All of you with the dream of sharing the ocean with your children & grandchildren are in for some bad news, bottom trawling is ruining the seas and we want you to know why so you can make a difference. All you need to do is read this explanation.
Lots of evidence over the last decade has become clear that a severe impact has effected the world with bottom trawling,this includes China, the North Atlantic region, the Wadden Sea, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the East and Western Pacific and the South Atlantic.
The massive 95% of damage to our sea life and waters are caused by bottom trawling, also bottom trawling damages the sea bed and dominates everything in its path killing it. Bottom trawling is effecting our world and ruining it fast so we need to make a difference. It is wasting our natural and renewable products so fast that they can not renew and is causing extinction to some species also a whole 97% of some species have been wiped out fully.
This cause is very unsustainable. Come on and make a difference in this world, be sustainable and protest against bottom trawling.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
European Honey Bees
European Honey Bees are made out of three different types of bees. There is:
The Queen Bee, Worker Bees and Drones. This is called a colony. Honey Bees live outside or in beekeepers hives. Honey bees come out in the summer all around the world.
The Queen Bee is the biggest bee in the colony. She has a life span of 2 years and can lay up to 3000 eggs a day.
The Worker Bees are the smallest bees of the colony they are the ones that sting us if we harm them. A worker bee has a life span of 28-35 days. There are 50-70,000 worker bees in the colony. Their job is to go and collect pollen from flowers.
The Drones are the male bees and their sole purpose is to mate with the Queen bee. Drones have no stingers. If the hive runs out of food the Drones are usually the ones that get kicked out of the hive.
European honey bees make honey and store it for the winter. They have produced honey for 100,000,000 years. The hive cells are a hexagonal shape, which is where the honey sits. Honey is one of the only foods that does not expire. Honey bees can stroke 11,400 a minute.
In conclusion to this report a honey bee is a unique insect that produces sweet honey for us to eat.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Vietnam War Diary Entry
Dear Diary
It has been a very eventful day. Many have died and been injured. North Vietnam is starting to take lead in the War. A tragic attack has forced upon our troop, Three men tragically died and 2 seriously injured, including sergeant Matthew Smith. I am sitting here freezing cold and muddy hoping that someday i can go back to San Francisco to see my parents and my wonderful Laura. I miss them a lot and I’m really home sick. I think many of the Men here are exhausted, homesick and just need a little TLC. Maybe someday i shall go back, earn a living and start a family, Someday i shall but at the moment i have to go first for my country.
Mickey Jones
(From pop culture presentation.)
It has been a very eventful day. Many have died and been injured. North Vietnam is starting to take lead in the War. A tragic attack has forced upon our troop, Three men tragically died and 2 seriously injured, including sergeant Matthew Smith. I am sitting here freezing cold and muddy hoping that someday i can go back to San Francisco to see my parents and my wonderful Laura. I miss them a lot and I’m really home sick. I think many of the Men here are exhausted, homesick and just need a little TLC. Maybe someday i shall go back, earn a living and start a family, Someday i shall but at the moment i have to go first for my country.
Mickey Jones
(From pop culture presentation.)
Land Pollution
Land pollution. What is it? Who is causing it? I will explain this to you in hopefully a not-to-complicated way.
There is a rubbish dump in the middle of the pacific ocean that is the same size as Australia, maybe even larger. Australia now wants to use their desert as a toxic dump which fumes will come to our beloved New Zealand and pollute it. Rubbish dumps are actually pretty pointless because they just pollute more and more countries whereas if they destroy the rubbish then it will pollute less of the planet and maybe we can keep the ozone layer.
Ways you can stop polluting: reuse your shopping bags, reuse things that have been used but don't throw it away. Some things you can reuse are: Reuse your blankets and towels, seeds and plant them, old plastic bags, paper bags as book covers, put coffee grinds into soil, donate stationary to schools (used), donate old items to charity.
I hope you reuse and recycle and don't pollute.
