James' Blog

Nature In Literature

        The book I am reading right now relating to nature in literature is a booked called "Eiger Dreams." This book has a lot of different adventure stories about courageous people and climbing different mountains. This is relating to nature in literature because its gives good descriptions of the nature and landforms. So far I have enjoyed this book because I really like how the people cope with the diffuculties they face while on there adventures in the mountains.

The Watershed

          I think that the watershed is a very important part of our environment. The watershed help the community. If it wasn't for the watershed then Lake Lanier would not have a lot of water it has now. We may be going through a drought right now but the watershed's water is all flowing to Lake Lanier which is helping that lake. This is good because it is helping the animals that live in the lake with the drought right now by providing more water so all the animals aren't bunched up.

What Does It Mean To Be "Green"

           To be green in my eyes is somewhat being like an environmentalist. If you are "green" you probably are trying to do all you can to protect the environment. What I mean by this is that you want to protect wildlife, keep the environment clean, and also just finding way to conserve energy to help the environment. I like to think of myself as being "green." think this because I don't like to litter,and i hate it when people cut down trees, and I hate it when I go by rivers and lakes and see a lot of trash all around them. That is basically what I think it means to be "green."

Why U.S. Population Imbalance Matters

Motavalli, Jim,”The U.S.: A Population Environment Imbalance” E Magazine November. /December. 2006 page 32

               

This article shows me that the U.S. is over populating at very fast speeds. I really don’t think this is good for the country because the more people we have then the more energy we need to consume. The U.S. uses more energy than any other country in the entire world. I really think that if we keep using all of our natural resources then the country will be in severe danger in the future, or maybe even the near future. Also, the countries lopsided community settlement isn’t doing anything well for the country. Half of the U.S. population is in the south or west. This is why these areas are consuming so much energy. Somehow we should found a way to even out the population so people can use the natural resources from other regions of the United States and not just two. I’m not saying that we aren’t using resources from the least populous regions but we are using more in the two most populous regions of the U.S. So, before we deplete all the energy from certain regions we should find a way to even out the population settlement.

U.S. Energy Statistics