aid in regulating the planetary climate‚ purify water and mitigate natural hazards such as floods. Forests also contain roughly 90 percent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.[3] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Importance of Forests Forests are very useful in the life of man. They help us in many ways. They provide us shade and keep the place cool. Without forests most of the areas would have been deserts
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Water for Elephants The novel Water for Elephants is written by the best-selling author Sarah Gruen. The book was published on May 26‚ 2006‚ under Algonquin Books‚ in the United States of America. It has 335 pages‚ and is classified as historical romance and fiction. The book does include many historical events‚ such as the Great Depression‚ but the rest of the content is entirely fictional. The book is centered on Jacob Jankowski‚ who‚ after receiving the news of his parents’ death‚ jumps a
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Novel Study Annotated Bibliography Gruen‚ Sara. Water for Elephants. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill‚ North Carolina‚ 2006. The story follows Jacob Jankowski who was an old man living in a nursing home‚ as he looks back about a time that defined his life. In the 1930’s‚ 23-year-old Jacob’s life changed drastically. One minute he was finishing his Veterinarian degree at Cornell and planning to follow his father in the family business. The next his parents passed away in a car
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2011 Special Report Valuing Water: HoW Can Businesses Manage tHe CoMing sCarCity? http://environment.wharton.upenn.edu • http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu sponsors The Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) and Knowledge@ Wharton have partnered to create this special report on business and the environment. We are most grateful to the Xerox Foundation for supporting collaboration and funding of this edition. Contents Valuing Water: How Can Businesses Manage the
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For many centuries humans have lived on planet Earth and being environmentally friendly is the least we can do. Earth must cope with various problems due to the constant change of society and it is unfortunate to say that it is us who has created the troubles. It is important that Earth stays healthy and we can always do our part to protect planet Earth. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” So goes the ancient Native American’s saying‚ a phrase that
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A Place without People A place without people can be hard to imagine and out of our imagination because it hardly exists in this world. In this world people are everywhere but it’s beyond our imagination and you can even find them in the most unexpected place for ex‚ Top of the mountain‚ in caves‚ digging through mines‚ diving through seas. But there are place without people. It can exist in our dreams or thoughts I wake up in a daze and find myself in a pitch black space. It is a few moments
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Siargao Island About 800 kilometers southeast of Manila is a surfing haven called Siargao Island‚ a 400-square kilometer island with white-sand beaches‚ reefs‚ and rough winds from the Pacific Ocean that whips up waves ideal for international surfing competitions. Siargao Island is where local and foreign surfers meet‚ daring each other to take on the next huge wave. It‚ however‚ has more to offer beyond surfing. Siargao Island has large mangrove forests and stretches of wetlands. The place
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Sharon Old’s Sex without Love By: Dana McCord E-mail: Nikebeotch@aol.com "Sex Without Love‚" by Sharon Olds passionately describes the author’s disgust for casual sex. She vividly animates the immortality of lustful sex through her language variety. Olds’ clever use of imagery makes this poem come to life. Olds frequently uses similes to make the audience imagine actual events. For example‚ Olds describes making love as "Beautiful as dancers." (Line #2) In this line‚ she questions how one
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Water scarcity Water is a vital element for all life on earth. It plays an important role in agriculture‚ food production‚ health‚ environment‚ and every single aspect of our life. It is essential for developing and maintaining a healthy prosperous society. During the pas decades‚ Population growth has had a severe impact on degradation of global water supplies. As population growth we need more water for household usage‚ producing food‚ and even any sort of manufacturing products. Water scarcity
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A World Without Children A world without children would be a terrible place to live in. Everyone would know that mankind is dying and would soon be extinct. With kids around‚ the earth is a much happier place. Not because we know we’ll survive‚ but because children can brighten up anyone’s day. Children are essential for humans to prosper‚ and they bring the kindness and responsibility out of people. Newborns seem to be unaware of their surroundings‚ but in reality‚ they are taking in the
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