There is a rubbish dump in the middle of the pacific ocean that is the same size as Australia, maybe even larger. Australia now wants to use their desert as a toxic dump which fumes will come to our beloved New Zealand and pollute it. Rubbish dumps are actually pretty pointless because they just pollute more and more countries whereas if they destroy the rubbish then it will pollute less of the planet and maybe we can keep the ozone layer.
Ways you can stop polluting: reuse your shopping bags, reuse things that have been used but don't throw it away. Some things you can reuse are: Reuse your blankets and towels, seeds and plant them, old plastic bags, paper bags as book covers, put coffee grinds into soil, donate stationary to schools (used), donate old items to charity.
I hope you reuse and recycle and don't pollute.
Harming our oceans
Harming our oceans
It’s a nice sunny day and your family decides to go to the beach and have a picnic and a few games of cricket. You’re getting tired and go and get some food and most of this food will be wrapped with glad wrap, plastic and bags, you enjoyed your food but what happens to the rubbish after. Do you walk the few steps to the bin, put it back into your bag to throw away later or do you just litter! Littering is becoming a huge issue that’s affecting our ocean and the animals beneath. Most people don’t take the time and walk the few steps to throw away their rubbish instead they just leave it on the beach. Their probably thinking it won’t matter if I don’t throw my rubbish away everyone else will, well no if everyone thought like that our earth would like a dump. Once you leave the rubbish the rubbish will eventually wash into the oceans and make our oceans not suitable to swim in and that’s not all.
The rubbish will sink into the oceans ground and many different and unique animals will come upon it. They might think its food and eat it or they might get trapped in these plastic bags. Whales, dolphins, seals, turtles and many more creatures are getting harmed because of our doing. Not just big animals but little ones such as different sorts of fish. There’s also another issue with oil spills everywhere. Oil spills are poisoning many animals and is a potential health hazard for us and so we can’t swim in the beaches. If you care about these animals start helping and doing your bit.
It’s a nice sunny day and your family decides to go to the beach and have a picnic and a few games of cricket. You’re getting tired and go and get some food and most of this food will be wrapped with glad wrap, plastic and bags, you enjoyed your food but what happens to the rubbish after. Do you walk the few steps to the bin, put it back into your bag to throw away later or do you just litter! Littering is becoming a huge issue that’s affecting our ocean and the animals beneath. Most people don’t take the time and walk the few steps to throw away their rubbish instead they just leave it on the beach. Their probably thinking it won’t matter if I don’t throw my rubbish away everyone else will, well no if everyone thought like that our earth would like a dump. Once you leave the rubbish the rubbish will eventually wash into the oceans and make our oceans not suitable to swim in and that’s not all.
The rubbish will sink into the oceans ground and many different and unique animals will come upon it. They might think its food and eat it or they might get trapped in these plastic bags. Whales, dolphins, seals, turtles and many more creatures are getting harmed because of our doing. Not just big animals but little ones such as different sorts of fish. There’s also another issue with oil spills everywhere. Oil spills are poisoning many animals and is a potential health hazard for us and so we can’t swim in the beaches. If you care about these animals start helping and doing your bit.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
How Bottom Trawling Works
Bottom Trawling is how people use to catch fish at the very bottom of the ocean such as the Orange Roughy. I shall tell you, as long as you read on, how it works.
Firstly, the Bottom Trawling Ship is put to where people think there will be fish (obviously where no other bottom trawling ship has been before) and lower the net which has an area of 1600m^2. The net has sticks which weigh tonnes at the bottom of it to weigh the net down therefore it can be catching the fish at the bottom of the sea.
Then, the net is dragged forward, catching everything in its path including coral, dolfins and sharks. This is unfair because the fish has no chance to escape unless it swims faster than the boat which is an impossible thing.
The net is then brought up with speed, about 400km/h which around twice the speed of a race car. This pretty much kills the fish and it is dead or dying before it reaches the top.
The people on board then throw away the coral and anything that is useless.
