4.+2+-+Let's+write+and+sing+for+the+Earth!

A. I’ll start with Levi Tafari, a British poet and musician from Liverpool. Welcome to his page. Read it and don't forget YOU MAY EVEN CONTACT HIM. Feel free to do it! :)) [] 1. “Plastic Fantastic”, by Levi Tafari This poem talks about things that are made of plastic and invites listeners to think of a world without this material. It not only includes objects made of plastic but other meanings and uses of the word.
 * ﻿ I. As you liked Maya Angelou’s poem so much, I’ve decided to create a new page dedicated to environmental poems and songs. **

a. Let’s watch (and listen to) him at Windsor Secondary School. Levi performs his highly rated poem "Plastic Fantastic". media type="youtube" key="evm-IuzPGSI" height="234" width="288" [] **b. Now you may read it. ** PLASTIC, PLASTIC IT’S FANTASTIC MANMADE CHEMICALS LIKE MAGIC ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT THEY TAKE IT THEY MAKE IT  PLASTIC’S FANTASTIC PLEASE DON’T BREAK IT BAM, BAM, BAM (CALL) DON’T BREAK IT (RESPONSE) BAM, BAM, BAM (CALL) DON’T BREAK IT (RESPONSE) Now anything you want can be made out of plastic it’s versatile it’s really fantastic laboratory tested it’s scientific I wrote this in an attic I made it poetic

Some plastics are soft some plastics are hard people out shopping with their plastic cards buying plastic plates and plastic spoons vinyl records with plastic pop tunes plastic combs and plastic phones plastic bins to put more plastic in leather trainers with plastic tags sold to you in plastic bags plastic stereo, video games arty pictures in plastic frames I went to the shops to buy some plastic shoes There were so many styles which ones should I choose?

PLASTIC, PLASTIC (...)

A father gave his daughter a birthday gift he was a plastic surgeon he gave her a facelift he gave he a plastic nose to match he plastic clothes he gave her plastic boobs from a silicone tube her name was Cindy she had plastic skin plastic all over down to her colouring she thought she was trendy because she was bendy but don’t believe the hype it was all plastic surgery

PLASTIC, PLASTIC(...)

Now grown men acting like little boys having lots of fun with their plastic toys soldiers playing with their plastic guns plastic bullets and their plastic bombs the war on the streets is synthetic drugs the police infiltrate with those plastic bugs while the government is acting all lardy-dardy running this country like a Tupperware Party their legislation tears the people apart if stress creeps in get a plastic heart people are not remote, automatic we’re skin, flesh and blood we’re not made of plastic

PLASTIC, PLASTIC (...) DON’T BREAK IT (RESPONSE)

Don’t believe the hype!


 * c. Are there other ‘themes’ in the poem. Do you think the poet is making one point or several? **


 * d. As you know, plastic is manmade and does not come from renewable sources. What’s ****the environmental impact of plastic? Can you imagine your daily life without plastic? Why don’t you create a poster of your ideas, send it to my e-mail and later present them to the wikicrew? **

This is a strange world With a lot of people Running after money As it is honey They assert, "I love to talk." But no idle talk When there is need They talk to all people They invite, chat Saying "I love to chat" After their need They hide in their shell Feeling quite well Spent their life With their wife. When there is strife or turmoil They apply oil To their boss At all costs To get a raise In their own ways.

(I've searched for it on the internet; this is not my poem, but I think it fits the topic) ﻿Mariana11thA What a nice poem! I also believe it's a very good choice. ANA


 * B. Now, it’s your turn to share an environmental poem or song with us. Make sure you add a short personal comment on why you chose it **
 * ﻿I just wanted to leave here my personal opinion because I agree with the poem and we talked about it in the topic 'Advertising is Everywhere' because here we emphasize the idea that people are too materialistic! ﻿Mariana11thA **

[] I love this song, it's from Michael Jackson.

