someone asks if they know about it. Not only that, but can we not be ignorant of the world in which we live? Asia.asia is the largest continent in the world. The Asian continent accounts for more than half of the world's population. There are 4.6 billion people on the Asian continent. Asian cities are also overcrowded. The most popular cities are Mumbai, Bangkok, Manila, Tokyo, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Oil-rich countries in the Middle East are considered to be the best money-making countries in Asia.2300 languages are spoken in Asia alone. The most widely used language is Chinese. It is used by 1.4 billion Chinese.Australia, Oceania. Oceania has several small islands in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean. Australia's vast flat plain is called a continent. The major cities in the Oceania region are Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. All four cities are in Australia. Despite the vast expansion, only 43 million people live in Oceania. This number is only twice that of Sri Lanka.Africa.Africa is considered the homeland of man. According to fossil records, man originated in Africa and spread throughout the world. The African continent is made up of 54 countries. There are 1.3 billion people in those 54 countries.The most popular cities in Africa are Lagos in Nigeria, Kinshara in the Congo, Johannesburg in South Africa and Cairo in Egypt. Africa is one of the poorest parts of the world. The Europeans occupied African lands in the 1500s and 1900s and enslaved not only the resources of Africa but also the people to those lands. The Nile, the longest river in the world, flows through Africa and gives life to many countries.North America.When we say North America, we mean only America. But North America belongs to 23 countries. This includes Canada, Mexico, the West Indies and other countries. Greenland, the world's largest island, is geographically part of North America.But it belongs to Denmark in Europe. 80% of North America's 580 million population. But now the number of true believers is rapidly declining. Most people in the North American region speak English.Europe.Europe is one of the most developed regions in the world. Europe has two of the smallest countries in the world. One is the Vatican, the other is Monaco. The Vatican is in Rome, Italy and Monaco in France. There are 44 countries in Europe.Europeans are one of the most influential people in the world. Due to their colonial activities after 1500, European cultural influences were strongly felt around the world.That colonialism brought European customs to India at that time. The European region is more united than any other region. Although the UK has seceded from the EU, the EU is still a strong body.South America.The Andes, the longest mountain range in the world, and Angels, the tallest waterfall in the world, are located in South America. The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest land in South America. There are 430 million people living in South America.The Amazon rainforest, the world's largest rainforest, is located in South America. South American countries are close to us because of the game of football. The stars of Argentina and Brazil are still popular among football fans in our country.Antarctica.Although people live on every continent, no one was born and raised in Antarctica. Later countries such as North America and New Zealand also had a nation called Native. However, although penguins can be seen during the harsh winter months,People did not choose Antarctica as their location. About 90 percent of Antarctica is covered by ice. This ice contains more than 60% of the world's pure water.
By Zarinabanu Zarinabanu3 years ago in Earth