Bottom Trawling leaves absolutely nothing except for rocks where the ship has been. The trail can even be seen from space which means it is quite serious.
Bottom Trawling should be ceased at once and shouldn't be started again.
Firstly, the Bottom Trawling Ship is put to where people think there will be fish (obviously where no other bottom trawling ship has been before) and lower the net which has an area of 1600m^2. The net has sticks which weigh tonnes at the bottom of it to weigh the net down therefore it can be catching the fish at the bottom of the sea.
Then, the net is dragged forward, catching everything in its path including coral, dolfins and sharks. This is unfair because the fish has no chance to escape unless it swims faster than the boat which is an impossible thing.
The net is then brought up with speed, about 400km/h which around twice the speed of a race car. This pretty much kills the fish and it is dead or dying before it reaches the top.
The people on board then throw away the coral and anything that is useless.
Bottom Trawling leaves absolutely nothing except for rocks where the ship has been. The trail can even be seen from space which means it is quite serious.
Bottom Trawling should be ceased at once and shouldn't be started again.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Why New Zealand is not a green country.
Have you ever noticed that as the years pass by NZ is becoming less green, as we are taking for granted the resources our planet offers us.
Although our country has a lot of large national parks and wildlife reserves, we aren’t treating our planet the way we should be.
Did you know that in some species of fish there are only 3% of that species left in our oceans? This is because some selfish people over-fishing our oceans to get money. If we don’t do something about it now, and carry on the way we are, in ten or so years time we will be jelly-fish as a fish meal.
So come on New Zealand do you want to make a change for the future generations, or leave them without what we have and can enjoy.
Did you know that in some species of fish there are only 3% of that species left in our oceans? This is because some selfish people over-fishing our oceans to get money. If we don’t do something about it now, and carry on the way we are, in ten or so years time we will be jelly-fish as a fish meal.
So come on New Zealand do you want to make a change for the future generations, or leave them without what we have and can enjoy.
How People are affecting New Zealand’s wildlife
Around New Zealand their are people who are helping the wildlife and there are people who are doing the complete opposite.
Some people are interested and are helping the wildlife by not littering, teaching people to learn about the wildlife, making a difference by freeing animals and keeping there wildlife healthy and able for the to live in.
Some other people are not helping at all. By littering, disrupting forests, the sea e.t.c. Some people don’t even realise they are harming the environment. And then some people are but they don’t care. They need to realise what they are doing.
They re harming the environment so animals don’t have a place to live or a safe habitat. The animals cant find food and die of hunger. Sometimes our native animals that are very important to our country suffer as well.
If you want to make a difference people should go round and join a group who can go and collect litter of beaches, or go through the forest and check that things are safe. People need to make a difference as someday it could be them.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
International Institute for Environment and Development
What is the International Institute for Environment and Development? This explanation will tell you about this very interesting institute.
IIED was founded in 1971 by an economist named Barbara Ward. They work on a range of environmental projects and development topics. They get funds from key donor organisations. Some of the things that they research are: Climate change, Governance, Human Settlement, Natural Resources and Sustainable Markets.
What have they have been doing on these topics: Climate change: Inspired lots of countries to start environmental projects, the climate change project, MA programme in Drylands policy and climate change adaption. Governance: a piece on local organisations and report backs novel approach to improving forest governance. Human Settlement: Innovative design could transform urban planning in developing countries and New ‘population and dynamics’ book. Natural resources: Forestry, biomass and sustainability 2010 conference, Conservation initiative on human rights and Ghana’s hidden forestry revealed in first study of it’s kind.
This is all this Institute researches and it has daily updates so if you would like to find out more then search it on google.
IIED was founded in 1971 by an economist named Barbara Ward. They work on a range of environmental projects and development topics. They get funds from key donor organisations. Some of the things that they research are: Climate change, Governance, Human Settlement, Natural Resources and Sustainable Markets.
