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Saving Rain Forests And The Indigenous People Who Live There

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Our rain forests are the lungs of the planet. Destroying rainforests for short-term profits depletes oxygen in our air, and contributes to global warming. What is equally alarming is the

displacement or genocide of the indigenous people who live in the rain forests. Before the rain forests can be harvested, the indigenous people must be removed. The National Academy of Sciences reports that over 50 million acres if rain forests are seriously degraded a year, which is 10 acres a minute. Unless this destruction stops, rain forests will disappear in the next century. The social, ecological, economic, and political remifications will irreversibly damage the health of the Earth and all its inhabitants. There are simple things you and I can do if this seems like an important issue to us, such as purchasing rain forest fair trade, shade grown coffees, and Rain Forest Crunch, which is a delicious peanut brittle. Markets are being created…

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62: Tofua volcano erupts, sending ash cloud 3,000 feet above Tonga Islands?

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(Aug 14, 2012) A “new” volcano just entered the watch list: Out in the Pacific, a pilot observed an ash cloud rising from Tofua Volcano to 3,000 ft (ca. 1 km) in the Tonga Islands at 04:42 GMT, VAAC Wellington reports. The volcano last erupted in 2009. Historical background: Tofua Caldera, in Tonga, is the summit caldera of a steep-sided composite cone that forms Tofua Island.

Source:http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/62-tofua-volcano-erupts-sending-ash-cloud-3000-feet-above-tonga-islands/

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Kilauea, an active volcano

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The Hawaiian islands are, if you didn’t know already, volcanoes. Huge ones which started forming at the bottom of the sea many thousand years ago (if not longer). Most are inactive today and have been for a long time, especially on the most northern islands like Oahu where you can see the mountains are very different from, say, the Big Island, as the mountains on Oahu has eroded over a long time since the island was formed, while Big Island still has volcanic activity and is a lot more flat. On Big Island there is still an active volcano, Kilauea, which actually is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. Fortunately that doesn’t mean it has huge eruptions that brings death and destruction to the island, but it does have smaller eruptions regularly, and it’s possible to see the light from the lava in the distance at night. As…

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Ancient Cities: Uxmal

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In folklore El Adivino (the Magician’s Pyramid) in Uxmal was built in one night by a
dwarf who hatched from an iguana’s egg. The story goes that the King learnt from a
premonition that his kingdom would fall to a little person.
Not wishing to relinquish his throne he sentenced the dwarf to death. The dwarf’s mother
hearing this, pleaded with the king until he showed leniency and gave the dwarf three
near impossible tasks to spare his life.

One of the three was to build the pyramid in a single night.

The enchanting legend played through our minds as we stood at the base and looked
the 115ft (35m) to the peak. Sadly the reality could not be farther from the lore as
it took over three centuries to complete the stunning structure that stood before us.
Construction began nearly fifteen hundred years ago with Temple I and over…

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August Break – The Broch of Gurness

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Did you recognise the image from yesterday’s post ? If you did, chances are you’ve been to Orkney.

I’ve been many times ( from the Tourist Guiding Days) and Skara Brae is a firm fixture. But in the 20 years or so since I’ve been going there ( actually – alarmingly, I realise even longer than that ! ) gradually the site had to become more and more restricted. Now this is very good for the preservation of the site, but less good if you are trying to actually get your head round the fact that people lived here over 2000 years ago ! My nephew visited Orkney last year and he recommended this site as “even better than Skara Brae” , so of course I had to go. And do you know what , I agree with him.

Because this site is down a little wee road that buses…

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