Carpool

we continue to treat our planet the way we do and disregard the legitimacy of climate change, the earth will be in great trouble. Some things we can do to help slow down the increasing levels of carbon dioxide and methane is to recycle, bicycle or carpool to our destination, and speak up, as well as be informed, about carbon pollution from power plants and…

First: briefly explain what these footprint measures represent. You will need to look around each of the websites and figure out what these calculators are actually doing. When it comes to the different footprint measures, each of the approaches the calculations in similar, but also slightly different ways. The Footprint Network, calculates the human pressure we have on the earth, or the supply and demand of productive area we require to continue living out lives. The World Wildlife…

It is 8:30 in the morning. The Johnson County Community College student groggily wakes up after her nap under the white, squared umbrella type rectangular cloths that blocks the fluorescent lights directly above her in one of the velvety chairs of the couch like seating structure striped with the cozy colors of autumn-- maple red, pumpkin orange, fading green. She has used her backpack as a pillow, propped up on the wood laminate table that attaches the chairs of the seating structure. She sits…

Throughout history, Protests have caused great attention and a rise in the media. Today’s protesters should relate to Dr. Martin Luther King's non-violent protests, the Civil-Rights movements or Gandhi and Malcolm X's peaceful protest way. All Four found a peaceful way to have a common genuine effort for change in a situation that the leaders of our country fail to consider as an extremely poor guidance for our country. If protesting today were handled and effective as protesters were in the 60s…

Village Bicycle Project was created, worldwide with specific interest in Africa. Through VBP, children now have access to distant schools and have a safe system to go back and forth from school to home. A safety measure was created by VBP in which a carpool system is authorized; this includes organizing a minimum group of 10 children and 1 adult supervisor who will guide them to school. With large groups of children going to school while supervised by an adult, it not only ensures the children…

Bryan was never one to back down from any hint of disrespect. Bryan and a black school mate really hated each other. I never knew what started the conflict that finally escalated into a physical altercation in the school hall. Both were taken to the principal’s office and sent home until they cooled off. Bryan didn’t come to work that day so when I talked to him about it, Earl had already expressed his opinion. Apparently the corporal punishment for theft was exceeded for fighting. I assumed…

Coping with a Terrible Disease Surrounded by his friends and family, the loved one had a huge announcement. He revealed that he had been diagnosed with Lung Cancer. All around, he heard sobs and family members asking why? Grandchildren were distraught that their grandfather was going to have to go through this. Even though he believed the hardest part was over, the real journey has just begun. The diagnosis is life altering in more ways than simply damaging health. Dealing with evolving…

This is my junior year at Southridge High School, and I am very pensive when I ponder the matter of selecting the most appropriate college. My predetermined purpose is to find an affordable four-year college that will prepare me for medical school. Because of that, I narrowed my choices to Harvard University and Portland State University. After considering both colleges, I decided that Portland State was the most appropriate college based on my predetermined purpose. The most important factor…

The famous Malcolm X once said that “education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today”. If education determines the futures of us, our children, and the entire nation, why do we allow it to fail us so tragically? Why is America’s public education system allowed to carry on the way it is as a humiliation of the developed world? And is there even a way to fix it? There is a constant debate going on over this subject. Ideas for fixing it include…

Two Global Human Activities and How they Create Smog Two Global Human Activities and How they Create Smog Commuting by automobile everyday for work or other human activities may be an average recurrence in the American society but all of the convenience in arriving on schedule comes with a sacrifice, air pollution. Agriculture is also human necessity that releases vast amount of nitrous oxides that help create smog or air pollution; agriculture and transportation are the two human activities…