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Welcome To My Blog

An Introduction

Hi, everyone! My name is Amanda, and I am a student from the United States studying abroad at University College London for the upcoming semester. In the U.S., I study Geography and Environmental Studies as well as Urban Planning at University of California, Los Angeles. Over the next couple of months I will be blogging about a few nonrenewable natural resources and will discuss how we can minimize the consequences from our overconsumption.

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Closing Thoughts

Thank you to everyone who has followed my blog over the past few months. Although I had originally intended to write about a large...

The Lorax

"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees." -The Lorax This is a line from Dr. Seuss' Original Lorax animated TV special from 1972, which...

UNFCCC COP

Today I want to take a break from my normal natural resource posts and discuss the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Team Trees

Today's post is about the reforestation and afforestation project called Team Trees, which was started in late October 2019 by Youtube...

Wood: Humans Trying to Fix Their Mistakes

What can be done to combat deforestation and loss of forests? Two ways are reforestation and afforestation. The United Nations defines...

Global Forest Watch

I recently stumbled upon a website called Global Forest Watch. It allows the user to view tree cover loss and tree cover gain globally....

Human Consequences on Wood

Deforestation by cutting down trees, thinning of our forests, and by intentional and unintentional forest fires have been ongoing over...

The World's Water Crisis: Vox Episode

The episode "The World's Water Crisis" is found in the Netflix Show, "Explained," and was created by the American news website and...

Water: Humans Trying to Fix Their Mistakes

Notwithstanding the negative impact of human actions on global fresh water resources, there are steps people can take to minimize and...

Human Consequences on Water

Fresh Water Maslow's hierarchy of needs categorizes water as a basic and psychological need, and it is a need which must to be met before...

Introduction to Human Impact on Natural Resources

Natural resources are defined as "stocks of materials that exist in the natural environment that are both scarce and economically useful...

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