What have they have been doing on these topics: Climate change: Inspired lots of countries to start environmental projects, the climate change project, MA programme in Drylands policy and climate change adaption. Governance: a piece on local organisations and report backs novel approach to improving forest governance. Human Settlement: Innovative design could transform urban planning in developing countries and New ‘population and dynamics’ book. Natural resources: Forestry, biomass and sustainability 2010 conference, Conservation initiative on human rights and Ghana’s hidden forestry revealed in first study of it’s kind.
This is all this Institute researches and it has daily updates so if you would like to find out more then search it on google.
bottom trawling
Do you really know where the fish you eat comes from? Most of them come from bottom trawling and the worst part is they don't care that they are killing the earths water and many fish.
What is bottom trawling? Bottom trawling is when a big ship with a huge net at the back of the ship about the size of two football fields go out and catch every fish in it's way. They have weights on the side to weigh it down so it can get every type of fish even the ones on the very bottom. They also have rollers on the bottom so it can roll along the oceans floor.
How is this harming the waters and sea animals? These ships catch everything it it's path from little krill to big whales. Often most of these fish isn't needed and will be thrown back overboard, but most the fish will be dead by that time. They over fish and it's not okay. They also ruin the beauty underground such as the corals, reef, anemone and the sea bed. Sometimes big whales, dolphins and turtles get caught it the nets and most of them won't have a chance of living again.
It's okay when you go out fishing with your family, but only take what you need and don't over fish because if we do in the future our kids might not be able to have fish and swim in the beautiful waters. Be sensible when you're fishing and start thinking about the future of the environment.
What is bottom trawling? Bottom trawling is when a big ship with a huge net at the back of the ship about the size of two football fields go out and catch every fish in it's way. They have weights on the side to weigh it down so it can get every type of fish even the ones on the very bottom. They also have rollers on the bottom so it can roll along the oceans floor.
How is this harming the waters and sea animals? These ships catch everything it it's path from little krill to big whales. Often most of these fish isn't needed and will be thrown back overboard, but most the fish will be dead by that time. They over fish and it's not okay. They also ruin the beauty underground such as the corals, reef, anemone and the sea bed. Sometimes big whales, dolphins and turtles get caught it the nets and most of them won't have a chance of living again.
It's okay when you go out fishing with your family, but only take what you need and don't over fish because if we do in the future our kids might not be able to have fish and swim in the beautiful waters. Be sensible when you're fishing and start thinking about the future of the environment.
The Sellotape Holder
Silently, motionlessly, the black object sits on the bench. It sits there, no complaints Suddenly the center falls out and rolls. It doesn’t stop and reaches the Sellotape refill. It was yearning to be untied with it.
Who am I to prevent this object to be with it’s rightful partner I thought.
So I ran to the sellotape, unwrapped it, ran to the table. Put the sellotape in the holder and then sat down. It seemed delighted to have company.
“Kieran!” My mum shrieked “I need the sellotape.”
OHNO I thought to myself. How can I separate them, when they just became friends
“Meh.” I said, “It’s just a sellotape holder.”
Then I ripped the sellotape put and ran it to my mum. She was happy, but the sellotape holder wasn’t. I heard a crash and ran upstairs.
“NO!” I cried when I saw the sellotape holder falling through the air. It hit the ground.
“ Wait, it’s a little crack.” I laughed, “ Sellotape will fix that!”
Who am I to prevent this object to be with it’s rightful partner I thought.
So I ran to the sellotape, unwrapped it, ran to the table. Put the sellotape in the holder and then sat down. It seemed delighted to have company.
“Kieran!” My mum shrieked “I need the sellotape.”
OHNO I thought to myself. How can I separate them, when they just became friends
“Meh.” I said, “It’s just a sellotape holder.”
Then I ripped the sellotape put and ran it to my mum. She was happy, but the sellotape holder wasn’t. I heard a crash and ran upstairs.
“NO!” I cried when I saw the sellotape holder falling through the air. It hit the ground.
“ Wait, it’s a little crack.” I laughed, “ Sellotape will fix that!”
