https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2019-08-21 02:16:37 UTC 2019-08-21 06:25:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375923117 Socioeconomic status of communities has risen
In last 10 years global meat consumption has risen by 20 percent 
The meat industry produces 1/5 of man-made greenhouse gas emissions 
Estimated 1800 to 2500 gallons of water go to a single pound of meat
Livestock industry uses almost 50% of the corn produced in the United States 
If the US did not eat meat or cheese for one day it would be equivalent to taking 7.6 million cars off the road






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About composting:

-50% of rubbish is put in the garbage bin everyday in Australia
-we can use the rubbish as mulch or compost in the garden to enhance the soil quality 
-according to EC Sustainable in 2011 around 33% of rubbish is food organics such as peelings 
-around 10% of rubbish is garden vegetation 

Home composting:

-Every year more than half of our household garbage is made up of food and garden waste. 
- most of this organic waste can be recycled by compositing it.
- by composting the organic wastes, we are able to do the following environmentally friendly things:
1: improving soil quality and garden vitality by releasing rich nutrients into the soil.
2: suppressing plant diseases and pests which reduce the demand of chemical fertilizers and manures.
3: reduce the amount of organic wastes which prevent the greenhouse gas emissions.
4: creates less pollution



]]> 2019-08-21 05:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375923263 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375923931 Organic farmers do not use pesticides or herbicides. The produce that is gained through organic farming is thus at its most natural form. Organic and biodynamic are very similar; both are grown without chemicals and GMOs. However, biodynamic goes one step further.]]> 2019-08-21 05:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375923931 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375924833 Benefits of buying local include 
– support local farmers n local economy
– reduce packaging 
– fresher 
–reduced carbon footprint 
– well known and secure origin 
– way more fun experience 
– can help the locals save money. Eg. buying in bulk
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-Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, they photodegrade - breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic bits
-A plastic bag can take between 400-1000 years to break down in the environment
-As it breaks down, plastic particles contaminate soil and waterways and enter the food web when animals accidentally ingest them
-In the ocean, these particles eventually end up in massive whirlpool like currents in the oceans called gyres. Our planet has 5 major gyres
-In some locations, there is 46 times more plastic then available food for marine animals
-Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtles and other marine animals deaths every year
-Nearly 90% of debris in our oceans is plastic 
-Plastic bags are among the twelve items of debris most found in most cleanups, according to the non-profit Centre for Marine Conservation 
-Plastic debris accumulates persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like PCBs and DDT at high concentrations. Many of these pollutants are known as endocrine disrupters 
-When fish and other marine animals ingest plastic debris, they are also ingesting these toxins
-If the food we eat is contaminated with toxins, we will be too]]> 2019-08-21 06:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375924964 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375925130 It it a myth that hormones are still used to produce chickens. There are nearly half a billion chickens housed in factory farms in Australia every year, where they never go outside.

Meat or broiler chickens grow so unnaturally fast (due to selective breeding) that many are crippled before they are sent to slaughter at just six weeks of age.


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Australian dairy farming is in the midst of change. After the deregulation of the industry in 2000, the industry mantra quickly become “get big or get out”. Since then the trend has been towards fewer but larger, more is tens I’ve operations, which may put more stress on the environment, dairy cows and resources such as water, grain and land.

In order to produce milk, cows must give birth to a calf once a year, meaning that cows are impregnated annually. Bobby calves are ‘calves produced by dairy cows on the farm, less than 30 days old and not with their mothers’. Bobby calves are considered surpluses because they are not required for the milking herd. Most farms separate the bobby calves from their mothers within twelve hours of birth and send their bobby calves for sale or slaughter within a week of birth.
Sincerely-cupcake man  ]]> 2019-08-21 06:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375925196 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375925311
Mismanagement and over fishing 
Overfishing have reduced many species’ population to the brink of extinction 
Species’ total population breeding habits migration routes,fishing method used as well as the effects of fishing pressure on the broader ecosystem 
Most common eaten fishes are Barramundi and Snapper 
72% of seafood in Australia is imported from Thailand,China,nz and Vietnam = 200000pounds Imported per year
Largest food product import in Australia 
Tuna to the Brink of extinction, declined of 97% 
Tuna top of food chain = decline = disruption of ecosystem
Tuna takes a lot of time to grow = longer time to be sexually mature=declined in population=long time to recover
Eating too much tuna=rising mercury levels=affects brain,nervous system,devolpment 
1/4 of seafood/creature tangle up in fishing gear  
 

What can we do:
1) buy local fish 
2)educate 
3)make fish a treat
4)buy fresh fish 
5)reduce plastic 
 
 

]]> 2019-08-21 06:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375925311 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375925316 Mrs Webb is cooler - tavia]]> 2019-08-21 06:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375925316 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926500 Turtles]]> 2019-08-21 06:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926500 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926541 I like turtles]]> 2019-08-21 06:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926541 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926596 Massive turdles]]> 2019-08-21 06:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926596 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926928 Don’t take photo’s of students please]]> 2019-08-21 06:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375926928 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375927353 I like men]]> 2019-08-21 06:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375927353 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375927807 I like asians ]]> 2019-08-21 06:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375927807 https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375928347 2019-08-21 06:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_webb/gz188w72i05t/wish/375928347