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Time To Change - Online Term Paper

Time To Change

The earth and many of its contents, thanks in large part to humans, is
deteriorating and it has been for quite a time now. It is overwhelmingly
populated with both ignorant and lazy people. In effect, not much is being done
to prevent this deterioration. For instance, we are killing off vital animal
populations every day. We have caused the extinction or endangerment of
numerous species for absolutely no reason other than selfishness. An example is
the poaching of elephants. We are killing these animals only for our own wealth.

We take their ivory and leave them behind to die. As a result, they are on the
verge of extinction. Also, pollution caused by humans and their ...

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and there are probably others that we are not
aware of. If we do not start taking them seriously soon it will be too late,
if it is not already. We need to reevaluate our priorities and plan for the
future existence of this world.

A group labeled the Earth-Firsters' often attempt to accomplish this task
through drastic and sometimes dangerous methods. As Joni Seager states ( The
Eco-Fringe: Deep Ecology, Pg. 636), "In Australia, Earth-First protesters
buried themselves up to their necks in the sand in the middle of logging roads
to stop lumbering operations; in the American Southwest, Earth Firsters
handcuffed themselves to trees and bulldozers to prevent logging; and in
California, they dressed in dolphin and mermaid costumes to picket the
stockholders' meeting of a tuna-fishing company." The Earth-Firsters' tactics
are not the only drastic only measures they practice. Their ideas seem to be
quite extreme as well. For example, they believe the population of the world
is ...

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Added: 4/3/2007 04:56:52 PM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 747
Pages: 3

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