Now just imagine the world without trees. Picture barren land and deserts replacing our most beautiful forests we have in this world today. This might make you upset, but we as humans are responsible for this happening in the future. People like you and I use products that come from trees just about every single day! In fact, wood from trees has been one of the most often used for building materials for household objects (1). For example, think about household wooden objects you and your family use on a daily basis. Here is a list of some you might think of.
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| A dresser is an example of a commonly used item by a household. |
- Dinner table - Picture frames
- Coffee table - Night Stands
- Cabinets - Bookshelves
- Dressers - Chairs
- Beds - Stools
- Railings - Chests
Agriculture
Those are examples of wooden objects that all come from the resource of trees. Another cause for trees being cut down is agriculture. Farmers need to expand their fields for crops or for grazing cattle. So in order to expand, farmers cut down trees to make more space. This only adds to the sum of the number of trees being cut down.
Paper Production
- Logging operations which help provide the world's paper products, also cut countless trees.- 25 % of the world's lumbar harvest goes toward paper production (2).
Cities Expanding
Along with farming and the need to produce paper, cities growing are yet another reason for cutting down lots of trees. As more and more people move to a city, that city needs to expand in order to deal with all those people. Therefore, to expand cities we must cut down trees in order to make that space available for construction.
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Summary
This problem of cutting down trees is fueled by all of these reasons. I hope you now know that trees were cut down in order to make a lot of your household objects. Also of how farming, the need for paper, and cities expanding help contribute to the massacre of trees. With all these factors contributing, our world might suffer from much barren land and deserts very, very soon.
References
(1) Bragaw,
D. (2012). Issues in global education. Retrieved from http://www.globaled.org/
(2) Bryant, P.J. (n.d). Biodiversity and conservation: A
hyper text book. Retrieved from http://darwin.bio.uci.edu
I think you did a really good job of making this blog post very colorful and appealing to the reader. The language you used is appropriate for younger students and I also liked how you related this to the reader by naming all of the things in their home that is made from wood. I think this blog would be very appealing to a elementary school student.
ReplyDeleteThis blog was finished with a very good sense of what kids are able to read at an elementary level. The whole blog is color coded green to theme the topic of trees which was a clever idea. There is also one portion that is coded for brown like the bark of a tree. There is one phrase that is coded in blue to jump out at the readers which is a good tool to use for a young audience. The information given may be a lot but it is good because children would become very informed on the subject through reading this blog. The pictures that are shown are very kid-friendly and fit perfectly with the words that are being written along side of the picture so the picture is appropriate. Overall the author did a good job of creating a children's blog.
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