Pollution
What is pollution? There is air pollution and there is littering. But whatever the kind of pollution it is we need to stop as it is damaging our world and no one can promise what our world's environment will look like in a few years.
There are different sources to air pollution. There is the pollution cars make when they drive and the fumes from the cars engine goes into the air. It is understandable that some people need to use a car as a transport maybe because they are far away from their destination, but there are different types of public transport. You can take buses, trains, ferries. You can also bike, walk or carpole with someone.There is also all the fumes coming from big factories. They produce from all the big machinery they use.
Then theres the big problem. Littering! People litter and most people don't care because they think if i litter and other people don't it won't make any difference. Well it does. When people litter it is polluting our ground. They get either put into landfills which is decreasing the amount of land we have.They can also get washed into beaches and into the water and endangering and killing many differnt and unique sea creatures. How? When fishermen are finished with there nets they throw it into the ocean and they get caught on turtles necks and other animals. They also swallow plastic bags and other bits of rubbish which will harm them.
Pollution needs to stop because if we don't no one can predict what our world will look like in a few years time. We need to be more environmentally concious and more environmentally friendly and start thinkin about where we put our rubbish?
There are different sources to air pollution. There is the pollution cars make when they drive and the fumes from the cars engine goes into the air. It is understandable that some people need to use a car as a transport maybe because they are far away from their destination, but there are different types of public transport. You can take buses, trains, ferries. You can also bike, walk or carpole with someone.There is also all the fumes coming from big factories. They produce from all the big machinery they use.
Then theres the big problem. Littering! People litter and most people don't care because they think if i litter and other people don't it won't make any difference. Well it does. When people litter it is polluting our ground. They get either put into landfills which is decreasing the amount of land we have.They can also get washed into beaches and into the water and endangering and killing many differnt and unique sea creatures. How? When fishermen are finished with there nets they throw it into the ocean and they get caught on turtles necks and other animals. They also swallow plastic bags and other bits of rubbish which will harm them.
Pollution needs to stop because if we don't no one can predict what our world will look like in a few years time. We need to be more environmentally concious and more environmentally friendly and start thinkin about where we put our rubbish?
The kiwi
The kiwi is a native bird to New Zealand. It is nocturnal which means it hunts and wanders around at night and rests during the day.
The kiwi's natural habitat is is the forest amongst leaves and branches. It sleeps in a burrow underground with it's fellow kiwi friends. They make their own burrows, the kiwi's dig with their claws to make a burrow so it's safe from any danger.
They prey on worms and bugs from underground on the damp surface of the soil. They usually peck at the ground where they can sense there are bugs and worms to feast on from their sense of smell.
The kiwi's fur is brown, it's different shades of brown that blends in nicely together. It's got claws on the end of their feet which are yellow. They have very light sensitive eyes so you shouldn't shine a torch in it's eyes. The kiwi has a long yellow beak and it's nostrils are at the top of their beak and they have a good sense of smell. They also have wings, but they are flightless.
The kiwi is a very special bird to New zealand and we are named after them for a reason.
The kiwi's natural habitat is is the forest amongst leaves and branches. It sleeps in a burrow underground with it's fellow kiwi friends. They make their own burrows, the kiwi's dig with their claws to make a burrow so it's safe from any danger.
They prey on worms and bugs from underground on the damp surface of the soil. They usually peck at the ground where they can sense there are bugs and worms to feast on from their sense of smell.
The kiwi's fur is brown, it's different shades of brown that blends in nicely together. It's got claws on the end of their feet which are yellow. They have very light sensitive eyes so you shouldn't shine a torch in it's eyes. The kiwi has a long yellow beak and it's nostrils are at the top of their beak and they have a good sense of smell. They also have wings, but they are flightless.
The kiwi is a very special bird to New zealand and we are named after them for a reason.
European Honey Bees
European honey bees are made up of a queen bee, drones and workers. Their family is called a colony and live in a hive and can be found outside and in beekeepers hives all around the world during the summer time.
