Fritjof Capra's "Facts of Life" through the eyes of our young leaders

Fact of Life: Diversity assures resilience.

In my own words: Differences assure rebelliousness. This fact of life is important to know because one person can make a change in their community or in the world with just a little resistance. This can help me to change people’s choices by helping my community have food and end hunger.

  

~ Anthony

Fact of Life: Most of the earth's energy streams from the sun while driving through the Ecological cycles. This fact is important because people might want to know about it. I can make better choices by maybe not using a lot of electricity.

Concept: Decomposer - this concept is important because it gives plants nutrients. We can use this concept because plants need nutrients to stay health and for us to eat.

~ Aliya

The fact of life I chose was "One species' waste, is another species' food." In other words, one animals' trash, is another animals' meal. This fact is important for people to know because it means that not everything is junk. This fact is a little different for us humans. An easy way to understand it is one man's trash is another man's treasure. This can help me make better choices in life because I can think about this fact when I recycle. Some things that you think are garbage can actually be of use. The concept I chose was "Development". It is important because we have to go through it and also nature does too. I can use this to make better choices by remembering that things aren't always going to be the same.

~ Noelly

Fact of life: Lots of species can get food from another's waste (one species waste is another species food.)

If we didn't have certain species, we would not have the variety of foods we have today. But some animals are endangered or close to extinction. Everyday, you can understand that the food I'm eating that's natural started out as a living thing's waste. You can be more grateful for the fact the plants and animals that help out the whole world of living things. I can eat more of those things to keep me healthy because other processed foods are not good for my body.

Concept: A living thing that lives on animal meat (carnivore.)

Don't mess up a animal's diet by feeding it. Just don't feed it at all. Also, you should know if the animal is carnivorous, and it can eat you, stay away! Don't stand near an animal can possibly eat you. Cats are carnivores. So you can feed them right. ex: Tigers, Lions

These are two things you can live by everyday!

~ Trey

LEAF: The Facts of Life

Diversity assures resilience, meaning that when people of all different ages, genders, or races come together, they create a great community that is powerful and cannot be broken no matter the obstacle. That is why everybody loves America because many people don’t mind what your race is. I think using this fact of life can be used to make better choices because it tells you to accept people for whom they are and for not what they look like. Everybody should know this because there are still people who judge others because of their race and not on who they really are inside.            

Waste is a material or object that is no longer needed after a period of time, but sometimes people think waste is something THEY don’t use anymore even though somebody else may use it. Many times, people throw away their “waste” but it can actually can be recycled or composted. It is important for everyone to know about waste because it fills up our landfills which it bad for our earth and takes many years to decompose. I think people should use the word waste everyday and expose it to others so they know that the bin they put their scraps in can affect our earth and themselves in the long run.

~ Lauren

“One Pig's Loss Is Another Pig's Game” This fact is important to all people because it shows that the things we eat are part of a bigger cycle of food that travels through different species, but not many people realize it. You can use this in your day-to-day life by thinking of all the stages the thing your eating has gone through, making you have a new vision about food.

~ Gabe

Glossary of Terms: Diversity.

In my own words: I think diversity means that you can make a difference and you can help change your community. This is important for all people to know because you can make difference you can change your community or even the world. I can use this in my daily life by helping and changing my community.

~ Anthony

My favorite fact of life is “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

My version is “one man’s trash is another man’s come up.”

This fact is important because everything can be used again.

We all can use this fact to help by not throwing everything away and knowing that you could be using some one else’s trash.

My favorite concept is “natural recourses.”

In my own words this is, “Use nature! It can help!”

This concept is important because we all can use nature to help! Solutions do not always have to be modern. We can make better choices by not just using modern stuff but by using what is already all around us.

~ Ben

Fact of life: One species waste is another species food

I think of that as a life cycle example if a moth dies than that is a bats dinner. In other words if something passes on than its waste can be something else's food.

~ Khatab