#5 animals

Many animals are threatened with extinction because they cannot survive in a world which is continually being changed by human invention. Many species have already become extinct, and if people do nothing to save them, a great many more will pursue. There are alot of aniamal extinctions happening and i will be posting more about what certin aniamals are in danger. Its sad to see this happening and how humans have a big effect on there extinction.

#4 Dumping

This Blog kinda goes with the last one i just posted on waste and the effects of what is really happening in the world. This is Jippijappa’s dump in South America.Jippijappa, a town on the southwest coast of Ecuador with about 18,000 inhabitants is a town that struggles with a common environmental problem across many developing nations, garbage. The disposal service collects any and all garbage from the town daily but unlike many garbage dumps in developed countries, there are no environmental laws prohibiting hazardous materials from entering the dump. In addition, the dump is open to anyone willing to enter through a small dirt road into a smoky wasteland created from the burning plastic, rubber, and paper. Trucks arrive everyday at Jippijappa’s garbage dump where nearby livestock feed on the remains inside. The animals are so intuned to the arrival of the trucks that they gather from miles around every day to eat their daily dose of leftovers. Many of these pigs are later sold at the markets in Jippijappa or nearby towns. The dirt road entrance to the dump runs adjacent to a farm which grows agricultural plants just meters from thousands of plastic bags, bottles, and toxic smoke. Although Jippijappa’s dump is a sad representation of many dumps in South America, the local government’s environmental branch has created a greenhouse where organic waste can be composted and plants can be grown for local schools, parks, and parkways. Starting this past September, trucks are going to certain sectors of the town to collect presorted organic waste for the greenhouse from household waste that would usually be taken to the garbage dump. Items such as plastic two liter bottles are also being recycled in the greenhouse by creating portable growing containers for smaller plants which will later be distributed to any member of the community that asks. Organic waste is also being collected from tree trimmings in local parks and food waste in the local market for the greenhouse project. The greenhouse project is still in its beginning stages of development, but at least it shows a shed of light to other third world countries that they also can make a difference.

#3 post

How are you going to help the environment or create a peaceful environment at school or at home? What small things could you do that would contribute to the larger cause? Think about energy use, paper use, social harmony, waste, etc. Make some promises of what you will do to help. People anymore, dont think about how recycling can help out the environment alot. By being a condributing factor u can decreese the amount of waste a little at a time.

#2"called home" from animal vegetable, miracle

So this blog entry is about a story that we read that was assigned to us. After reading "Called Home" From Animal Vegetable, Miracle the reading was actually interesting to me the way she thinks because its true that alot of people really dont understand where food comes from and how its processed! My fater has a garden and i swear it gets bigger every year...but I help him from time to time and belive me its alot of work. From pulling weeds to watering to planting and just the constant up keep but when its all said and done I do love the food that comes from the garden. The reason why i like the food from the garden is because its fresh and u know that there wasnt any chemicals added to it to make the food grow! But, getting back to the story alot of people anymore are just use to getting fast food or microwaving food and just on the go go go anymore that they dont realize where that food came from in the first place so all and all I do agree with the reading and found it interesting.

#1

So this is the first time I have ever had a blog in my life so not exactly sure how great im going to be at it! My name is Elena and I am doing this blog for my English 1 class. I dont know if Im going to like it but I am always open to trying new things so it could be interesting to see what type of things i can find out and post on here! well thats all i got for this first blog entry till next time!