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In Leonardo Dicaprio’s speech he said, “A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow. Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.” Climate change may not be the biggest issue in the world, but it is a problem and is most definitely real…

Persephone ((The story of Persephone is quite commonly known of Greek mythology. Yet, it can be argued that as more and more editions of the story were told, the original was quite different. Whilst the tale told is of a young girl kidnapped by Hades and tricked into staying with him, another lesser known version tells the story of a young woman who sought adventure and chose to visit and then stay with the Lord of the Underworld. This version, deserves to be told. With a new setting to reflect…

are the cause of climate change 1. Impacts of climate change are involved in natural environment, human health, etc 3. Examples of impacts of climate change are higher temperature, increase in sea level, wildlife at risk, more drought and floods, bushfires, decrease in economy, higher chances of getting heart diseases, etc. Collin Kelley who is a climatologist stated that conflicts occur is not only because of climate change but it is also due to global warming 2. Hence, the relationship of…

WEEK 9: Health, Stress, Coping 1. The social cognitive theories help understand why individuals partake in health compromising or health promoting activities. The health belief theory suggests that there are several factors involved in health behaviours. It includes perceived susceptibility of the health threat, unrealistic optimistic biases of health threat, perceived severity of the health threat and the benefits and barriers in adopting this health behaviour. Cues to action influence health…

Please take into consideration my submission on the enforcement of tighter laws around the crime of Arson. I am writing to you because there is a great concern for the amount of Arson related crimes that are occurring within the state of Tasmania. Statistics show that more than half of Tasmania is above average in fires per year compared with all of the other states in Australia (Australian Bureau of Meteorology, 2015). Tightening the laws around Arson, will most definitely guarantee Tasmania…

the site to review the existing conditions and take built measurements. On the site they consider on orientation, cool breeze access, solar access, views, overshadowing by landforms, trees and buildings, slope, soil type (geotechnical report), bushfires risks, storm water drainage, access and transport, services (power, gas, phone, water, sewer)… which are very important to build a safe and adequate building. From this we can understand that architectural engineers do more than just designing,…

the plants are in the forests are subjected to logging . The rainwater that is collected in the catchment areas is affected by clear-fell logging which affects both quantity and quantity. According to scientists, this has increased the chances of bushfires. In the rural parts of Victoria, the logging process affects the way of life that does not depend on the destruction of native forests and the process has undermined the modern ways of income generation like tourism, the managed plantations…

¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬English Assessment- Creative Writing. Tim Jones eyed at his leather-bound watch once more, he was late for his 7:05 train to Sydney Central station and mentally urged the elderly man who was his bus driver to stop being such a dawdling individual. It was of upmost important that he make it to the city on time today, he had a major business meeting with the other board members of his company and had therefore decided to adopt a smart looking business suit, with tan shoes and a deep blue…

currently or in the future. As the koala is vulnerable this means its unprotected and there is a risk and possibility that it could be harmed physically if its exposed to danger. The koala is currently exposed to danger due to the land clearing, bushfires, the dieback of trees, koala predators, diseases and koalas are getting hit by cars. This is leaving the koala threatened on the conservation status.…

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