Help save the Snow Leopard

The snow leopard is known and prized for its thick beautiful fur. Their fur helps them camouflage themselves from their prey. Their shoulder height is 2 feet, and they range from 5-7.5 feet long including the 40 inch tail. And they weigh from 77-121 pounds, yet the females are 30% smaller than the males. Its hard to determine the lifespan of the snow leopard but in captivity they have been known to live up to 21 years. Snow leopards usually eat wild sheep and goats, but they have been known to eat smaller animals such as rodents, hares, and game birds. Very rare in most of their range, an estimated 3,500 to 7,000 snow leopards are left in the wild, with 600-700 in zoos around the world.

Snow leopards are found at altitudes between 9800 and 17,000 feet in the high, rugged mountains of Central Asia. Their territory spans from Afghanistan to Kazakstan and Russia in the north to India and China in the east. China contains about 60% of snow leopard habitat. They have already disappeared from certain parts of Mongolia, which is part of their historic range.

Snow leopards are threatened for a few reasons, there is a high demand for their coats, so they are illegally hunted for the fur trade. The pelts are a sought-after commodity in places like Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia where they are turned into coats and other garments. Snow leopard bones and body parts are also used for traditional Asian medicine. Also there is an increased conflict with humans when snow leopards attack livestock during times when their natural prey is scarce.

HELP THE SNOW LEOPARDS!

Sustainability.

Sustainability is what you need and the things that you do to hold up and support the lifestyle that you live while trying to help the environment and saving energy and money at the same time. To me living in manitou springs sustainability is being able to have a healthy environmentally friendly community and being able to support ourselves as much as they can, while using renewable resources to save energy and money as well. With the demand for energy increasing they don't exactly have all the resources available to live sustainably. Prices would increase and not as many people would be able to afford it. A main thing that needs to be done is a new different renewable resource that people could use instead of oil. Also people should start to use other sources of energy such as wind, solar and geothermal. Lastly if people had a garden and grew their own vegetables and fruits it would save money, and its actually a lot healthier and better for you. Overall changes need to be made in order to make life more sustainable.

Reaction to 11th hour movie

This movie actually shows that the world is not dying, it's the fact that we are only trying to save our selves. There are a few problems that have come about, and something has to be done about it or else we could kill ourselves. Everyone needs to put a little bit of effort into trying to change the way we live. So much damage has been done all by humans that we need to start to chnage and put things back into the environment before its to late.

Top Ten Worst Companies

10) DaimlerChrysler

9) General Motors Corporation

8) ChevronTexaco Corporation

7) Ford

6) Sprint

5) Comcast

4) Exxon

3) Northwest Airlines

2) Citgo

1) Halliburton

Top Ten Greenest Cities

1. Portland, Ore.

2. San Francisco, Calif.

3. Boston, Mass.

4. Oakland, Calif.

5. Eugene, Ore.

6. Cambridge, Mass.

7. Berkeley, Calif.

8. Seattle, Wash.

9. Chicago, Ill.

10. Austin, Tex.

http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-02/americas-50-greenest-cities?page=1

The development of the country is effected by attitudes and behavior, the development also causes the country to have a larger chance to become stable by providing many jobs to be filled by people that could increase the economy. Although, the large development can cause overpopulation which will aid in the spread of diseases. Enviornmental protection and economic growth also affect the development, 52% of the people worldwide agreed that protecting the environment should be top priority and 74% beleive economic growth should be top priority. To solve this problem the environmental protection created a new energy system to benefit both sides of the situation.The development of civilization has been growing for thousands of years and will continue to grow for many many more. The world has developed in many ways such as a big change in economic development. Our future will be effected by human nature and the decisions that the people make for our world.