= Earth Song = What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things That you said we were to gain... What about killing fields Is there a time What about all the things That you said was yours and mine... Did you ever stop to notice All the blood we've shed before Did you ever stop to notice The crying Earth the weeping shores?

What have we done to the world Look what we've done What about all the peace That you pledge your only son... What about flowering fields Is there a time What about all the dreams That you said was yours and mine... Did you ever stop to notice All the children dead from war Did you ever stop to notice The crying Earth the weeping shores

I used to dream I used to glance beyond the stars Now I don't know where we are Although I know we've drifted far

Hey, what about yesterday (What about us) What about the seas (What about us) The heavens are falling down (What about us) I can't even breathe (What about us) What about apathy (What about us) I need you (What about us) What about nature's worth (ooo, ooo) It's our planet's womb (What about us) What about animals (What about it) We've turned kingdoms to dust (What about us) What about elephants (What about us) Have we lost their trust (What about us) What about crying whales (What about us) We're ravaging the seas (What about us) What about forest trails (ooo, ooo) Burnt despite our pleas (What about us) What about the holy land (What about it) Torn apart by creed (What about us) What about the common man (What about us) Can't we set him free (What about us) What about children dying (What about us) Can't you hear them cry (What about us) Where did we go wrong (ooo, ooo) Someone tell me why (What about us) What about babies (What about it) What about the days (What about us) What about all their joy (What about us) What about the man (What about us) What about the crying man (What about us) What about Abraham (What about us) What about death again (ooo, ooo) Do we give a damn Cátia Borrego It really makes us think about all our acts and it makes us realise that the EARTH is special, and we treat her like "crap". She is our home and we really need to stand for this cause,against pollution. Michael Jackson said: '(...)this is Earth's Song, because I think nature is trying so hard to compensate for man's mismanagement of the Earth. And with the ecological unbalance going on, and a lot of the problems in the environment, I think earth feels the pain, and she has wounds, and it's about some of the joys of the planet as well.' Cátia Borrego Diogo Telo 11thB
 * I also like it a lot, but why do you like it? Any special reason(s)? ANA **
 * Now Cátia, my congratulations! Look who's talking! ANA **
 * It is only to say that we can connect **Michael Jackson with the topic of plastic!!! x)
 * Mother Earth - (Mohit.K.Misra)**

Mother Earth actually looks after me, She neiter expects nor charges a fee.

Every year fresh fruits she provides to eat, For those fruits, one another man will beat.

So much water is there for us all, For water it often becomes an ugly brawl.

A tiny insect on her I am, Feeding me with her assorted jam.

Man keeps beating her with his big bombs, When will he realize that she is alive and that is wrong?

Her we begin to appreciate, Immediately before it gets too late.

From our puny race she will defend herself, You are just begging her to annihilate yourself. I chose this poem, because, in my opinion, man has not yet understood what they are doing to the Earth. The Earth is the only place we can live in, and I don't understand why man has this big will to destroy it. We are not stupid. And in everything we do (bad for Earth) we know that. We just continue doing this because we "want"to. I think it's time for us to stop and think. If the Earth dies, we die. There isn't any other way. I just don't agree with you when you say we don't realize what we are doing to the Earth. We know but it is just much more easier don't recycle, throw a paper when there's no garbage close to you, or even bubblegum. Cátia Borrego media type="youtube" key="m5TwT69i1lU" height="273" width="336" I chose a song instead of a poem; I hope that´s ok. This song has a clear message about how we should face every day with a smile on our face and how we should proceed in daily life. We must not jeopardize important things that we like or might need only by stupidity. The concept of a wonderful world is based on the joy of taking the best of each moment and rejoicing with the help of our friends our family when necessary in order to overcome any adversities that might come across our path to freedom.
 * Rute Santos **
 * Rute Santos **
 * Welcome Rute! It's so nice to see you here. The poem you chose is very beautiful indeed. Mother Earth keeps looking after us in spite of all the harm done. ANA **

