Report by Julia King, Vanessa Longe, and Grace Carpenter

Poverty

One out of every six Americans is now being served by at least one government anti-

poverty program

Poverty in the United States

Global Poverty

“The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of

the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less

than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined.

Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it

didn’t happen.

”

SolutionMany organizations, such as

the United Nations, Red Cross, and Salvation Army,

raise money for the impoverished. By donating

food, money, and gently-used items to these organizations,

fortunate people can help people in need. Slowly, each donation makes a difference. Globally, many groups exist

to provide for those less fortunate. While an

individual donation may be small, each effort adds up

over time and creates change, making a difference in communities everywhere.

If fortunate people keep donating their excess, the lives of unfortunate people

can be improved.

Works Cited•http://www.incontext.indiana.edu/2000/november00/news.asp•http://www.accuracy.org/release/poverty-rate-in-most-states-and-among-children-lowered-by-new-measure/•http://www.businessinsider.com/15-shocking-facts-about-poverty-in-america-2010-9?op=1•http://www.detroitjcrc.org/WHERE_WE_STAND/Current_Issues/Poverty/Poverty.aspx•http://beautifulhumanity.tumblr.com/post/7033699030/poverty-facts•http://www.globalissues.org/issue/2/causes-of-poverty•http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091019143222AAsnTub

Instagram Posts: Left picture-Someone in Brazil is suffering from homelessness, this is a

world wide problem. Right picture-A Man is sitting with lots of trash bags on the side of the

road, in the United States

Homelessness: Ashley Bir & Claire O’Dell

More than 5,000 homeless adults and children sleep each

night in other public and private shelters, and thousands more sleep rough on the streets

or in other public spaces.

Tweet/Facts

In New York City: Each night more than 55,000 people

including more than 21,000 children experience

homelessness.

Found on:http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/pages/basic-facts

In Indianapolis there are many homeless shelters for families and single people providing them with food and a place to sleep

Next time you pass by a homeless person, maybe you could:Give them a dollarGive them some of your leftover dinnerJust smile, smiles sometimes help people get in

a better mood

How can we help the homeless?

How it has and iscurrently changing our

environmentBy: Sara Aldridge, Camille Toomey,

and Graysen Montel

Population Growth

Definition:

Population growth is the increase in the number of members of a population over a given time. A typical time frame for calculating growth is yearly. In the United States, the census tracks population growth over a 10-year span. - eHow.com

What is Population Growth?

THREE FACTS:1. The Chair of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on

Global Warming calls population growth the driving force in global warming

2. The population growth in Mexico dropped 34% in 10 years, boosting the nation's economic, social and environmental well-being. Soap operas were the prime influence

3. Every person leaves an "ecological footprint" on the Earth -- that amount of land which, assuming it is endowed with an average amount of resources, is necessary to sustain one human being indefinitely. The average American's ecological footprint is about 25 acres, an area far greater than that taken up by one's residence and place of school or work and other places where he or she is. Those 25 additional acres supply the average American with food, fiber, and other resources, as well as capacity for waste assimilation and disposal. (The average footprint of everyone in the world is about 7 acres.) For further information on the American ecological footprint.

THE PROBLEM :With so many people, we are making the earth sick. with all these people, it quickly

wipes out our limited resources, causes more litter and pollution, and naturally with more people comes more consumption of

hazardous materials that will harm the environment. Also, with this many people there will be a lot more trash that could

easily poison the planet by floating into the oceans and lands. Landfills will fill up faster,

causing land to be destroyed. Plus, over population can contribute to losing trees,

vegetation, and rich and fertile soil that we need to grow food. More people would use motorized vehicles that pollute the air we

breathe.

THE SOLUTON:We could spread out and create

large civilizations and spread out the population. The country leaders could create laws that help stop

pollution and littering. Large businesses could recycle and reuse

resources to try to reduce that businesses footprint on this earth.

Also, companies could become greener, by using clean energy to try

to preserve our earths vegetation and save power and sponsor support

clean up efforts. People could carpool or ride a bike or even walk so that toxic gas doesn’t wreck our

ecosystem.

