zosia miller

   December just started and we begin to feel Christmas coming. We start to think about presents and gifts to our loved ones. At this time we produce about 25%-30% more waste than we usually would. Packing paper (365 000 miles only in United Kingdom), gift bags and product packaging (414 000 tons in UK) are increasing amount of trash that we throw away. We are also wasting a lot more energy and food. All of it affects our planet and species on it in a very bad way. To prevent it we have to act more responsible and more smart. To save energy we should turn of Christmas tree lights and all electric ornaments for night. I think that for Christmas dinner we could do less than 12 meals or do them in smaller size to waste less food. For gift wrapping we could use biodegradable paper (brown paper) or recycle and reuse it. While buying presents we should chose products with plastic-free packaging. Doing hand-made gift is also a good idea to reduce waste. By doing at least one of this ...

  Products made of leather were popularised in1940s and 1950s by Hollywood stars and were worn ever since. But in the new century, some controversies showed. People started to wonder if wearing leather is morally wrong. Turnes out that most leather comes from India and China where cows are awfully treated. Cows' tails are broken and eyes are rubbed in tabacco and chili to get them to move. Those poor animals have to travel many kilometers before they get to the slaughter. It is torture for them. And every year over a billion animals are killed for their skin. And it is not only cows who suffer. Production of leather also affects the health of the workers (they have contact with many chemicals). To minimalize it, we should stop buying leather or replace it with artificial leather. Many companies produce it from natural substances (I even heard about a company that makes pineapple leather). We should also protest and spread knowledge about producing this material. It is very import...

  Palm oil is an ingredient of many products that we use every day. It is used in junk food, cosmetics, and sweets. About 50%in supermarkets contain it. In some countries, it also can be used as fuel and added to animal feed. But why is it bad? The problem is with its sourcing. To get it people cut down the forest. And it has consequences. People take home from species like orangutans, elephants, and rhinos. It also causes throwing more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. So to save species we should start living without it. While buying products we should check what they are made of and avoid ones with palm oil or vegetable oil, which is just another name for this ingredient. We can easily replace products with the ones without it. But if there is no replacement for some snacks we can start doing them at home. This way we control what is inside them. We also educate other people to gain their help in our actions. This can help save many animals lifes. https://www.wwf.org.uk/u...

 Ocean pollution is all the trash that is in the ocean water. This garbage moves witch sea currents and creates big garbage islands. People pollute it mainly with cigarettes, plastic bags, food wrappers, and bottles. Cleaning that things are hard. The reason why is that there are micro pieces of plastic that are almost impossible to clean. It affects all of the animals that live in the ocean. They eat bigger pieces of trash because they think that it is their nourishment. For example, sea turtles eat plastic bags because they look like jellyfishes. So to help our oceans we definitely should recycle our garbage. We can also reduce our use of plastic (replacing it with reusable products).  While shopping we also should avoid products with microbeads (micro pieces of plastic) like some face scrubs, toothpaste, or body washes. A good thing to do is supporting organizations that clean marine pollution ( for example ). We should also clean beaches while we are on the summer holiday ...

Global warming is a very fast increase in Earth's average temperature. It increased dramatically over the past century. It is mainly caused by the emission of CO2 and other gasses into the atmosphere.  Next, this air pollution absorbs sunlight and rise temperature. It has a huge effect on us and animals living on our planet. It increases temperature and by that, it changes the climate. It also changes the weather on Earth. There are a lot of animals that threaten global warming. Higher temperature destroys their natural homes and in result kills them. A few examples of these animals are polar bears, green sea turtles, tigers, or snow leopard. We have to stop this from happening. To do this we can use energy that is not obtained from coal and switch to renewable ones. We can also start planting trees. It is the best way because plants absorb CO2. Another good thing to do is to decrease our water waste and energy waste. If we will try to prevent global warming we will help ourselves ...