Pedro F. 11ºD

 * // What's Nature? //**


 * //Nature is mighty //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is strong //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is usually always right //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is rarely ever wrong //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is beauty //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is moody //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is smart //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature always has the greater part //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is blue //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is green //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is every color possibly seen //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is true //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is beaming //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is dreaming //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is in every place //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is always with grace //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is true //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is you //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature is me //**
 * //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nature will forever be free. //**

I chose this poem because that is the way that I see nature. It is not only what you see but also what you feel. You have to feel nature to become part of it and to know what it is. Diogo Telo 11thB **Hi Pedro and Tel**o**! The song and poem you chose have contributed to enrich this page. Besides, you definitely managed to explain the reasons why you posted them here. ANA** media type="youtube" key="jkL3uCiWcn8?rel=0" height="215" width="299" Yeah, yeah Have you heard the news today? People right across the world, Are pledging they will play the game, Victims of a modern world, Circumstance has brought us here, Armageddon's come too near, Too, too near, now Foresight is the only key To save our children's destiny, The consequences are so grave So, so grave, now The hypocrites we are their slaves. So my friends to stop the end On each other we depend, Oh, we depend...
 * Jamiroquai - When You Gonna Learn**

Mountain high and river deep, Stop it going on, We gotta wake this world up from its sleep. Oh people, Stop it going on

Yeah, yeah Have you heard the news today? Money's on the menu in my favorite restaurant, Now don't talk about quantity, There's no fish let in the sea, Greedy men been killing all the life there ever was, And you'd better play it natures way, Or she will take it all away, Don't try and tell me you know more than her about right from wrong, Now you've upset the balance, man, Done the only thing you can, Now my life is in your hands...

Mountain high and river deep, Oh yeah Stop it going on, We gotta wake this world up from its sleep, Oh people, Stop it going on, Mountain high and river deep. Oh yeah Stop it going on, We gotta wake this world up from its sleep. Oh people, Stop it going on, Greedy men will fade away, When we stop it going on, I know it's got to be that way, Oh people, Stop it going on, I'm asking, Oh When you gonna learn To stop it going on? When you gonna learn To stop it going on? When you gonna learn To stop it going on? Miguel Martins 11ºA media type="youtube" key="pKd06s1LNik" width="339" height="280" Her green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears her out, it wears her out It wears her out, it wears her out She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do surgery For girls in the eighties But gravity always wins It wears him out, it wears him out It wears him out, it wears him out She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing

My fake plastic love But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run It wears me out, it wears me out It wears me out, it wears me out If I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted all the time All the time...

Great song from Radiohead. It has a strong message that's why I've chosen it. I hope I've contributed to this topic xD <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">﻿ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿ <span style="background-color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿Filipe Borges 11ºD

**<span style="background-color: #e34fe3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Thanks Miguel and Filipe for your precious contributions! I really liked your suggestions. However, you didn't explain the reasons why you posted them here. Will you do it? ANA ** I chose "A Beautiful Lie" by 30 Seconds to Mars. A beautiful lie code Lie awake in bed at night And think about your life Do you want to be different? (Different) Try to let go of the truth The battles of your youth 'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie It's a perfect denial Such a beautiful lie to believe in So beautiful, beautiful It makes me

It's time to forget about the past the past) To wash away what happened last (away what happened last, happend last) Hide behind an empty face (empty face) Don't ask too much, just say 'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie It's a perfect denial Such a beautiful lie to believe in So beautiful, beautiful It makes me

Fall!

Beautiful!