20 km thick15-35 km above Earth’s surfaceAbout 90% exists in the stratosphereSite-

http://youth.cedare.int/cedare.int/Main.aspx?code=1133

Ozone Layer: Shelby, Keegan, Naomi

http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/OzoneLayer/body

Ozone Layer: It’s on twitterSmithsonian Magazine@SmithsonianMag22 Apr

Climate change could erode the ozone layer and 9 other #EarthDay facts we’ve learned since last year http://ow.ly/kihPg

10 Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since Last Earth Day

Pigeon-eating catfish, Antarctic trash, and more: A list of surprising, alarming, and exciting discoveries about or planet from the past year

Smithsonian Magazine@SmithsonianMag Follow

Prevent pollutionStop smokingUse less hair sprayStop using too much oilRecycle

How can we reduce or stop this?

Definition: The stripping of trees from an area of land

The Amazon Rainforest is vanishing at a rate of 200,00 square miles per year

Deforestation: Alec Palmer and Kamron Ferguson

Half the world’s tropical forests have been cleared or degraded. Every hour, at least 4,500 acres of forest fall to chain saws, machetes, flames, or bulldozers. Population growth, poverty, and unequal access to land are among the major causes of deforestation.

The net loss of the world’s forests is estimated at 7.3 million hectares (18 million acres) per year.

Worldwide, 1.6 billion people rely on forest products for all or part of their livelihoods.

Facts:

Destroying the rain forest means destroying one of the earth's biomes and a habitat for literally thousands of species.

Many plants are being found in the Amazon that has important medical properties.

Tropical rain forests are among the most efficient regions in oxygen production, surpassed only by coral reefs.

http://www.envirocitizen.org/forums/rainforest/25-impo

rtant-facts-why-destroying-rainforest-bad-idea.html

Reduction of Rainforests: Facts

These were the words of President Candoso of Brasil after the announcement of record high levels of deforestation in the Amazon, up 34% since 1991. The history of international attempts to prevent the destruction of forests supports these words.

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/education/depth-articles/environment/destroying-worlds-forests

World Wide Fact

Since the late 1990s, climate change has driven a massive expansion of forest-destroying Mountain Pine Beetles in Canada, delivering the country one of the worst ecological disasters in its history. The insects are not technically invasive, and until recently they existed in a natural balance with their environment; killing off older trees and making room for new growth. But as a new documentary chronicles, climate change eliminated many of the natural limits on the beetles’ geographic spread and their rate of reproduction. … Making matters worse, the beetles are also producing a positive feedback loop that worsens climate change. As forests are killed off, it means fewer trees are left to draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

http://blog.mjbrown.com/2013/04/climate-change-forest-destroying-beetles-and-feedback-loops/

Tweets!

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Green House Effect: Riley, Victor, Joe

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/01/29_global-warming.html

Riley Aquilano’s Instagram and Twitter

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity “hotspots” are areas of the world with a high number of endemic species (that is, species found only in that place).

In 1980, in the tropical rainforests of Panama, scientists discovered 1,200 species of beetles living in and around just 19 trees… and fully 80% of these species were previously unknown to science (Equator Initiative)

biologists who specialize in identifying and classifying life on the planet—have named approximately 1.7 million species  about 13,000 more species are added to the list of known organisms. (National Wildlife Magazine)

http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Pathways/Biodiversity/Facts.aspx

Worldwide Fact: Over 50% of the world’s plant species and 42% of all terrestrial vertebrate species

are endemic, native to that country and naturally do not exist anywhere else, to just 34 biodiversity hotspots (Conservation International).

http://www.facingthefuture.org/TakeAction/FastFactsQuickActions/Biodiversity/tabid/300/Default.aspx#.UX8OM6Lvveg

Facts

One way you can solve biodiversity is to make protected areas on mountains and places to help keep the environment healthy.

How would I solve it?

Malnutrition: Lily, Karnika, Matthew

Lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition

Malnutrition

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