 A mix of very small solids and gasses which when get specifired concentrations can do harms. Every year humans produce a lot of it. For example only last year United States produced 70 milion tons of pollution that we emised into our atmosphere. Air pollution can cause damage to our environment. It can increase temperature and in result global warming. But it also is a cause of almost 5 milion deaths per year. One of the most known air pollution sources are power generations, vehicles, and waste incineration. But it can also come from burning fuels and coal. So what can and what should we do to stop increasing and decrease air pollution on Earth? We defenetli should start using public transpor or our bike as much as we can. It will decrease an amount of cars on a road and thus production of air pollution. If we think about purhaseing a car we should buy an electric or the one with  great fuel effeciency. We also should not burn trash of any kind. I think that we have to ...

 We use energy every day. It gives us light in our lamps, water in our taps, and heat in radiators. Last year we used 158,839 TWh (which is 158839000000 kWh). A lot of this energy was unnecessarily worn out. Unfortunately, only about 5% of it was energy from renewable sources such as wind energy and solar energy. When we waste power we pollute our environment with toxic fumes from all kinds of power plants. All contamination partly lead to climate change and air pollution.  To minimalize that we should do things as easy as turning off the lights when we left the room or turning the water off while brushing our teeth. We can also close our doors to prevent heat from escaping. Another good way is changing old lightning bulbs to LEDs ones. We can also save energy by taking cooler showers. We should do as much as we can to reduce the amount of energy that we use every day and contribute to saving the planet. https://ourworldindata.org/energy https://www.saveonenergy.com/learning-c...

 We produce about 3.5 million tons of solid trash a day. Taking into account the number of people on our planet this is around 4.48 kilos per person. Fortunately, some products were created to reduce the amount of waste that we can use every day. The one that we can use commonly is shampoo or conditioner in a bar. It is a great way to reduce the amount of plastic that we throw away but also to save space. Another thing that we can change is our toothbrush. Instead of using a plastic one we can use a bamboo one. It is great because bamboo is a kind of grass so it is biodegradable. We can also use natural cleaning products, which will not pollute our environment. To help our planet we can also start using metal straws. We can use them multiple times and they are really easy to clean (usually they came with a special tool). The product that we can use in the kitchen is beeswax wrap in which we can wrap leftovers from our meals. We can also use eco things outside our homes. For example...

     Clothes designs that appear at fashion shows and then are quickly copied by chain stores are called fast fashion. Nowadays it is a big problem and we should solve it as fast as we can. Fast fashion is bad for our environment because often these clothes are not all sold so they are ending up on a garbage dump. Also, because of the price, used materials are not of good quality so either way, we throw them away. It is bad too because to produce a piece of clothing we need a lot of water. Unfortunately, many popular brands use low-paid workers. In turn, this is morally wrong. So what should we do to stop fast fashion? The easiest way is to try to limit shopping in chain stores or to stop it completely. While shopping we should buy things that we will wear more than one season and we should pay attention to their quality. We should ask ourselves if we are going to wear this specific piece of clothing more than 30 times and buy it when the answer is yes. Another good move ...

Every one of us produces garbage. We throw things away and do not even think about what will happen to them. Obviously, it is not good for our planet and life on it. When we litter we do not usually think how long does it take to decompose for example a plastic bottle or a newspaper.  A bottle decomposes about 450 years, for a glass one is one million years, a tin can needs 50 years, and newspaper-6 weeks. Organic things, like fruit peels, decompose 2 to 5 weeks. The non-organic things that I mentioned can lay on beaches, in woods, or anywhere else for years and years. To stop that we should immediately start to recycle. Recycling means that we can use materials from products that are already used and make something new from it. Even But recycling does not only mean to trow glass to the green bin, plastic to the yellow one and paper to the blue one. We should also buy rechargeable batteries, print paper on both sides, and buy things that are already recycled or can be recycle...

Water is a really important part of our lives. We are mostly made of it and without it, we could die very quickly. Unfortunately, not all of us know that Earth in 71% is covered by water. and 96.5% of this water is salty. Fresh water that we can drink is only 3.5% and 68% of it is trapped in glaciers. Adding the fact that we waste a lot of this fluid there is not much left for us (about 1%).  We aren't the only specie that needs water to live. Ther are also loads of plants animals which need it. We are a part of an ecosystem, so when we take water from other species it disrupts it (and causes food security). Another important problem is that when we need to supplement water from the underground and water from there doesn't regenerate as fast as we extract it.  It also needs a lot of money, energy, and time to make water drinkable. Some steps of this process produce by-products that go to the atmosphere and cause Earth's rising temperature. We can help to stop water wa...

