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Bill McKibben’s Eaarth: The earth is becoming a planet not suitable for life. There is a massive change in the world we used to live on. Today our once beautiful earth is suddenly dying, melting, flooding, and burning in ways that we have never seen before. Eaarth is a very unique book because it is telling the truth about what type of world we live on and how human race is currently destroying it. McKibben is an environmental activist with a few environmental organizations such as Step It Up and 350.org. Among all environmentalists McKibben was the first to warm us about the threats of global warming. Eaarth is a great title for this book because It’s the planet we all call home and it talks about how we are destroying our home. The two-a Eaarth is now our home. Eaarth will inform you about community based issues such as food, water, energy, and the big issue of global warming. Today pollutants are very popular and we live within a community of uninformed and ignorant …show more content…
There is a massive change in the world we used to live on. Today our once beautiful earth is suddenly dying, melting, flooding, and burning in ways that we have never seen before. Eaarth is a very unique book because it is telling the truth about what type of world we live on and how human race is currently destroying it. Our use of oil and nonrenewable recourses have put the world in a whole lot of hurt and danger. Because of these pollutants we emit everyday we are causing global warming to occur. Glaciers are melting and there has been an increase in the amount of floods all around the world. We are significantly changing the pH levels of our lakes and oceans. Though these issues have a major impact on earth there is still hope. We are finding new economical ways to produce green energy and with the help of everyone we can make the planet a healthy place for generations on generations. I believe we can make this planet green again. Do

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