In fact‚ 16000 deaths are caused each year only because of air pollution. Introduction Plant a tree is a volunteering program that aims to improve urban environments in big cities ‚ reduce air pollution and combat global warming. Activities: Join other volunteers to plant trees in local parks‚ along city streets‚ on school campuses. We also provide free training on how to plant and care for a tree. We hold many tree planting events throughout the year especially in spring because that’s the
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cultivated on small family farms. * Source of cash income for resource-poor farmers. Grown as Kharif and Rabi crop What is Bt brinjal? Bt brinjal is genetically modified variety of brinjal which gives more resistant to Brinjal plant against insects. In technical terms Bt Brinjal is a transgenic brinjal created by inserting a gene [Cry 1Ac] from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (and hence the name Bt) into Brinjal. The insertion of the gene into the Brinjal cell in young cotyledons
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10 REASONS WHY TREE PLANTING IS IMPORTANT 1. Trees Produce Oxygen Let’s face it; we could not exist as we do if there were no trees. A mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year. What many people don’t realize is the forest also acts as a giant filter that cleans the air we breath. 2. Trees Clean the Soil The term phytoremediation is a fancy word for the absorption of dangerous chemicals and other pollutants that have entered the soil. Trees can either
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Rachael Sharon for the Fifth Anniversary (wood) of Andrew and Ria Sharon‚ Missouri [October 2002];Esther Schmidt‚ New Jersey [October 2002]; Trace Foundation Comment: Previous activities of "Trees for Life" involved hundreds of schoolchildren in planting and caring for their own trees. See the "Funded Projects" section for reports and photographs. Brief Description of the Project This is an environmental education project. It is found that participation by the people is essential for environmental
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Reflection on Planting a Sequoia by Dana Gioia The poem is narrated by a father who is mourning the death of his child through the planting of a sequoia tree. I found this poem interesting to read because of the irony that envelops the whole burial ceremony. In his hands‚ the father holds a small sapling wrapped with the umbilical cord of his demised son‚ who did not live long enough to grow up and become prosperous in life. In a similar way‚ the sequoia tree‚ when aged‚ bears no fruits. Thus‚ the
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REFLECTION Last Thursday‚ November 21‚ 2013‚ was an unforgettable day for me because it was the day of our business fair‚ one of the most‚ awaited activities of the year. Our last year’s business fair was a successful one and I expected the same this year. My expectations didn’t fail me and unexpected things keep coming as the business operation takes place. One of the most challenging parts of it for me was when it rained and we had to take cover. But when we took cover‚ the business must go
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depose are a planning of continuous action in order to confront the challenges‚ which BT confronts. The most important factor is considered to be the fact that the marketing environment changed rapidly after the deregulation of the telephone industry. Up to then BT was operating as a monopoly‚ ignoring the competition and ways to face it. Our intention is to achieve the already given targets and also prepare BT for an opening to new horizons. In addition‚ in order to face the fast changing environment
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their canola seed was found to contain the company’s patented‚ herbicide-resistant genes.* The case generated worldwide headlines‚ and an uncertain future for many farmers. Although the Schmeisers ultimately didn’t have to pay Monsanto‚ the courts did find them guilty of patent infringement. The fact that a transnational corporation would persecute small farmers is troubling to many‚ and shows the depth and breadth of a decades-long transformation: the steady erosion of farmers’ practice of developing
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In the essay “Planting a Tree”‚ the author describes his place of living and its surroundings. The author‚ Edward Abbey‚ lives in a little house close to the city Tucson‚ Arizona with his wife and daughter. Abbey portrays his place of living and the surroundings in a very distinct manner. Despite being surrounded by wild animals‚ Abbey describes the place as nice. Although‚ he would like to stay here for a while‚ but he probably will not. However‚ before leaving Abbey wants to plant a tree so someone
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forget where all our food came from‚ and what it was like before it was prepared to meet consumer aesthetic expectations. One vegetable that this is especially true of is corn. Helicoverpa zea or corn earworms aren’t a very appetizing idea to think of‚ yet they are a relevant part of corn production today. This fact became evident to me after working for the maize breeding department this past summer. Around each field the department plants sweet corn as a border crop‚ and once it’s time to harvest
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