Dear Future Generations: I'm Sorry by https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4 Instructions: Scroll through the questions and information below in order to post your entries on the answer board. en-us 2018-04-30 13:17:37 UTC 2025-11-08 00:01:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Question 1 wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256523030 The author has deliberately conveyed a message to us by referring to the ‘Amazon Rain Forest’ in the past tense. Follow the link and conduct your own research on the internet when answering these questions:

a) In your own words, briefly explain what this message to future generations is in the context of deforestation,
b) How many years from now it will take before the Amazon Rain Forest is destroyed if humans don't stop chopping down trees at the current rate
c) In what ways has the video and your own research helped you to understand the issue of deforestation and its impact?]]> 2018-04-30 14:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256523030 Question 2 wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256543737 Students must consider the different claims made by Ea Prince to research how trees provide medicine, oxygen, store and purify water, cure diseases, etc… OR Students may choose to research some of the countries and the impact of deforestation, e.g The Brazilian Rosewood Forest Conservation Project and The Mai Ndombe Forest Conservation Project (students may choose to use another example if they wish).]]> 2018-04-30 14:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256543737 Question 3 wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256545961 Explain in your own words what the ‘7th Generation Principle’ is. How, in your opinion, does the mindset of the Native Americans differ to that of most societies regarding the environment? ]]> 2018-04-30 14:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256545961 Question 4 wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256546190 Follow the link below regarding Fox News' denial that climate change is a threat. 

Now compare Fox News’ past views to an article or video you found on rising sea-levels in Bangladesh. Do you feel the author is justified in reprimanding Fox News on their views in light of the research you just conducted? 

]]> 2018-04-30 14:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256546190 Question 5 wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256546326 In May 2011, the notorious American political figure, Sara Palin, said how she loved the smell of emissions  (fossil fuels). Clearly the comment didn’t fair well with any one concerned with the environment. 

Follow the link provided and give your opinion on Sara Palin’s comments in light of the high rate of pollution in places like Beijing.

]]> 2018-04-30 14:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256546326 The Brazilian Rosewood Forest Conservation Project wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256553879 Follow this link:]]> 2018-04-30 15:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256553879 The Mai Ndombe Forest Conservation Project wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256554863 Follow the link:]]> 2018-04-30 15:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256554863 1: “It was once called the Amazon Rain Forest” wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256560487 2018-04-30 15:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256560487 2: "Well let me tell you that trees are amazing, and I mean, we literally breath the air they are creating, and they clean up our pollution, our carbon, they store and purify water, give us medicine that cures ours diseases, food that feeds us" wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256578790 2018-04-30 15:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256578790 3: “I read how the Native Americans had such consideration for the planet that they felt responsible for how they left the land for the next 7 generations. Which brings me great sorrow, because most of us today don't even care about tomorrow” wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256579647 2018-04-30 15:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256579647 wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256581569 Follow the link for further information.]]> 2018-04-30 15:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256581569 4: "Hey Fox News, if you don't think climate change is a threat, I dare you to interview the thousands of homeless people in Bangladesh (whose) homes were literally washed away beneath their feet due to the rising sea levels." wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256582656 2018-04-30 15:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256582656 5: "Sara Palin, you said that you love the smell of fossil fuels, well I urge you to talk to the kids of Beijing who are forced to wear pollution masks just to go to school" wumojoher https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256583733 2018-04-30 16:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/wumojoher/3vscvks2gdj4/wish/256583733