Earth Day 2014! Today is a special day for our planet... many people today will begin to see the change they can make to not only our local communities and ecosystem, but the larger biosphere as a whole. Volunteers around the world will increase their recycling efforts, plant trees, and educate people on their individual human impact on the environment. As part of our unit on Evolution and leading into our next unit covering Ecology, we listened to a TED Talk by George Monbiot titled "For more wonder, rewild the world". His take on rewilding certainly brings to light many conversations about not only the human impact on the environment, but also the many species that inhabit our planet. In his talk, he discusses the impact of the wolves in Yellowstone National Park as well as the whales in the ocean. Their impact as a species is tremendous in maintaining a balanced ecosystem! As part of Earth Day, our classes took advantage of NASA's #GlobalSelfie request and went outside to snap a picture and soak up some Vitamin D! For more information about Earth Day - check out this history! The History of Earth Day One last thing, our planet is pretty awesome.......
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