Jan. 13--Using the polar bear as their mascot, some local teens, who have joined the international effort, are rallying schools and communities to become environmentally friendly.
The students hope their efforts will have a lasting impact by reducing carbon emissions believed responsible for loss of sea ice that's essential to polar bears' existence.
"We're excited to be part of something this big," said Alexandra Ruhl, 14, a freshman at South Allegheny High School. "It was overwhelming at times, but we got through it."
Ruhl and freshman classmates Jennifer Urban, 14, and Stephanie Mandella, 15, known as "The Energy Angels" team, started in August with a goal of giving away a few hundred CFL bulbs, which use less electricity than incandescent bulbs. Three months later, they'd given away nearly 2,000.
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"These teens are just so creative and so dedicated it amazes me," said Margie Marks, the Pittsburgh Zoo's curator of education. "Talk about inspiration. I'm thinking, 'If these 14-year-olds can do something, I better do something.' "
The Woodland Hills Junior High School team set a goal of improving community recycling and making the school "greener." They sold cookies and polar bear T-shirts they designed to raise money to buy 75 PVC-free backpacks for prekindergarten students. PVC is a plastic made of potentially harmful chemicals and is difficult to recycle.
Three Avonworth High School seniors raised money to plant more than 600 trees across the nation, which could reduce carbon emissions by up to 600 tons over the trees' lifetimes.
Molly Corder, 17, an Avonworth senior, said her team, "BearNecessities," did a similar tree-planting project last year. They won a trip to San Diego and took second place.
This year, they raised money at several community events, including "Bands for the Bears," where four bands performed. The event brought in $400, enough to plant 400
The funds I raised had not only been enough for vegetable plants and seeds but also covered tools and other accessories. This whole experience made me a much better leader and it also showed me how successful someone could be when they’re passionate about what they
This program put young men to work to perform public jobs including planting trees and helping soil erosion.
The two main ways that we will engage with students is through a workshop with UCLA Residential Life’s Team Green on the Hill and a booth at the Earth Day Fair. Team Green is a student leadership program that encourages residents in the dormitories to make sustainable lifestyle choices through education, community involvement, and advocacy. By interacting with Team Green Hill Government Representatives, the Housing Team has the potential to impact a large number of students on the Hill. These student leaders organize programs for dormitory residents and have influence within their communities. The Earth Day Fair is another method for spreading awareness to students. The Housing Team hopes to acquire some free samples of green office supplies to give away during the Earth Day
I think grizzly bear should be delisted because there is a healthy population of grizzly bears in North America. The recovery of bear population has been successful. Human should truly allow bear return to their nature state. After more a decade of grizzly bear research, human have a good understanding of bear behavior . I have that the proposal has been thought through carefully by scientists. The bears should be able to survive and reproduce as long as the national park is protected. I truly believe that wildlife is very adaptable. The main reason for there close extinction is due the loss of habitat and human hunting. Currently, hunting of bear are forbidden and national parks are protect by the government and public. The main factor for
Imagine it’s 30 years in the future, you and your little grandchildren are going to the zoo to see the new and improved Wooly Mammoth. Except it’s not improved, it’s not even a purebred Wooly Mammoth, and its stuck in a cage. Scientist are trying to decide if they should resurrect the Wooly Mammoth, by breeding its embryo with an Asian Elephant. The Wooly Mammoth shouldn't be resurrected because, there is no habitat for them, costs, and is it even logically possible.
What this included was digging holes and planting tree seeds with Daren Hauswald, the Program Manager to push back against the erosion happening in the area. Planting these trees are important so the elk can have food and a range to live in. Helping the elk is really important to the area too.
The Earth is our home, so why don’t we take care of it and preserve it? Most people think that they can’t make a difference as just one individual in a world of over 7 billion people, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Anything from being a vegetarian, which highly reduces the amount of water used and byproduct created when farming animals, to carpooling to school helps combat global warming. By convincing my English class that global warming is an important issue that we are facing today and will face in the future, I hope to get them to take their own initiatives to reduce their footprint on our planet Earth.
As human exploitation causes temperatures to increase, in turn disturbing the biodiversity of several species, laws and regulations created by organizations are becoming increasingly more valuable. Over billions of years, Earth has endured several periods of mass extinction and has recently entered another era of mass extinction. Maintaining and protecting the biodiversity of species and their habitats is beneficial since genetic variability increases species ability to adapt. To avoid the further effects of climate change, carbon emissions must be drastically reduced across the globe. The World Wildlife Fund works to prevent the effects of climate change by partnering up with local communities and governments through restoring beach vegetation to shade marine turtle nests in the Caribbean, secure access to fresh water for elephants in Thailand during periods of drought, and identify areas where polar bears can live on solid Arctic sea ice for decades to come.
We are sharing this beautiful planet with other species and like us they have a right to live peacefully as well. We should not forget that climate change causes the ice to melt in the artic and it is proven that humans are the cause of climate change, so to put it frankly we are the cause of the polar bears going into extinction. Its time humans as another species living on this planet with the ability to put a stop or to help with climate change take a stand and do something about this.
Although, the prime example of how mutually beneficial it would be for us (economically and non-economically) and the polar bears is how it impacts human health and air quality. Some GHG are already in the atmosphere; therefore, some climate change is inevitable. The government now must decide if we prepare for the impacts or allowing the impacts to happen and suffer the consequence of the economic hardship. Improving air quality will promote human health and our quality of life. A study researched two ways that would benefit the economy and human health: reducing co-emitted air pollutants and slowing climate
Almost all living things have a cycle or a system which they are part of. Most species depend upon each other. “The U.S. for service like parts of the human body, to make functioning hole.” That basically means like a human body to work together with all of its organs humans need animals to work together that way we can all survive. Should we prevent excessive hunting and poaching to help our environment and the fate of the human existence. I think the answer is yes! Saving most of these endangered species have become crucial.
As climate change becomes a frequent topic in household discussions, the fate of animal populations all over the world has also gained much needed attention. Illegal trade of wildlife has become an increasing problem in African countries, especially since conservation efforts receive little to no funding from their governments. However, another enigma presents itself to conservationists as well; whether or not trophy hunting aids or damages endangered species’ populations. Weighing these two issues and determining a sustainable outcome is an obstacle that still faces scrutiny and much deliberation today. While a clear solution has not yet been established, the differences can be openly displayed.
The Canopy Project: In 2010, Earth Day Network planted over 1 million trees in 16 countries under the Avatar Home Tree Initiative. So far in 2011, EDN and its thousands of partner organizations have already planted nearly 50 million more trees throughout the world! Locations where reforestation is most urgently needed include Haiti, Brazil, Mexico and urban areas of the US. Help us green our future, one million trees at a time.
Working with schools and teachers to encourage the delivery of effective, exciting climate change lessons which engage today 's young people in the issues of climate change, creating a generation of global
Jenny and the other girls at Big Brothers have given us many compliments and are very appreciative about everything we have done. Even though it wasn’t as much as we had hoped, we did more than they expected from us and are very grateful for our help.