    To know how to stop animal trade we have to be aware of what it is and how it is done. In short words, i t is a sale of a wild animal (alive or dead) or its part.       Many people own a pet. Usually, it is a cat or a dog. But some people buy more unusual animals like parrots, snakes, or lizards. Unfortunately, when people buy an exotic animal they don't think about the way of transporting them .      Not all of us know how foreign animals are captured and transported. It is terrifying and cruel. First of all, animals are captured and taken away from their homes (natural environment). It is a huge amount of stress for them already. Then they are killed to produce medicine or souvenir, wounded to get a valuable part of them, or smuggled on planes . If they go to the plane they will have to go through a lot. Dealers rope parrots legs and beaks and then hide them in plastic tubes. Turtles are taped in a way that won't let them get out of the...

 I would not like to live forever. It is obvious that I wouldn't want eternal life if I was old and always ill. It would be very tiring. I wouldn't want to live forever if I was fit and healthy too.  I think that I would be sad if I saw the death of all my family and friends. Being alone for a long time is depressing. Also, I predict that I would stop caring about the passage of time and other people. The whole knowledge that I would get would be overwhelming. I think that I  would not know what to do with all this information.

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 I think Polish people are kind, but it depends on time. People usually aren't very nice when they are tired or in a hurry. I have never met a person who refused to help me, for example, showing me the way to the right bus stop. In my opinion, foreigners are treated by polish people as well as other polish people. Compared to other people living in Europe we are a little less kind. We aren't as open as Spanish people and as kind and well-behaved as British people, but I- don't think that it makes us worse.

 Fake news is a global problem in the current world. If someone reads false information he/she could spread it, especially in the internet age. It would cause chaos in public information. As an example, I can use lately news about Chernobyl. It immediately produced a panic. In my opinion, fake news is especially dangerous during the epidemic. Of course, we can separate artificial news from the truth but it isn't always easy. There are some people want to help. For example, PAP (polish press agency) made a program that we can use tho check the authenticity of the information. Fake news is dangerous only when we believe in it.

 I think that not every lie is wrong. It depends. For example, if I tell my friend's mum that my mate is with me when she is somewhere else it is bad. But if I tell my sister that I didn't take her earrings when I actually took them it is not that bad. It all depends on the situation. I think that we can use white lies. We use it when we just don't want to hurt someone. But we have to remember that we can't cross the line and lie all the time. We also have to tell the truth.

  I find current social distancing difficult. I understand that pulling people apart prevents spreading the virus, but I hate that I can't go out anywhere. I feel trapped and I think that this is the worst thing to bearable. Of course, I don't mind being surrounded by my family however, I would like to meet my friends too. The annoying thing is that I had planned to meet them, but then quarantine was announced. I can focus on doing productive things. Also, I know that I'm staying home for somebody and that helps me a lot.

1. We use science to check if something is the truth. But it is not enough when just one person will prove something is a fact. To do that we need another person who will check the same thing. Only then we can prove that what we checked earlier is the truth. Summarizing we can scientifically prove that something is a fact only when two people will check it. 2. In ancient times people created gods, supernatural creatures and magic to explain things like changing weather, luck or life and death. I think that now people believe in such things because they don't want the world to be based only on science. I guess that we want to think that our lives are control by something bigger (something that has much more power than anything) or mystic.

 I found the story about a clogging woman very strange, especially the end. I think, that the main male character shouldn't leave his wife to death. It was heartless and awful. I think that he should be arrested and tried for his behavior. Even the fact that his wife was using blackmail to keep him around doesn't excuse him. He just left her and I think that it is equal to killing her. He should call the ambulance when he could and free himself from her in court by divorce. I think that this would be the right thing to do.