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An Ethical Guide to Toilet Paper

The Environmental Blog

When they are cut down, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Forests provide a home for a diverse array of wildlife: creatures like birds, monkeys, deer, and innumerable species of insects that have adapted over millions of years to be perfectly suited to their environment.

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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

Of course, we all know that deforestation isn’t just about cutting down trees, it is also about damaging a whole ecosystem as “the majority of the world’s biodiversity (the huge array of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants and trees) lives in, and depends on, forests” iv 2. Enjoyed this article?

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Learning how to garden a forest

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This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. For at least 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Indigenous peoples of what is now California benefited from and shaped a landscape that teemed with an incredible array of flora and fauna. As authors Otis Parrish and Kent G.

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GAMING THE SYSTEM HOW SOCIAL MEDIA TRANSFORMS THE PUBLIC SPHERE, UNDERMINES CLIMATE ACTION AND THREATENS DEMOCRACY

Green Market Oracle

However, in practice the interactions envisioned by the reticulate public sphere devolve into an anarchic array of endless permutations. Public service ethics and societal responsibilities are luxuries that most media cannot afford. Nolte’s article is titled, “Scientists Prove Man-Made Global Warming Is a Hoax”.