Hannah+Han

BIODIVERSITY IS THE VARIETY OF LIVING THINGS on earth :). All living things DEPEND on diversity to survive, and is the main reason why humans exist today. sooo thats why we should conserve it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rm0Ak6u5r0
 * WEEK 3 :D....... 6-3**

here's some adopt a seed organization that supports biodiversity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XpXyHIanQc

but i want to focus on conserving biodiversity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3EKwIVscKQ (summary of video) 1. protect land: don't strip land for housing 2. reuse, recycle and rotate land when farming 3. preserve some natural land and regulate fishing/farming 4.get involved -get EDUCATED, educate others (like our 5th pd's "environmental science" class.. w/ kids) -inforce rules and recycling measures -support biodiversity organizations/ volunteer... use those reusable shoopping bags

and more :)

__what do you guys want to add?__

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 * 2) week 5-25**

ANIMAL CRUELTY= WRONG :(... []

POPULATION

look how fast the human population grew:
 * Human Behaviors Said to Make Things Worse. **

> > Many predict a slowing of growth in the future, even near > future. Certainly that is so. Either societies will, using > one method or several methods, decrease the worldwide > birth rate, or nature will eventually increase the death > rate (using nature's own draconian methods). > > Environmental problems, starvation and new and > treatment-resistant diseases rank high among nature's > methods for dealing with world population problems. > > > Many claim that Earth can support many more people. But > one must ask "How many more?" At what cost in human > lifestyles and aggravated environmental problems? > > > Many feel (as has been the case throughout history) that the major international **wars to be fought in the future will continue to be over natural resources** > this means that people are using up the natural resources. basicially destroying ourselves. > > > > > > > **so what do you guys think? is the world meant to hold so many people? were we ment to control our population? work withour environment? or keep increasing our population until nature strikes it's own method for dealing w/ world population? (is this a natural cycle?)**
 * having too many children
 * agricultural burning
 * overconsumption of resources
 * failure to re-cycle
 * production/disposal of toxic waste
 * improper disposal of human waste
 * improper disposal of garbage
 * mis-use of pesticides
 * overcrowding
 * economic dependence on growth
 * depletion of soils by overfarming
 * erosion from removal of vegetation
 * urban sprawl
 * over-fishing
 * removal of carbon sinks (trees)
 * inefficient use of fuel
 * urbanizing farmland
 * urban growth where water is scarce
 * eating meat

[] our agriculture to blame?


 * could we blame modernization?**

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 * week1**

1) More on Synesthesia

Dictionary def.: a neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway

. "Synesthesia means joined sensation, and some people are born with two or more of their senses hooked together so that my voice, for example, is not just something that they hear, but it's also something that they might see or taste or feel." - cytowic

examples grapheme --color synesthesia music - color synesthesia number form synesthesia personification- (takes numbers/ letters and associate w/ personalities) lexical- gustatory synesthesia (rare)(words--- TASTE)

who gets it more often? - more women than men have it (3 times as much) -more likely to be left handed -have normal intelligence

Treatment? There is no physical treatment available. But, most people who have synesthesia do not want to get rid of it. If the synesthetic pairing affects normal functioning then psychological treatment can help a person to better live with her condition. Synesthesia is not a disease. It is not something that can be acquired at some point in life. It is actually seen by most synesthetes to be a gift.

an art by a synesthetic, George Sanen

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