By 2025, as many as one fifth of all animal species may be lost
Growing up in the ghettos of Manila, the biggest “wildlife” I got to see was the rat that ate all my hamsters and scared the badest cats in the neighborhood . In general, anything that moved and didn’t carry diseases was considered food. And if it is ”wild”, it’s a delicacy.
Coming to the U.S., I anticipated seeing neon lights on skycrapers in the vastness of paved metropolis. And then I ended up in Iowa…
My wife introduced me to nature. From earthworms to slugs. From puddles to mountains. She makes sure that our family take the time to appreciate the gifts that surround us. We frequent nature parks and zoos as prefered weekend outings instead of the movies. She insists on reducing, reusing, and recycling resources at home and, as well as, at work. She is our “Mother Nature” who continues to preach and practice preservation of nature. Thanks Momma.
3 simple ways to save the wild: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
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there was this Time article about the rainforest in Brazil na halos nangawala na sya and actually one of the reason ba’t yong ozone layer daw eh lumalaki dala nga nang overpopulation dahil wala nang makain ang mga tao, gina-farm na ang malaking bahagi nung rainforest.
hindi lang sa brazil. kahit saan. ang hyper-urbanization is exacting a toll on these animals dahil yong mga nature reserves naging Walmart na sya.
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another problem is ethanol and other biofuel productions. imbes na ipakain sa mga tao ang mga mais ay ginagawang gas dahil mas malaki ang halaga ng fuel kesa sa pagkain…
…then, it’s accepted practice na ng government na bayaran ang mga farmers na huwag magtanim to prevent lowering prices due to high surplus.
so sa totoo lang eh there can be an abundance of food in the world right now. kaso nga lang eh kinu-control ng mga bansang mayayaman kung sino ang dapat kumain at magkano….para ring OPEC sila.
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dito sa pacific northwest eh talagang friendly sila sa environment. big sa recycling, reduction ng pollution, encouragement ng biking and public transport, education, nature parks, at discouraged ang urban developments…at ang bills sa urban projects eh laging environment ang top priorities. i love washington for this…and we dont have to filter our tap water.
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ethanol and bio-fuel productions, dyan leading ang brazil. di ba nga, that’s why kalbo kalbo na ang much of brazil dahil they turned it into one gigantic humongous corn and sugarcane farms
saten naman in the flippines, yong mga dating ricefields are subdivisions na sya. and get this – na walang tamang drainage system. nada.
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ay mga ondoy! i mean…unggoy!
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I love your videos Mr. Nonsense! More more more!
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haha…i have one member in my fan club
. u may keep all the profits.
anyway, thanks for the invite. i like the theme here very much: “social climbing.” and as for me, the youngest of eight children of a shoe-shine man in Tondo, social climbing starts, not from popularity or diploma, but from WITHIN. Go Barrio!
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