https://padlet.com/sdana17/2jmyaae5umqg Alex, Sasha, & Kasara en-us 2016-09-19 19:38:50 UTC 2016-09-19 20:12:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png https://padlet.com/sdana17/2jmyaae5umqg/wish/124889926 We believe the concept of using renewable resources and replenishing them is one of the biggest factors that impact Human Population Growth because they are vital aspects of our existence! Renewable energy is the energy that is generated from natural sources. For example, the sun, wind, rain, tides are renewable energy forms because they their energy keeps going and going and can be regenerated as needed. Renewable resources are vital to our existence because they help us create things such as heat to keep us warm, and electricity to light our world. Here are a few articles that talk about renewable resources:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/wildlife-south-china-sea-overfishing-threatens-collapse/

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/

Additionally, here are a few articles that explain the different types of programs and ideas address the usage of renewable resources:

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-exactly-what-the-us-needs-to-do-to-fix-its-energy-problem-2015-6

http://www.paulsoninstitute.org/paulson-blog/2016/07/07/fixing-chinas-wasted-renewable-energy-problem/

]]> 2016-09-19 19:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sdana17/2jmyaae5umqg/wish/124889926 https://padlet.com/sdana17/2jmyaae5umqg/wish/124889987 We believe the concept of fossil fuels has an impact because when you're mining for fossil fuels you have to drill deep into the earth hence the ocean, the machinery can break which cause leakage which then kills all the animals in the area surrounding. It also causes global warming because we are not using reusable resources.

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/Disadvantages_FossilFuels.php
This article explains what fossil fuels are and what the disadvantages that they bring.

AND

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/our-energy-choices/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/hidden-cost-of-fossils#.V-BCxpMrJSw
This article tells upon some of the unseen factors that oil and gas drilling have on the earth and other fossil fuels that are created  and the unseen problems they cause


Solutions :

https://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/sources-and-solutions-fossil-fuels

This article gives solutions for both businesses using fossil fuels & individuals ]]> 2016-09-19 19:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sdana17/2jmyaae5umqg/wish/124889987 https://padlet.com/sdana17/2jmyaae5umqg/wish/124891285 We believe that the reduction of biodiversity is one of the biggest impacts on human population because we rely on the biodiversity of the planet to sustain life and cure diseases. By using plastic products (or items cased in plastic), we are indirectly contributing to the reduction of biodiversity as almost all of the plastic ends up in the ocean which kills all marine life.

https://www.facebook.com/ReefLegacy/videos/1068711729862678/
Coral bleaching occurs when the water is too warm, Corals will expel the algae living in their tissues causing them to turn completely white. Once this happens, the coral dies completely along with all of the species relying on it to live.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/171/loss-of-biodiversity-and-extinctions#Reptilesthreatenedbyclimatechangedeforestationhabitatlosstrade
The BBC reported on a “global-scale study” published in the journal Science that found climate change could wipe out 20% of the world's lizard species by 2080.

Solutions:
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/30/what-you-can-do-to-protect-biodiversity/
We can consume less and be more mindful about what we consume.

http://www.naturetrust.bc.ca/land-conservation/biodiversity/what-can-we-do/
Increase our knowledge about the problem]]> 2016-09-19 19:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sdana17/2jmyaae5umqg/wish/124891285