Blog Action Day

Many people would disagree that there is no correlation between poverty and crime by using statistics in other countries that demonstrate a very high level of poverty but a very low level of crime. However, one must consider that in other countries the gap between the rich and poor is substantial. The affluent have extensive guarding mechanisms and protection.  Read More »

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Wherever you are go outside and take a walk. Pull aside a random person, someone you do not know and someone on your college campus or in your high school hallway that may look unfamiliar. Pull aside someone in your office that you just know by name. Start an awkward conversation. Try this for an opening question: “When I say poverty, what do you think about?”  Read More »

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Water has a chokehold on those gripped by abject poverty  Read More »

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Empirically female poverty rates have always surpassed male poverty rates in every single society. Even today in our “civilized” world the majority of people in absolute poverty are female.  Read More »

Deforestation accounts for 25-20 percent of green house emissions which is one of the major causes of global warming. Many people may believe that logging may account for the majority of the deforestation of our tropical rainforests; however 90 percent of deforestation is actually caused by unsustainable agricultural practices.  Read More »