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agnes_griffins

English courses in London

Started by agnes_griffins Nov. 5, 2009.

Henriikka Laiho

Organic or not? 21 Replies

Started by Henriikka Laiho. Last reply by Eveliina Apr. 10, 2009.

Henriikka Laiho

Forum exercise: Compare the video and text 2 17 Replies

Started by Henriikka Laiho. Last reply by Nori Apr. 5, 2009.

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Blog Posts

Saara

Acid rain

Rotting vegetation and erupting volcanoes release some chemicals that can cause acid rain, but most acid rain falls because of human activities. The biggest culprit is the burning of fossil fuels by coal-burning power plants, factories, and automobiles. The gases can be carried hundreds of kilometres in the atmosphere before they are converted to acids and deposited. In the past, factories had short funnels to let out smoke, but this caused many problems locally. Factories now have taller smoke… Continue

Posted by Saara on April 27, 2009 at 7:12pm

Saara

Did you celebrate the earth day?

What is the earth day?

Every day should be earth day but it's popularly celebrated in 22 of april, why?

'One persistent rumor holds that April 22 was chosen because it's the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union. '

Kathleen Rogers, president of Washington, D.C. said April 22, 1970, was chosen for the first Earth Day in part because it fell on a Wednesday, the best part of the week to encourage a large turnout for the environmental rallies held across the country.

"It wo… Continue

Posted by Saara on April 27, 2009 at 6:17pm

Saara

Did you know this about Manhattan?

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6624/manhattanh.jpg

Before it was an urban jungle, Manhattan was a huge green island and a home to the Lenape Indians, who called the island Mannahatta, or "land of many hills". When you look the before and after pictures of Manhattan you wouldn't believe that it is actually the same place at all. Today we could rebuild Manhattan using the best ideas of green design. Inwood Hill Park contains the last natural forest and salt marsh in Manhattan.

"Legend has it tha… Continue

Posted by Saara on April 27, 2009 at 5:48pm

Saara

Most earthlike planet yet found!

The planet known as Gliese 581d has a lot more in common with Earth than astronomers first thought. New measurements of the planet's orbit place it firmly in a region where conditions would be right for liquid water, which means - life ! First discovered in 2007, Gliese 581d was originally thought to be too far away from its host star to support an ocean.

Norton's colleague Haswell added: "It is very exciting that such a promising candidate for an Earthlike planet has been found so close to us.… Continue

Posted by Saara on April 27, 2009 at 5:26pm

Saara

The swine virus !

A top European Union official has warned against travel to areas hit by a outbreak of swine flu, amid growing concern over the spread of the virus.

Experts suspect it has killed more than 100 people in Mexico. Cases have also been found for example in Canada, the US and on Monday in Spain and New Zealand an at least five other countries are testing people for possible swine flu. World Health Organization experts are meeting later to discuss the global threat posed by the virus.

The UN has warn… Continue

Posted by Saara on April 27, 2009 at 5:12pm

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Saara added 5 blog posts
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April 27, 2009
Eveliina added a blog post
In the desertification a normal soil become a desert. The reasons for desertification are drought and global warming, but also people: they fertile and pasture. People also can prevent desertification by afforestation and using alternation of crops.…
April 21, 2009
Eveliina added 2 blog posts
April 19, 2009
Eveliina added 3 blog posts
April 12, 2009
Eveliina replied to Henriikka Laiho's discussion 'Organic or not?'
Like Perttu already said, organic farming is not the answer to our problems. I still prefer organic goods, because they are chemical free and that way more healthier and they taste better.
April 10, 2009
Niina added a blog post
The Capitol Climate Action Coalition told that more than 25oo people participate in March,Capitol Power Plant protest. They want to do something about global warming. There is every kind of people on the list.Example mothers,students,workers,climate…
April 6, 2009
Saara replied to Henriikka Laiho's discussion 'Organic or not?'
There are some people against organic farming 'In 1998, Dennis Avery of the Hudson Institute claimed the risk of E. coli infection was eight times higher when eating organic food rather than non-organic food, using the Center for Disease Control (CD…
April 6, 2009
Christabel replied to Mikaela's discussion 'My own participation and working in Ning' in the group Feedback & reflections
My opinion is that this course was very interesting and I learned many new words. I also got so much information for example about recycling, natural disasters and rain forests. I also liked working in Ning and, like Mikaela said, especially readin…
April 5, 2009
Christabel replied to Henriikka Laiho's discussion 'Organic or not?'
Organic farming is a form of agriculture and it keeps up the health of soil and also enviroment. I found that organic food is known to contain 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed. I also found that…
April 5, 2009
VeliMatiaa added a blog post
Apparently scientists have managed to power a battery using a virus called the M13 virus. The battery is used to power personal electronics and hybrid vehicles. I never knew that a virus could be used to do something like this.
April 5, 2009
VeliMatiaa replied to Henriikka Laiho's discussion 'Organic or not?'
There are some good sides to organic farming. There are no fertilizers used in the process of growing the products so it is the most natural way of growing and I think that if you can afford it you should use organic products. But this isn´t the cas…
April 5, 2009
Nori replied to Henriikka Laiho's discussion 'Organic or not?'
Organic crops are more vulnerable to pests and disease. And as others has said too that organic food is more expensive for consumers to buy, but it is because of organic food also costs more to produce. For example farmers have to pay more for organ…
April 5, 2009
Christabel added 2 blog posts
April 5, 2009
Jemina added 3 blog posts
April 5, 2009
Nori replied to Henriikka Laiho's discussion 'Forum exercise: Compare the video and text 2'
Also I preferred the text and its humorous way to say things. The video is maybe little boring compared to the text even if it tells more information about rain forests and how important rain forests are.
April 5, 2009
Jenna replied to Henriikka Laiho's discussion 'How hard did you work?' in the group Feedback & reflections
To be honest, I didn´t work here at all before this night. But now I notice that this is a good way to learn about texts and another things. I tried to read all the vocabulary and all of grammar rules what we went through.
April 5, 2009
 
 

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