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Unless you've been living under a rock or something, you probably know about the degrading state of our planet. Miles and
miles of Rainforest are being cleared everyday to make way for grazing cattle in South America for example. (Note: another
reason not to eat meat- rainforests must be cleared to make way for beef production).
In North America, land is being cleared for logging companies and new road and highways to be built.
Carbon emissions continue to rise, with our over consumption of fossil fuels which are non renewable. Every time you
turn on a car, for example you are only adding to the already high amount of smog in the air and contributing to the problem
of global warming. Every time you turn on a light switch, or your air conditioner for example, you are using energy and
ultimately causing more fossil fuels to burn and increasing the Carbon dioxide emissions.
Millions of species are becoming extinct, now more than ever. When land is cleared, we take away their homes, and their
way of life, leaving them with nowhere to go.
One of the most interesting species is the chimpanzee. But they are on the brink of extinction, with the bushmeat problem
in Africa. There, as well, land is being cleared for logging companies and their homes are being taken away, along with many
other species' like gorillas. Back to bushmeat, mnay poor people there have to resort to hunting wild animals like chimps
and gorillas just to make ends meet as very little other jobs are available.
What you can do:
-Recycle. It's really very simple. Just put the newspapers in the recycling box. Really, you may not think that you are
making a big impact with it but you are. The more paper and plastics we recycle, the less trees that have to be cut down.
Every tree counts in teh race to save our disappearing forests.
-Conserve energy. Turn off the light switch when you leave the room. Turn appliances off when you are not using them.
Don't drive everywhere, walk to places nearby.
For more information go to http://www.davidsuzuki.org or http://www.greenpeace.ca
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