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lake view

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Everyday I would wake up and look out of my bedroom at the pond on campus. I always enjoyed that I got to see it and would see many squirrels in the trees and dogs walk by I always enjoyed this. my favorite time was during the night when it was quiet and peaceful. the stars would be out and a few bugs buzzing around the light but the water was still as ever. I saw raccoons walking past some nights looking for food, as they went up and down the edge of the pond. I listened to the frogs as they made there noises every night whilst during the day there were ducks and geese swimming around.  the view was so peaceful I would keep my window open and stare out of it for hours, anytime I was stressed I would take some time to reset and look at any animals that were around the waters edge. it was always nice to see that there was wildlife still in the area even with all the people around. I watched the sunset most evenings as it reflected the trees onto the water creating an almost mirror image
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Greta Thunberg

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  Greta Thunberg      Greta Thunberg has come up with some brilliant ideas towards climate change and has already helped a huge amount. She did this to make politicians take notice of what is happening to the environment and to make a stop towards global climate change. She started movements in many places and gave speeches on what needs to change and how we need to do it. She was motivated by the idea to preserve the climate and from a young age of 15 when she skipped school to go and protest in front of the parliament building, that was on august 20th 2018. On August 26th 2018 she was joined by fellow students, teachers and parents at another protest. Greta was joined by so many after they saw how she viewed what is happening to the environment and saw that we needed change, without her giving the speeches she did I do not believe someone else could have made this amount of change in such a short time, as we have been trying many new ideas for years and nothing has really changed in
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Protecting the Javan rhino

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Javan Rhino in protected habitat https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Javan_Rhino_1900.jpg The Javan rhino is a large animal weighing about 2.3 tons and up to 4m in length and 1.7m in height. these large animals live in the forest in Indonesia they eat leaves, shoots, twigs and fallen fruit. nothing eats them as there is no animal large enough to currently eat them and kill them. there are currently 68 of them and they are at a stable number as they are protected and critically endangered. they are currently trying to increase there population by keeping them in protected habitats with everything they need and they are able to reproduce in these habitats. They live about 30-40 years and they are all in captivity now to try and recover there species so they do not go extinct. these animals are a light grey with rough skin there skin is very tough and they are able to walk through brush and on un even terrain, they have large paws and 2 horns which allow them to protect themselves. fo
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Downtown Portland Maine

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  Downtown Portland bay ME: by Sean Bortolan This is a photograph I took in downtown Portland Maine a place I have always enjoyed going to. I have been here many times and still enjoy going, I feel at peace when I am there as I enjoy walking up and down the docks looking at all the boats and love the towns feel. it was busy over the break with lots of people on every street. The sun perceives it as being warm however it was brisk but there was not a drop of wind. On the right side we can see some lobster/fishing boats that are docked and on the left a couple tourist boats the one further away being named "Wabanaki" which I found interesting and wonder if they take you out to a piece of land that was once inhibited by the Wabanaki people. The bay was calm and there were a few small fish swimming around the boats.  Downtown Portland ME: by Sean Bortolan This photo was taken one dock away from the first photo and it shows another lobster boat docked to an old dock with a buildin
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application assignment #1

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  Where does your plastic go ?      Plastic is continuing to pile up in these countries that don't have the resources to recycle just last year the equivalent of 68,000 shipping containers of American plastic was exported to developing countries that cannot manage 70% of their own plastic which is effectively destroying the environment as it litters the shore ways and streets of these countries. in some countries they are slowed down maintaining there own waste as they now have an excess to deal with. in the article there was a family that lived in a house on stilts and they described it as " “I cannot accept plastic being imported into our country,” said a resident, Heng Ngy, 58. Ngy and his wife live in a wooden house on stilts that seems to hover on a sea of plastic. A pungent stench wafts up to the open-aired rooms." it is estimated that 20% to 70% of all plastic is non recyclable.      The human health is impacted by this as a lot of this plastic is un sanitary an
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My favorite place

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  "Sea mountain and sun" Man O’War Cove in St Oswalds Bay , Dorset, England. The lack of visibility in the distance is due to sea mist. This is a photo of a beautiful bay and I have always loved the outdoors and especially the beach its always my favorite place to be. I cannot think of too many other things I would rather do than swim in the ocean or go to the beach. I grew up in South Africa and went to a town called Morgan bay where we have our house as a kid and still go back and visit as we are keeping the house to go back to. below is a photo that I took in Morgan bay when I was there over December break. Morgan bay South Africa photo by: Sean Bortolan
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First view

 As I looked out my window this morning there was snow outside 
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