Peace on earth means peace WITH earth from Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA en-us http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:59:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Have you ever put on your shirt in the morning and wondered who made it? Or how many places it went before you got it? Well, I can tell you. First we have a shirt that is going to be half cotton and half polyester. To make the polyester it starts http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=19 Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:58:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=19 by Caitlin I recently got back from a trip to Kentucky to see the Appalachian Mountains. I hadn’t been to that area since I was a baby so I hadn’t really seen them. When we got to Kentucky it was dark, but I could still see the majesty of the larg http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=18 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:21:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=18 by Sydney Soils are the foundation of our lives, literally. I’m not the kind of girl that’s real interested in soil (a.k.a. dirt) but you know, once I got to understand more about it, it was rather interesting. Soil is not dirt. It is a dyn http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=17 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:08:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=17 by Mikey A couple of years ago my school decided to put in a retention pond next to the road to help hold the storm runoff from the parking lot. At first it was just a hole in the ground. But last year our Environmental Science teacher Amy Thu http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=15 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:11:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=15 by Nick When I first learned about bioaccumulation (the buildup of chemicals in an organism the further up the food chain you go), I was very surprised how little research the World Health Organization had done on the effect of using chemicals in http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=16 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:49:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=16 by Marissa Hi, my name is Marissa and I am 15 years old. I've been assigned to write about human population. There are so many different issues that involve the human population that I don’t know where to start. Humans do so many harmful things http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=14 Mon, 6 Aug 2007 16:19:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=14 by Margaret There is an ongoing debate about the value of salmon when people need electricity, and others, who have lived off the land for a long time, need salmon for food. Salmon used to migrate on most, if not all, of the major rivers in the no http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=13 Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:05:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=13 by Karsten One warm day in May, I walked into the wetlands behind our church to look for the producer of that continuous trilling sound coming from the water’s edge. There, as clear as day, was a warty toad, throat sac puffed almost to the size of http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=12 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:29:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=12 by Joel Storm water runoff can be caused by many different things ranging from pollution being washed away from parking lots, or the water running off of a hot blacktop, or even from the fertilizers or manure from farmlands. This water can run of http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=11 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:11:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=11 by Jacob Imagine that you are a fish. Now imagine that you are surrounded by algae that impairs your vision and coats your body and on top of all of that you can’t breathe. This is what it is like for fish in the hypoxic zone. The hypoxic zone is http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=10 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:52:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=10 by Seth As I was thinking about similarities between peace and vehicles my mind started drifting and I got to thinking about the war in Iraq. Then I realized that a big way the two relate is by a product that is found mainly in Iraq, Saudi Arabia http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=8 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:41:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=8 by Emily Have you ever wondered what your impact was on the world? How many of the earth’s resources you use? Did you know that Americans are using up resources faster than they can be supplied? Each individual person on this earth leaves an ec http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=9 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:43:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=9 by Kate Hey, what’s up? My name is Kate, and I love to shop. Shopping to me is a good way to take away my stress and just have fun. Like most other girls, I have a weakness when it comes to shoes. There are so many different styles, color, brands, http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=6 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:38:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=6 by Julie Hey, I’m Julianne and I am 15 years old. I’m impatient and do not like to wait on things. When our class was assigned to write about a topic that interests us, I decided to write about bicycles and how they are helpful to the environment. http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=5 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:36:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=5 by Misha, age 14 Let me start off by saying that every individual, no matter the age, has an Eco-Footprint. An Eco-Footprint is the impression that I make on the earth or in other words, the amount of our planet’s natural resources that I deplete. http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=7 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:39:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/1.cgi?view=7