The queen bee is the leader of the colony and is the largest bee of a lifespan of two years.It can lay up to 3000 eggs a day. The drones are male bees that mate with the queen bee to reproduce and they have no stinger and if they don't work or there's not enough honey they get kicked out of the colony. The worker bee are the smallest of the colony and their job is to go out and collect pollen from flowers. There are 50-70 000 worker bees in the colony and they have a lifespan of 28-35 days.
The honey bees have been producing honey for 100 000 years and they store it in the winter time. Honey is the only food that doesn't expire. A honey bee can stroke their wings 11400 times a minute. In conclusion the honey bee is a social and unique insect.
The queen bee is the leader of the colony and is the largest bee of a lifespan of two years.It can lay up to 3000 eggs a day. The drones are male bees that mate with the queen bee to reproduce and they have no stinger and if they don't work or there's not enough honey they get kicked out of the colony. The worker bee are the smallest of the colony and their job is to go out and collect pollen from flowers. There are 50-70 000 worker bees in the colony and they have a lifespan of 28-35 days.
The honey bees have been producing honey for 100 000 years and they store it in the winter time. Honey is the only food that doesn't expire. A honey bee can stroke their wings 11400 times a minute. In conclusion the honey bee is a social and unique insect.
Monday, May 3, 2010
What is the Food, Conservation and Energy act of 2008?
Not many people have heard of this but I shall explain what it is to you in this explanation.
It was a $228,000,000,000 bill that was passed into law by the US congress on June 18, 2008. It was a continuation of the farm bill in 2002. There was also a Farm, Nutrition and Bio energy act of 2007 which was obviously the year before this. In late April 2008, congressional negotiators finally reached a deal to reconcile the House and Senate bills. The deal increased spending on food stamps and other food programs while mostly maintaining the current farm subsidies, despite record farm profits.
The Food, Conservation and Energy act helped to expand the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency program. It also encouraged the population of biomass crops and helped the commercialisation of Biofuel including cellulosic ethanol. The act in 2008 helped encourage and increase many things that year but also was a continuation of other acts or bills in previous years.
Of course this whole act cost millions or even billions of dollars. Although some countries were against this act that didn’t stop them.
How the Global Warming Process Works and the Causes of it
Global warming is the process of which the planet heats up. It may or may not be an issue is uncertain but is hypothesised to be one as it seems to be melting Antarctica, which is a gigantic ice shelf, making the sea level rise. I shall make you understand how Global Warming process works as long as you read the explanation.
It is a natural cycle of which the sun’s energy/light travels to Earth but bounces right off the surface of the planet, through the thin atmosphere and back into space where it belongs is what's supposed to happen. However there is another cycle which is unnatural and...
We humans produce a lot of carbon dioxide which thickens the atmosphere and traps the some of the energy inside it, heating the planet and as humans are creating more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, it will make the atmosphere even thicker and will trap more heat. This is the main cause of global warming.
The greenhouse gases come from factories and power stations etc. that burn fossil fuels. The burnt fossil fuel then turns into carbon dioxide which thickens the atmosphere. One factory doesn’t matter very much but there are 10000 in total so that’ll make a difference.
That is how Global Warming happens to work.
It is a natural cycle of which the sun’s energy/light travels to Earth but bounces right off the surface of the planet, through the thin atmosphere and back into space where it belongs is what's supposed to happen. However there is another cycle which is unnatural and...
We humans produce a lot of carbon dioxide which thickens the atmosphere and traps the some of the energy inside it, heating the planet and as humans are creating more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, it will make the atmosphere even thicker and will trap more heat. This is the main cause of global warming.
The greenhouse gases come from factories and power stations etc. that burn fossil fuels. The burnt fossil fuel then turns into carbon dioxide which thickens the atmosphere. One factory doesn’t matter very much but there are 10000 in total so that’ll make a difference.
That is how Global Warming happens to work.
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