Many people don't realize that we are the ones creating this trouble by driving our cars everyday, leaving all the lights on as we leave the house, and buying all this processed food. ... For example, Pollan states that he started to ride his bike to work, plant a garden, turned down the thermostat and used laundry lines all because he bothered. ... Planting a garden in return will provide people with healthier and tastier food, reconnect them with their neighbors, help save money and reduce the cheap-energy mind. ... All it takes is planting a garden instead of driving to the store and b...

• Word Count: 1848
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many people don't realize that we are the ones creating this trouble by driving our cars everyday, leaving all the lights on as we leave the house, and buying all this processed food. ... For example, Pollan states that he started to ride his bike to work, plant a garden, turned down the thermostat and used laundry lines all because he bothered. ... Planting a garden in return will provide people with healthier and tastier food, reconnect them with their neighbors, help save money and reduce the cheap-energy mind. ... All it takes is planting a garden instead of driving to the store and b...

• Word Count: 1854
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This process raises the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth, which in turn raises sea level, increases evaporation and precipitation to affect global cloud cover; and thereby alters the distribution of climate across the surface of the planet. ... The desire of developed countries for inexpensive meat and forest products is another major contributor to deforestation. ...

• Word Count: 2775
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate