Logging is one of the largest local industries, providing resources and jobs for many people in your community. But many residents believe the logging is destroying the area s watershed. You want to provide water for your city, but you also want to get reelected by a constituency dependent on the logging industry. One way humans try to control the Earth s water is to build dams. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of building dams.
Water is essential for life.
Discuss the different ways that humans depend on water every day. Consider the effects on a community if its water becomes contaminated. In the Middle East, a new greenhouse has been created that allows plants to grow at rapid rates, yet requires only a fraction of the water needed to irrigate open fields. Predict how this technological advance might change life for people in this region. The gentlest thing, it overcomes the hardest.