Everyone who's lookin' at me I'm running around in circles, angry A quiet desperation's building higher I've got to remember this is just a game

So beautiful, beautiful, it's a beautiful (lie) So beautiful, beautiful, it's a beautiful (lie) So beautiful, beautiful, it's a beautiful (lie) So beautiful, beautiful (lie)

It's a beautiful lie It's a perfect denial Such a beautiful lie to believe in So beautiful, beautiful It makes me code I think it's a really powerful video and it shows us what we've been doing to our planet. Marta Ferreira [] That Music is the 1 music that famous singers do for help africa "We are the world" media type="youtube" key="M9BNoNFKCBI" width="425" height="350" Diogo Marques Great shot, Diogo! Well, I chose that music mostly because of the lyrics, something like this: "Have you heard the news today? People right across the world,  Are pledging they will play the game,  Victims of a modern world," Finnaly we are beeing victims of our own poison, that's why i respect mustly religions like Paganism, Druidism, because they belive in Nature and know how to respect everyone who live from it. Miguel Martins 11ºA So, like everyone is posting music, I will post another one. after an hour looking for music, I've decided to put here this one media type="youtube" key="TUL0JitYabI?rel=0" height="349" width="425" i chose this one because it was the only one I found that didnot talk about a special theme, this musica talks in general , so we apply it to every situation and problem ... like we are discussing the earth and everything about them , but especially nature. I chose this because this music can also be applied to the nature .... look at the title what does it suggest to you (the truth be told ) ?? It suggests to me that many people are trying to trick us into doing contracts and that stuff only for everyone to see, but in a practical way they do nothing , it´s about that: I think we need to know the truth so that we do the best we can to save the world , and other things too. TIAGO LOPES

All great choices guys, but check out something we took out of out musical: [] Nuno Bico 11ºD

Beds Are Burning- //Midnight Oil//
Out where the river broke The bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent To pay our share The time has come A fact's a fact It belongs to them Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turningHow do we sleep while our beds are burningHow can we dance when our earth is turningHow do we sleep while our beds are burning The time has come to say fairs fair to pay the rent, now to pay our share Four wheels scare the cockatoos From Kintore East to Yuendemu The western desert lives and breathes In forty five degrees The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent To pay our share The time has come A fact's a fact It belongs to them Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turningHow do we sleep while our beds are burningHow can we dance when our earth is turningHow do we sleep while our beds are burning The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent, now to pay our share The time has come, a fact's a fact It belongs to them, let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turningHow do we sleep while our beds are burning I chose this song because I like the music and the band and the lyrics are fantastic and make us think about our actions and if we 're really doing something good for the environment and to the world. In relation to his topic, I couldn't stop talking about the Midnight Oil that was a rock band that became known in the world like a band of strong environmental and political ideals. Andressa Ribeiro **<span style="background-color: #e34fe3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Excellent work! Congratulations! I must confess they're all great choices. It's a pity, however, that some of you just forgot the reasons why you chose the poem or song. ANA ** **<span style="background-color: #e34fe3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By the way, do you like Ben Harper? What about this song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dNbymstZjs ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">"excuse me Mr. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">but isn't that your oil in the sea <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">and the pollution in the air Mr. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">whose could that be <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">so I'm taking the Mr. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">from out in front of your name <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">cause it's a Mr. like you <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">that puts the rest of us to shame <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">it's a Mr. like you <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; line-height: normal;">that puts the rest of us to shame"

<span style="background-color: #e34fe3; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">We're all Mr, we're all to blame, aren't we? So, what now???

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Burn your Crosses

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">No use to pray, there's no one listening <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I will die anyway. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Some say I've killed, some call me Satan <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Now my blood must be spilled

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I'm sentenced for crimes I did not commit <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I'll pay with my blood, is this really it? <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Creations of God? <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">No way!

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Burn your crosses, make way for science <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Christ has only caused death and violence <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Burn your crosses and make way for yourself <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Put faith in mother earth.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Don't call his name, don't trust in others <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Bishops fighting for fame. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Torture in vain. I won't surrender <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Purified by pain.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Mankind's great mistake was to create God <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Creation of man. Excuse to spill blood. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Creations of God? <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">No way!

