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III. Environmental Impact of Cultural Attitudes and Practices
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Environmental Picture Bleak!
(National Geographic News - ngnews.com) This article shows how great stress is placed on the environment all over the world through bad cultural practices. A region by region breakdown is included. Some links to subtopics.
Global Warming
(National Geophysical Data Center of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) This is an educational page. It begins with the background of the Global Warming problem and provides insights to how the problem is studied.
House building the Green Way!
(National Geographic News - ngnews.com) This article describes how the "throw away" attitude in modern U.S. construction may be changing for the better in terms of the environment.
Land Loss in Louisiana
(National Geographic News - ngnews.com) An article about how the dangerous rate of land loss in Louisiana may be partly attributed to cultural practices.
Radioactive Waste Cleanup Costs
(National Geographic News - ngnews.com) Details the enormous cost of cleaning up after a society dumps radioactive waste, the byproduct of making nuclear weapons.
Slash and Burn: Africa and Indonesia
(National Geographic News - ngnews.com) This is an article that generalizes the topic somewhat from the localities mentioned in the title. Again, text, pictures, and links to topics are present. The start of the article makes the cultural practice connection with, "Slash-and-burn activities are illegal in most countries in the world, including Indonesia and Ethiopia, but changing the habits of the rural populace is a slow process and enforcement is lax."
Slash and Burn: Australia
(Environmental News Network) This article suggests that 55,000 years ago the practice of slash and burn may have caused the extinction of more than 85 percent of Australia's large animals.
Slash and Burn: Results in Madagascar
(National Geographic News - ngnews.com) This is an article describing the practice and its consequences on the island of Madagascar. Text and links to related topics are also present.
Toxins Dump: Military Toxins to Be Sent to Pacific Wildlife Refuge?
(National Geographic News - ngnews.com) This article shows that unchanging attitudes contribute to government pollution of the environment. The essence of the article: "Fourteen containers of PCB-tainted waste that weren't allowed in Seattle could be destined for a wildlife refuge surrounded by the largest collection of coral reefs in the United States."
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