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  2. Right to a healthy environment - Wikipedia

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    The right to a healthy environment uses a human rights approach to protect environmental quality; this approach addresses the impact of environmental harm upon individual humans, as opposed to the more traditional approach of environmental regulation which focuses on impacts to other states or the environment itself. [8]

  3. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    As the climate changes it impacts the natural environment with effects such as more intense forest fires, thawing permafrost, and desertification. These changes impact ecosystems and societies, and can become irreversible once tipping points are crossed. Climate activists are engaged in a range of activities around the world that seek to ...

  4. Sustainable design - Wikipedia

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    The only way to avoid environmental harm from waste is to prevent its generation. Pollution prevention means changing the way activities are conducted and eliminating the source of the problem. It does not mean doing without, but doing differently. For example, preventing waste pollution from litter caused by disposable beverage containers does ...

  5. Here’s what child development experts think about the ‘beige ...

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    Babies do need to see and interact with various colors, but more importantly they need diversity in their environment, which includes different textures and temperatures to interact with, she said.

  6. Environmentally friendly - Wikipedia

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    The environmentally friendly trends are marketed with a different color association, using the color blue for clean air and clean water, as opposed to green in western cultures. Japanese- and Korean-built hybrid vehicles use the color blue instead of green all throughout the vehicle, and use the word "blue" indiscriminately.

  7. Why Designers Love Curtains on Screened In Porches - AOL

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    Front porches have their appeal and all-season sunrooms are glorious, but a screened in porch can simultaneously keep you from getting rained on while allowing your other senses to engage with a ...

  8. Environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Water pollution is an environmental issue that affects many water bodies. This photograph shows foam on the New River as it enters the United States from Mexico. Environmental issues are disruptions in the usual function of ecosystems. [1] Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) [2] or they can be natural ...

  9. Coral bleaching - Wikipedia

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    Coral in the south Red Sea does not bleach despite summer water temperatures up to 34 °C (93 °F). [63] [143] Coral bleaching in the Red Sea is more common in the northern section of the reefs; the southern part of the reef has been plagued by coral-eating starfish, dynamite fishing and human impacts on the environment. In 1988, there was a ...