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">No use to pray, there's no one listening <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I will die anyway. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Leaving this place the end is near now <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Dying ain't no disgrace

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">My last night alive has come to an end <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Death once I feared, but now it's my friend. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Creation of God? <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">No way!

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Burned my crosses, make way for science <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Christ will only cause death and violence <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Burned my crosses and made way for myself <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">In mother earth I trust.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">NOW BURN! <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">By Sabaton

Although this music is mainly about christianity, if we change the meaning of a few words in our mind we get a very good music about our topic.In the beggining, we don't need to change anything to understand that, despite our efforts, some of us are condemning us all to live in a destroyed world. We are innocent, but we, as Mankind, are charged guilty for something we didn't do, as individuals. "Burn your Crosses, make way for Science" can be roughly translated into something like: Forget the old ways, we need to change now! If we don't do something we will surely have a worst planet for our children. Next there is "Put faith in Mother Earth." as a message to let us know that the world works well if we don't change the way things work, but we over exploit every resource that we can get our hands on.

João Neto

I believe literature is often undervalued in what regards the strong messages that try to convey the harsh, dusty and dark river we're drowning in. This week is Reading Week in Alves Martins and part of our class is involved in some activities related not only to literature but also to the environmental issues we've caused and we're facing nowadays. Indeed, I assure it's one of the most interesting ways of dying this reality. For some reason someone mixed up poetry and trees like people mix up different feelings as they rely on one another. However, the main aim is to encourage all of us to find A WAY, not the most interesting or notable one, to help Nature and to rebuild the ground zero. Therefore, I leave you with some passages from "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson because I can't help considering them both moving and enriching. As an environmentalist and a gifted writer she portrays a metaphorical perspective linked to scientific data brilliantly.

=Quotes from Silent Spring=

These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes — nonselective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the “good” and the “bad,” to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams, to coat the leaves with a deadly film, and to linger on in soil — all this though the intended target may be only a few weeds or insects. Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called “insecticides,” but “biocides.”
 * //Chapter 2, The Obligation to Endure//**

If the Bill of Rights contains no guarantee that a citizen shall be secure against lethal poisons distributed either by private individuals or by public officials, it is surely only because our forefathers, despite their considerable wisdom and foresight, could conceive of no such problem. //**Chapter 2, The Obligation to Endure**//

It is an extraordinary fact that the deliberate introduction of poisons into a reservoir is becoming a fairly common practice. The purpose is usually to promote recreational uses, even though the water must be treated at some expense to make it fit for its intended use as drinking water. When sportsmen of an area want to “improve” fishing in a reservoir, they prevail on authorities to dump quantities of poison into it to kill the undesired fish, which are then replaced with hatchery fish more suited to the sportsmen’s taste. The procedure has a strange Alice-in-Wonderland quality. The reservoir was created as a public water supply, yet the community, probably unconsulted about the sportsmen’s project, is forced either to drink water containing poisonous residues or to pay our tax money for treatment of the water to remove the poisons — treatments that are by no means foolproof.
 * //Chapter 4, Surface Waters and Underground Seas//**

Vitória Melo 11ºD

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In my opinion, in many situations we think that our actions in order to save the world won't make any difference because we are just one between millions trying to save the world, and maybe it seems that our efforts won't be recognised. Many times saving the world almost seems to be an impossible task. But we must believe that we can change the world becuase it depends on us to save it. If we were the ones who damaged nature we must be able to correct what we did wrong. In order to do it, we must start today because there is no time to loose. Every single action counts. We must believe in ourselves and we must also believe that we can save the planet. We are surrounded with advertisments and with advices from tv and internet every day telling us to act in order to protect our endangered planet so, we can't blame the lack of information about mesures to save the planet. A song that I think that explains some of the ideias I mentioned before is "What I've Done" by Linkin Park. I recomend you to ear it since it's related to the topic. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Luís Tomás 11ºA