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Moreover, as the movement became bigger and stronger, Dr. Maathai added empowerment for women, eco-tourism, social justice through economic development, and other goals. The Green Belt Moment raises funds, educational programs, promotes networking, and publishes a newsletter. These activities aim...
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Maathai visited Japan in 2005. While here, she expressed admiration for the word mottainai, which refers to the traditional Japanese value of not wasting resources.
In the beginning, the Green Belt Movement organized poor rural women in Kenya to plant trees to stop deforestation and woil erosion...
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Later, she graduated with a doctoral degree in Anatomy from the University of Nairobi and stayed on to teach and do research. In Kenya, firewood is an important source of fuel used for cooking, and many trees are cut down. While doing research in the countryside, Dr. Maathai observed the damaging...
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Wangari Maathai is an environmental, political, and human rights activist. In 2004, she received the Nobel Peace Prize "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" including her work with the Green Belt Movement. Wangari was born in Kenya in 1940. Her parents were farmer...
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URGENT MEETING TUESDAY MORNING
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Regarding my J&J customer and the email message from AtTask USA, I wish to meet with you at 9:00AM Tuesday (11/24) at your Shinagawa office or at my Kyobashi office.
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In the Pacific islands, 48 percent lack safe water, and in sub-Saharan Africa the percentage is also high(42 percent). Second, overuse is depleting the supply of groundwater. Farmers who depend on wells don't have enough water to irrigate their crops. The result is smaller harvests leading to foo...
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Furthermore, global warming has accelerated the melting of glaciers and the polar ice caps. As a result, the sea level has been rising, threatening the existence of many low-lying islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, for example, Tuvalu and the Maldives. On the other hand, droughts and famin...
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How is climate change affecting the water crisis? Another aspect of the water crisis ---too much water ---is a consequence of global climate change. At the Third World Water Forum held in Kyoto in 2003, experts predicted that by 2025 half the world's population will experience extreme weather con...
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Fourth, there is regional competition for scarce water resources. These conflicts have sometimes led to armed conflict. Fifth, waterborne diseases transmitted through drinking water and inadequate sanitation are major causes of disease around the world, especially for children under age five. Mor...
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Water Crisis is a term used by the United Nations and other world organizations. It refers to the relationship between the human need for water and the amount and quality of water available for use.The growing population of the world has meant an increasing demand for the world's lilmited supply ...
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Countries that signed this agreement promised to reduce their emissions of greehouse gases. This agreement covers more than 160 countries and over 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions. On a personal level, we can help by using less energy. Because a large amount of greenhouse gases comes from p...
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Other consequences include an increase in the frequency and intensity of floods, droughts, heat waves, hurricanes, and tornados.These extreme weather conditions can result in reduced harvests, extinction of plants and animals, and increases in certain types of diseases.For example, a warmer envir...
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Most of this heat moves upward again but becomes trapped in the atmosphere by gases such as CO2. Although some of this heat escapes into space, most is reflected back to the ground, raising the Earth's temperature. The gases that reflect this heat are called greenhouse gases.
An increase in glob...
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Global warming is a significant increase in the Earth's climatic temperature. The main cause of this warming is believed to be increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere. About 50% of these gases come from power plants, factories, and trasportation fuels. The temperatu...
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Improve maternal health. We need to improve the conditions for women giving birth and provide universal access to specialized healthcare. Nearly 14,000 women and girls die each day from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
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Educating girls gives them an equal chance to improve their lives and avoid poverty. Moreover, it leads to greater economic growth and prosperity for a country.
Reduce child mortality. More than 10 million children in developing countries die each year from preventable illnesses. In these countr...
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Many children do not attend school because their families cannot afford to pay school fes. Other children need to work to help support their family, or their parents think that girls should stay at home and do chores.
Promote gender equality and empower women. It is essential to eliminate the ge...
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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. More than 1 billion people live on less than 1 dollar a day including 238 million young people. The first goal is to reduce this figure by 50 percent by achieving full employment and decent work for all. By doing so, this goal aims to reduce the proportion o...
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What is the Millennium Declaration? In 2000, delegates from 189 countries pledged to work together at the UN Millennium Summit to make the world better for everyone by 2015 or sooner. They signed the Millennium Declaration, which set eight goals for eliminating poverty, improving health, and ach...
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We can use Disney as a way to see into things more deeply and, for example, excite greater curiosity in learning more about the nature and people of Africa. Once a child's interest is piqued by the super-sweet view of things which Disney markets, we can bring out other aspects that tell other sto...
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They would pup out of the river and along the shore, scaring the natives who were living in strange little huts. I wondered what this view really told people about the nature of Africa or the people of Africa. I realize that there's no way we can stop the Disney view of things, and it doesn't pay...
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The Andersen story deals with real moral issues and looks at questions such as what bad things can happen when we try to change ourselves in order to please someone else. In contrast, in the Disney version the mermaid changes herself and lives happily ever after. A few years back I visited Disney...
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The article went on to point out that these aren't just businesses and products, but it is a way of life that is being promoted. And it isn't just any way of life, but one which is very sweet and commercial. Can we call it a Mickey Mouse way of life? As an example, the Brooks' article compares th...
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Recently a new disney theme park opened up in Hong Kong. A week before its official opening, and article entitled "Mickey Mouse Morals Come to Asia" by Dr. Karen Brooks appeared in an Australian newspaper. Dr.Brooks' article mentioned that along with this theme park will come many other American/...
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Because they are more economically secure, they do not need many children to help support the family. Furthermore, these parents can afford better health care so the infant mortality rate is low. Thus, in affluent families, children are healthier, receive better education, and have better career ...
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