Enrimovnetal Issues In The Movie Lorax

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The enrimovnetal issues founds in the film “ Lorax”, are pollution to water supply and air, other living species are extinct or no longer around, raw materials are depleted, and land erosion. The lorax can relate to other large metropolitan area as these large cities were founded by a person or a group of people that has settled down due to reasons such as value materials or fertile lands. For example San francisco was settle down for its access to the pacific ocean but grew into a large city as gold was discovered in the nearby areas similar to the Lorax as trulli trees was discovered. The urban sprawl affects affects the nearby environment as pollutants, species extinction and raw materials. The cites grows as more people begin to settle

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