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Live and Let Live

Posted in It's Homework, People and the Environment, tagged , , , , on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Do you think humans should decide whether or not another species lives or dies?
I would think that the answer to this question to be an obvious no.  That is, if we are talking about simply, as if this could be a simple discussion, the existence of a species, period.  If a species were to fade into extinction, it should only [...]

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A Bike Trip

Posted in It's Homework, People and the Environment, tagged , , , , , , , on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Thursday’s bike trip from campus to the participating downtown businesses started from home to campus for me.  But my preparation for this little group excursion actually started over a week ago.  Since moving to Bemidji, my mountain bike has been one of those toys that has taken a back seat to other toys and activities.  When [...]

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Minnesota Conservation Volunteer

Posted in It's Homework, People and the Environment, tagged , , , , , on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Minnesota Conservation Volunteer is the magazine of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  A subscription to the magazine is free to Minnesota residents, and is truly a wonderful publication filled with the flora and fauna of the Minnesota landscape.  However, I read the majority of the articles online because of the website’s fantastic online archive.
I chose the hunting story “Wilderness [...]

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Earth’s Carrying Capacity

Posted in It's Homework, People and the Environment, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Have we reached the Earth’s carrying capacity?  Well, perhaps I can offer my answer to this question by first defining carrying capacity and then establishing the Earth’s carrying capacity as assessed under current natural and social conditions.
As defined in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition:

car·ry·ing (kār’ē-ĭng) ca·pac·i·ty (kə-pās’ĭ-tē) n.  

The maximum number of persons or things that [...]

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My Ecological Footprint

Posted in It's Homework, People and the Environment, tagged , , , , , on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

After retaking the quiz to determine my personal footprint using the ecological footprint calculator on the Global Footprint Network website, there is still an obvious need for me to change my ecological footprint.  I took another run through the quiz because after receiving a score of needing 10.3 planet Earths “if everyone lived like me” on the [...]

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