Pollution

pol·lu·tion  

/pəˈlo͞oSHən/

Noun

The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. Pollution in our air is a huge problem. It is caused from emissions of CO2 and other chemicals into the air. Cars, trains, planes, factories, and many other industrialized cities give off millions of tons of CO2 each year. I found a list of countries that produce the most CO2 per year. The countries are: China, United States, Russia, India, Japan, Germany, Canada  UK, South Korea, and Iran. All theses countries need to work on cutting back on CO2 emissions, because our 1 Earth cannot continue to thrive with the billions of CO2 emissions produced by these countries.

Moringa Leaves

ECHO and FGCU's Food Forest both had Moringa Trees. Both places emphasized the health benefits of Moringa leave. I am interested in health and fitness so I started researching the benefits of Moringa leaves. This is what I found out: they have more vitamin A than carrots, more calcium than milk, more potassium that bananas, more protein than yogurt, more vitamin C than oranges, and more iron that spinach. Moringa is used to help with blood pressure, blood sugar, increases lactation, and helps people that have anemia. 

Moringa Tree

ECHO

(Education Concerns Hunger Organization)

ECHO is a non-profit, inter-denominational Christian organization located on a demonstration farm in North Fort Myers, FL. ECHO exists for one major reason, to help those working internationally with the poor be more effective, especially in the area of agriculture! They do this in three ways: education and training, innovative options, and networking. When our class visited ECHO we went on a tour and learned about all of the different plants and tools they have created to help people all around the world. The people that work at ECHO teach people how to farm and how to be able to support themselves. 

ECHO Farms Ft. Myers